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7 History

Topic 1. Out of Africa

  • The theory that people moved out of Africa around 60 000 BC (BCE) and migrated to other parts of the world, including Australia

  • The evidence for the emergence and establishment of ancient societies (including art, iconography, writing tools and pottery)

  • Key features of ancient societies (farming, trade, social classes, religion, rule of law) 

  • How historians and archaeologists investigate history, including excavation and archival research

  • Using archaeological and written sources

  • Methods and sources used to investigate historical controversy and mystery

  • The nature of sources for ancient Australia and what they reveal about Australia’s past in the ancient period

Topic 2. Ancient Australia

  • The nature of sources for ancient Australia and what they reveal about Australia’s past in the ancient period

  • the routes taken in the dispersal of early First Nations Australians across the continent

  • First Nations Australians’ views on creation and changes in the landscape that have been passed down through oral tradition

  • investigating dating methods used by archaeologists for the study of early First Nations Australians

Topic 3. Ancient Greece

  • Physical features of ancient Greece (such as its mountainous landscape) and how they influenced the civilisation that developed there

  • Roles of key groups in Athenian and/or Spartan society (such as citizens, women, slaves), including the influence of law and religion

  • Significant beliefs, values and practices of the ancient Greeks, with a particular emphasis on ONE of the following areas: everyday life, warfare, or death and funerary customs

Topic 4. Ancient China

  • Physical features of China (such as the Yellow River) and how they influenced the civilisation that developed there

  • Roles of key groups in Chinese society in this period (such as kings, emperors, scholars, craftsmen, women), including the influence of law and religion

  • Significant beliefs, values and practices of Chinese society, with a particular emphasis on the expansion of trade, the rise of Imperial China  (including its material remains), and the spread of philosophies and beliefs

Topic 5. The Big History Project

  • Evidence: How do we know what we know?

  • Continuity and Change: How have things changed or continued over time?

  • Cause and Effect: What caused an event or series of events, and what are the lasting effects?

  • Significance: How significant was an event, what was its legacy?  

  • Perspectives: What were the perspectives of people in the past and how do perspectives on the past differ today?

  • Empathy: What was life really like for individuals?

  • Contestability: When aspects of history are up for debate due to a lack of evidence different opinions.