Learning Outcomes
- HI5-CON-01: Accounts for continuity and change over a period of time in relation to a historical context
- HILS-CON-02: Sequences events in chronological order
- HILS-SOU-01: Locates and selects sources about people, places or events
Syllabus Links
7–10 | History 7–10 Syllabus (2024, implementation 2027)
Topic: Stage 5 – Continuity and change
Focus: Historical skills
CORE CONTENT
Comprehension – chronology, terms and concepts
- Read and understand historical texts
- Sequence historical events to demonstrate the relationship between different periods, people and places
Life skills
The past in the present
Historical context: People lived before us. We can learn about the past using sources such as documents, interviews, visual or tactile materials, artefacts or sites.
Comprehension – chronology, terms and concepts
- Engage with historical texts
- Recognise the everyday language used to describe time
- Use units of time to describe the recent past
- Use units of time to describe longer time periods
- Record events across the passage of time using calendars and diaries
- Sequence components of familiar activities or events in chronological order
- Sequence past events in chronological order
- Use appropriate historical terms and concepts to communicate about the past
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