HISTORY CURRICULUM HISTORY Strands two interrelated strands that






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HISTORY CURRICULUM
HISTORY Strands: two interrelated strands that sequentially develop students historical knowledge and skills while developing historical understandings. Inquiry Questions: each year level has key inquiry questions that provide a framework for developing students; historical knowledge, understanding and skills. Overviews and In Depth Studies: overviews and in depth studies for historical periods to be covered at each year level 7– 10
SILENT CARD SHUFFLE 1. With your partner/group lay out the cards from your envelope on the table in front of you. 2. In silence work together to arrange the History Australian Curriculum examples with their correct headings. 3. When you have match up all cards in silence talk together explaining, justifying, clarifying and rearranging your cards until you think you have matched them up correctly. Which ones were easy? Which ones were hard? Were you surprised?
HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE (year levels grouped and sequenced) • Year level descriptions and in depth focus on knowledge moving from personal, family, local, state or territory, national, regional to INQUIRY world history. QUESTIONS HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING (not sequenced) • Evidence • Continuity and change • Cause and effect • Significance • Perspectives • Empathy • Contestability HISTORICAL SKILLS (sequenced) • Chronology, terms and concepts • Historical questions and research • Analysis and use of sources • Perspectives and interpretation • Explanation and communication
HISTORY Strands: two interrelated strands that sequentially develop students historical knowledge and skills while developing historical understandings. Inquiry Questions: each year level has key inquiry questions that provide a framework for developing students; historical knowledge, understanding and skills. Overviews and In Depth Studies: overviews and in depth studies for historical periods to be covered at each year level 7– 10 STRAND INQUIRY QUESTIONS