10 Australian History

Key inquiry questions

• How did the nature of global conflict change during the twentieth century?

• What were the consequences of World War II? How did these consequences shape the modern world?

• How was Australian society affected by other significant global events and changes in this period?

Term 1

The interwar years – 3 weeks

• The Versailles treaty: What did the Allies want and what id the Germans think?

• The Roaring Twenties and the Great depression

• When Nationalism goes bad - Hitler’s provocations in Europe

World War Two – 7 weeks

• Germany on the march and the fall of Europe?

• John Curtin’s anguish and the war in the Pacific

• The Australian home front and the Kokoda track

• Resource Wars and the siege of Stalingrad

• The final solution

• Endless war in the Pacific or the Atomic Bomb?

• Did the Russians win the European war?

Term 2

Civil Rights - 2 weeks

• The Cold War and the fight for the end of segregation

Stolen Children – 1 week

• Who were the stolen children?

• Stolen children sources analysis

Native Title (Part 1) – 2 weeks

• Land rights and Eddie Mabo 

• Mabo film analysis

Referendum 1967 – 1 week

• Can Aboriginals vote?

• Australia’s most successful referendum and the constitution

Native Title (Part 2) – 2 weeks

• After Mabo, The Wik case

• The ten point plan and the Redfern speech