Post by Julia Smith on Oct 10, 2009 21:05:11 GMT 10
Overview
There are two types of Histories that are taught in Australia, particularly Queensland, where I live. The two types are: Ancient History and Modern History. Both courses are taught over a two year period at most High Schools, the two these are taught over are year eleven and twelve, the senior years, with four semester units to complete in this time.
Primary school:
o Years 1-7
High School:
o (Middle and senior years) 8-12 (8-9 Middle.)
o 10-12 Senior (grade 12 you sit QCE’s or Queensland Certificate of Education)
Unit 1
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 3
Unit 4
~TBA~
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RULES
There are two types of Histories that are taught in Australia, particularly Queensland, where I live. The two types are: Ancient History and Modern History. Both courses are taught over a two year period at most High Schools, the two these are taught over are year eleven and twelve, the senior years, with four semester units to complete in this time.
Primary school:
o Years 1-7
High School:
o (Middle and senior years) 8-12 (8-9 Middle.)
o 10-12 Senior (grade 12 you sit QCE’s or Queensland Certificate of Education)
Unit 1
- Discovering Ancient History
- Archaeological Research
- Writting paragraphs in Historical Studies
- Focus questions for inquiry topics
Unit 1
- Anicent Mesopotamia - The birth place of civilisation in Western Asia
- Ancient and Moderen Historians
- The Sumerians of Mesopotamia
- Ur - A city known as Abraham
Unit 2
- Ancient Egypt a broad overview
- Pharaohs of the eighteenth and nineteenth dynasties
- Monuments of eternal life
- Hieroglyphics
Unit 2
- Akhenaten - Religious revolutionary?
- Hatshepsut - A great Queen
- Collapse of the Middle Kingdom
- Ramesses - The Great?
- Tombs and Burial customs in the Old Kingdom
Unit 3
- Greece - A broad overview
- Solon of Athens
- Tyrants in Greek history
Unit 3
- Causes and Consequences of the Persian wars
- Personalites of the Persian wars
- Major battles of the Persian wars
Unit 4
~TBA~
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