Organisation of the new syllabus

Overviews and Depth Studies

Key inquiry questions

There are 4 key inquiry questions for each time period in the syllabus. •The key inquiry questions are addressed over the depth studies for the time period. •The overview can support the key inquiry questions.•All of the key inquiry questions need to be addressed by the end of the time period study.

Exploring the syllabus chronology

The Ancient World

(approx. 60,000 BC – c. AD 650)

The Ancient to the

Modern World

(c. AD 650 – c. 1750)

The Making of the

Modern World

(1750 – 1945)

The Modern World and Australia(1945 - present)

Stage 4: The Ancient World

Stage 4: The Ancient to the Modern World

Stage 5: The Making of the Modern World

Stage 5: The Modern World and Australia

Depth Study 6 School-developed topic drawn from either of the Stage 5 overviews

Elective history

• The current provision for an additional elective study of History will remain.

• Students may undertake 100 or 200 hours in Stage 4 and/or Stage 5.

• The elective course is in the current History Years 7-10 syllabus (2003).

• The topics chosen from Elective History must not overlap significantly with any topics selected from the new Years 7-10 History syllabus.

OpportunitiesThe syllabus has a clear chronology and choices that allows flexibility for:

• topic selection to support community interests• topic choices to engage students in historical

inquiry• in-depth historical inquiry• the development of an optional school-developed

topic in Stage 5• links to Stage 6 Modern History and Ancient

History courses.