11–12Modern History 11–12 Syllabus
The new Modern History 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2027.
2025 and 2026
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2027, Term 1
- Start teaching new syllabuses for Year 11
- Start implementing new Year 11 school-based assessment requirements
- Continue to teach the Modern History Stage 6 Syllabus (2017) for Year 12
2027, Term 4
- Start teaching new syllabuses for Year 12
- Start implementing new Year 12 school-based assessment requirements
2028
- First HSC examination for new syllabus
Content
Year 12
Students investigate key features of the history of ONE of the following options in Peace and conflict.
The historical concepts and skills content is to be integrated as appropriate.
- Conflict in Europe 1935–1945
- Conflict in the Pacific 1937–1951
- The Cold War 1945–1991
- The Arab–Israeli conflict 1948–2000
- Conflict in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos 1954–1976
- Conflict in the Gulf 1980–2017
Japanese foreign policy 1937–1941
US and British policies in the Pacific 1937–1941
Aims and strategies of the Japanese
Reasons for the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the US response
Japanese advances 1941–1942
Turning points of the war: the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, the Battle of Guadalcanal
Strategies used by Allied forces against Japan 1942–1945
The impact of the war on civilians in China and Southeast Asia
Collaboration, resistance and the use of slave labour
The impact of the war on the home fronts in Japan and Australia
Reasons for the use of the atomic bomb
Reasons for the Japanese defeat
Allied occupation of Japan to 1951, including the status of the Emperor