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Big Ideas History 7: Australian Curriculum

Overview
1.0 The ancient world: An overview
1.1 What is the 'out of Afirca' theory?
1.2 How did ancient societies develop?
1.3 What were the key features of ancient societies?
1.4 What are the legacies of ancient societies?

Depth Studies
2.0 Investigating the ancient past?
2.1 How is history investigated?
2.2 What sources are used in a historical investigation?
2.3 What methods are used to investigate the past?
2.4 Why is conservation important?

The Mediterranean world
3.0 Ancient Egypt
3.1 How do geographical features influence human settlements? 
3.2 What shaped the role of key groups in ancient societies?
3.3 How do beliefs, values and practices influence lifestyle?
3.4 How do contacts and conflicts change societies?

4.0 Ancient Greece
4.1 How do geographical features influence human settlements?
4.2 What shaped the roles of key groups in ancient societies?
4.3 How do beliefs, values and practices influence lifestyle?
4.5 How do contacts and conflicts change societies?

5.0 Ancient Rome
5.1 How do geographical features influence human settlements?
5.2 What shaped the roles of key groups in ancient societies?
5.3 How do beliefs, values and practices influence lifestyle?
5.4 How do contacts and conflicts change societies?

The Asian world
o Ancient India
1 How do geographical features influence human settlements?
2 What shaped the roles of key groups in ancient societies?
3 How do beliefs, values and practices influence lifestyle?
4 How do contacts and conflicts change societies?

6.0 Ancient China
6.1 How do geographical features influence human settlements?
6.2 What shapes the roles of key groups in ancient societies?
6.3 How do beliefs, values and practices influence lifestyle?
6.4 How do contacts and conflicts change societies?

Maggy Saldais has been actively involved in a range of successful education publishing programs over the last 10 years.

Associate Professor Tony Taylor has played a pivotal role in the shaping of history education in Australia. In 1999 he was appointed Director of the Australian Government’s National Inquiry into the Teaching and Learning of History and, from 2001–2006, he was Director of the Australian Government’s National Centre for History Education. Recently, Tony has been involved in the development of the Australian Curriculum for History.

Dr Carmel Young is a History consultant with Oxford and has taught History Curriculum and Methods at the University of Sydney. With Tony Taylor, she wrote History: A guide to the teaching and learning of history in Australian schools.

Michael Spurr is an Adjunct Research Associate of the School of Historical Studies, Monash University. Michael was also previously Executive Director of the History Teachers’ Association of Victoria.