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11–12Modern History Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus

Record of changes
Implementation from 2027
Expand for detailed implementation advice

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.

Investigating modern history – The nature of modern history

Students may investigate one or more of the following options, part of an option or elements of the content as appropriate. Content from the options can also be combined for an integrated study or combined with any of the case studies.

  • The investigation of historic sites and sources
  • The contestability of the past
  • The construction of modern histories
  • The representation and commemoration of the past
The construction of modern histories
Limitations and reliability of sources
  • Different types of sources

  • Places where historians can find sources to investigate the past

  • Use sources to develop an understanding of people, places and events of the past

  • Use sources to understand the history of a familiar site

  • Use sources to ask and answer questions about the past

  • Issues associated with reconstructing the past through archaeological evidence

  • Issues associated with reconstructing the past through modern written texts

  • Make comparisons between the past and the present

Construction and reconstruction
  • Construction and reconstruction in relation to history

  • Ways in which history is preserved or conserved, including personal or community history

  • Threats to construction and reconstruction

  • Efforts to reconstruct historical sites

  • How historical sites are portrayed in popular culture

  • Reliability of reconstructions of historical sites

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