Transcript The draft Australian curriculum

Draft National Senior Secondary
Curriculum
Ancient History
May, 2012
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ACARA has developed draft senior secondary Australian
Curriculum in the four learning areas of English,
mathematics, science and history.
ACARA has specified content and achievement
standards for different subjects within each learning
area.
Curriculum, assessment and certification authorities in
each state or territory (Board of Studies in NSW) are
responsible for the structure and organisation of their
senior secondary courses, as well as assessment and
certification.
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Each subject has been divided into four units.
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Each unit runs for about 50-60 hours, including
assessment, i.e. one half-year semester per unit.
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Units may be studied singly, in pairs (over a year) or as
four units (over two years).
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Each unit identifies particular learning outcomes for
students and content descriptions that outline the
teaching and learning included in the unit.
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Draft senior secondary subjects, including content and
achievement standards, will be available for national
consultation until 20 July 2012.
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NSW has not yet committed to using the senior
secondary Australian Curriculum for English,
mathematics, science and history.
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ACARA has said that current courses not covered by
their proposed subjects, e.g. Extension courses, can still
be offered by states.
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The Ancient History curriculum continues to develop
student learning in history through the two strands of:
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historical knowledge and understanding and
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historical skills.
This strand organisation provides an opportunity to
integrate content in flexible and meaningful ways.
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The two strands are interrelated and the content has been
written to enable integration of the strands in the
development of a teaching and learning program.
Historical skills
Historical knowledge and understanding
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The Historical skills strand includes skills that are used in historical
inquiry. There are five key skill areas that build on those learned in
K-10 History curriculum and which continue to be developed in the
Senior Ancient History curriculum.
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Chronology, terms and concepts
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Historical questions and research
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Analysis and use of sources
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Perspectives and interpretations
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Explanation and communication
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The Historical knowledge and understanding strand
provides the context through which particular skills are to
be developed.
The same set of historical skills has been included in each
of the four units to provide a common focus for the
teaching and learning of content in the historical
knowledge and understanding strand.
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Unit 1:
Investigating the
Ancient World
Unit 2:
Ancient Societies
Units
Unit 3:
People, Power &
Authority
Unit 4:
The Ancient World –
Sites and
Developments
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Unit 1:
Investigating the
Ancient World
Students study
ONE ancient site,
event, individual or
group
TWO issues
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Ancient Thera
Masada
The Battle of Kadesh
The Roman Games
The Late Roman Empire
Cleopatra
Alexander the Great
Cao Cao
The Hebrews and the Exodus
The Early Christians
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Unit 2:
ANCIENT
SOCIETIES
Students study at
least TWO TOPICS
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Old Kingdom Egypt
Egypt the Ramesside Period
Bronze Age Mycenae
Sparta 700-371 BC
Persia 559-330 BC
Rome 753-264 BC
Rome 264-133 BC
Ptolemaic Egypt 331-31 BC
China in the Qin and Han dynasties
Israel 961-637 BC
Assyria 721-627 BC
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Unit 3:
PEOPLE,
POWER AND
AUTHORITY
Students study at
least TWO TOPICS
ONE topic elective
ONE individual
Unit 2:
Topic Electives
New Kingdom Egypt
Persia 560-445 BC
Movements for
Archaic Greece 9-600 BC
Rights
andBC
Athens
490-445
Recognition
in the
Rome 133-63 BC
Rome
BC – AD 14
20th63century
Late Han & Three
Students
2 of
Kingdomsstudy
AD 184-280
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the following 20
century movements
Individuals
Hatshepsut
Thutmose III
Akhenaten
Darius I
Xerxes
Solon
Thermistocles
Cimon
Pausanius
Marius
Sulla
Pompey
Caesar
Antony
Augustus
Liu Bei
Zhuge Liang
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Unit 4:
The Ancient
World: Sites and
Developments
Students study at
ONE ancient site or
development
• Thebes – East and West -18th Dynasty
• New Kingdom imperialism and
diplomacy
• The Athenian Agora and Acropolis, 5th
Century BC
• Athens, Sparta and the Peloponnesian
Wars 435-404
• The Julio-Claudians and Imperial
Rome AD 14-68
• Pompeii & Herculaneum
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Is the structure and content consistent with the
rationale?
Are there a variety of logical connections between the
units to provide sound patterns of study?
Is the unifying concept for each unit historically sound?
Are the options proposed within each unit appropriate?
Are the content descriptions for each of the options
historically appropriate and accurate?
Do the content descriptions for each of the options
provide a sound basis for programming and teaching?
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ACARA documents
The national draft Modern History and Ancient History
curriculum documents and the survey can found at:
http://www.acara.edu.au/curriculum/draft_senior
_secondary_australian_curriculum.html
ACARA consultation: Before 20 July 2012
To provide your feedback directly to ACARA, go to
http://consultation.australiancurriculum.edu.au
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Contact details available on the NSW Curriculum
and Learning Innovation Centre website.
http://clic.det.nsw.edu.au/aust_curriculum/contact.htm
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