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11–12Modern History Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus

Record of changes
Implementation from 2027
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Content

Life Skills

Life Skills for Stage 6

Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.

National studies

The following options are suggestions only. Teachers may develop their own options to support student interests and abilities. Students may explore one nation during a specific period or elements of the content as appropriate.

  • Australia 1918–1949
  • China 1927–1949
  • Cuba 1940–1991
  • Indonesia 1945–2004
  • Iran 1945–1989
  • Japan 1904–1937
  • Russia and the Soviet Union 1917–1941
  • United States 1919–1941
Connections and context

  • The differences and similarities between power and authority

  • People with authority in personal contexts

  • Ways to demonstrate an awareness of power in personal contexts

  • When it is legitimate to question authority

  • When it is appropriate to comply with authority

Key features of the nation

  • Geographical features of the selected nation

  • Social and cultural features of the selected nation

  • Leaders of the selected nation

  • Characteristics of leaders of the selected nation

  • Political and economic features of the selected nation

Events and developments

  • Chronology of significant events for the selected nation

  • An event that has shaped the selected nation

  • A major development during the period of the selected nation

  • A major world event that occurred leading up to and during the period for the selected nation

  • Consequences of major world events on the selected nation during the period

  • Features of the nation that have stayed the same

  • Features of the nation that are a reflection of change

  • Factors contributing to change in the nation

  • Features of a particular change that occurred in the selected nation during the period

  • Impacts of the change on the selected nation during the period

  • Features of a particular conflict during this period

  • Significant individuals from the selected nation and their achievements or impacts

  • Different perspectives held by groups involved in change or conflict

  • Different interpretations of events or developments for the selected nation

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