Rationale/Aims Ancient History
Rationale The Ancient History curriculum enables students to study life in early civilisations based on the analysis and interpretation of physical and written remains. The ancient period, as defined in this curriculum, extends from the development of …
Rationale/Aims | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHAH084
The geographic and historical context of the Early Christians, including an overview of the life of Christ and the crucifixion; the Jewish and Hebrew tradition, key aspects of Graeco-Roman religion; the spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire; …
ACHAH084 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1: Investigating the Ancient World | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHAH161
The nature of power and authority at the beginning of the New Kingdom, including the social and political structure (role and status of pharaoh/royalty, nobility, scribes, artisans, agricultural workers; the nature and impact of Hyksos rule); religion …
ACHAH161 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3: People, Power and Authority | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHAH172
The nature of power and authority at the beginning of the period, including the social and political structure of Persian society (the role of king and court, the ‘bandaka’, the role of the family, tribal, and clan systems, royal women, commoners, subject …
ACHAH172 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3: People, Power and Authority | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHAH182
The nature of power and authority at the beginning of the period, including the social structure (role and status of the family ‘oikos’, tribe, nobles, farmers, peasants, craftsmen); Greek religion (the nature of Hesiod’s cosmogony; Olympian gods); the …
ACHAH182 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3: People, Power and Authority | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHAH227
The nature of power and authority in China in AD 180, including the social structure of Late Han society (emperor, nobility, eunuchs, commoners, the significance of imperial marriage); political structures (emperor, ministers, the court, kings, provincial …
ACHAH227 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3: People, Power and Authority | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHMH131
The nature and effects of key aspects of the Nazi state, including military mobilisation, Lebensraum (living space), propaganda, terror and repression (SA and SS), the Hitler Youth, and policy on religion
ACHMH131 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3: Modern Nations in the 20th century | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum