History K-10
Leigh Williams- History & Geography K-6 Advisor, Australian
curriculum
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August 25, 2014
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Syllabus implementation timeline
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Source: Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards
Local lens
Global
National
State
Local
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 Local
Aboriginal
history
 Local history
– Gosford City
Council
 Local history
– Wyong
Shire Council
 Local
community
perspective
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Why teach history: rationale
‘…process of inquiry into
the past that helps to
explain how people,
events and forces from
the past have shaped
our world.”
History K-10 Syllabus
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Overview of the syllabus: aims
• ‘…stimulate students’ interest in and
enjoyment of exploring the past
• …develop a critical understanding of the past
and its impact on the present
• …develop the critical skills of historical inquiry
• …enable students to participate as active,
informed and responsible citizens.’
History K-10 Syllabus
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Linked to
knowledge,
understanding
and skills
Linked to
Learning
across the
Curriculum
Linked to other
KLAs
Linked to Quality
Teaching
Integral to the
process of
historical
inquiry
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Overview of the K-10 outcomes
Stage:
Knowledge and Understanding:
History Skills:
Early Stage 1
1x outcome
1x outcome
Stage 1
3x outcomes
1x outcome
Stage 2
4x outcomes
1x outcome
Stage 3
4x outcomes
1x outcome
Stage 4
4 x outcomes
6 x outcomes
Stage 5
4 x outcomes
6 x outcomes
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What’s New: Continuum of learning K-10
Point of prior
knowledge
Common
language
Transitioning
Quality
Teaching
Differentiation
Local,
state,
national,
global
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What’s New: K-10 concepts
Concepts:
•
•
•
•
continuity and change
cause and effect
perspectives
empathetic
understanding
• significance
• contestability
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Explores
point of view
Point of view
in context
Different
points of
view in
context
Different
points of
view in past
and present
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Different
perspectives of
participants in a
particular context
Reasons for
different
perspectives in a
particular context
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Historical concepts
The Past in the Present – Stage 1
Objective: ‘develop knowledge and understanding about
key historical concepts and develop the skills to
undertake the process of historical inquiry.’
identifies and describes significant people, events, places and
sites in the local community HT1-2 (content outcome)
demonstrates skills of historical inquiry and communication
HT1-4 (skills outcome)
What remains of the past are important to the local community?
Why? (key inquiry question)
Students:
The history of a significant person, building, site or part of the
natural environment in the local community and what it reveals
about the past (ACHHK044)
 investigate an aspect of local history
 develop a narrative on their chosen aspect of local history
which focuses on the remains of the past
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Continuity and change
Cause and effect
Perspectives
Empathetic
understanding
Significance
Contestability
Historical skills
Comprehension,
chronology, terms and
concepts
Analysis of sources
Perspectives and
interpretations
Empathetic
understanding
Research
Explanation and
communication
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Teaching and learning ideas
 Locate and research your local war memorial using
Register of War Memorials in NSW
 Access HSIE Pinterest board Changing Technologies
 Site Study – Environmental Education Centres e.g. Rumbalara
 Search the history and heritage of your local council or library website for
significant local community sites. Visit a venue for an authentic site study.
 Community Links – 8 Aboriginal Ways of Learning
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What’s New: K-10 skills
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Skills:
comprehension, chronology,
terms and concepts
analysis and use of sources
perspectives and interpretations
empathetic understanding
research
explanation and communication
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Developing
skills
Demonstrates
skills
Applies skills
Applies a
variety of
skills
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Locates, selects,
organises, uses
terms and concepts
in appropriate
forms to
communicate
Selects, analyses
sources and applies
terms and concepts
to communicate
effectively
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Community and Remembrance – Stage 2
Objective: ‘develop knowledge and understanding about
key historical concepts and develop the skills to
undertake the process of historical inquiry.’
Example:
describes and explains how significant individuals, groups and
events contributed to changes in the local community over time
HT2-1 (content outcome)
applies skills of historical inquiry and communication HT2-2 (skills
outcome)
What is the nature of the contribution made by different groups
and individuals in the community? (key inquiry question)
Students:
The role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the
development and character of the local community (ACHHK062)
 focusing on ONE group, investigate their diverse backgrounds
and outline their contribution to the local community using a
range of sources, eg photographs, newspapers, oral histories,
diaries and letters
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Historical concepts
Continuity and change
Cause and effect
Perspectives
Empathetic
understanding
Significance
Contestability
Historical skills
Comprehension,
chronology, terms and
concepts
Analysis of sources
Perspectives and
interpretations
Empathetic
understanding
Research
Explanation and
communication
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Teaching and learning ideas
Search major source collections for
newspapers, diaries, letters, photographs
and film to identify significant groups and
their contribution to local community using
Trove, Flickr, National Library of New South
Wales and ABC My Place.
How does this
resource assist my
students to meet the
outcomes
Role plays – Australian Dictionary of
Biography or Australian of the Year
HSIE Pinterest – Significant People
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Similarities and Differences K-6 History
The separate history syllabus replaces the Change
and continuity strand only of the HSIE K-6 syllabus.
Similarities
• Rationale
• Aims
• Objectives
• Outcomes
• Stage statements
• Outcomes and content
organised in stages
• Topics to organise the
learning for each stage
• Much of the knowledge and
understanding content
descriptions are familiar
• Glossary – also online
HT
Differences
• Greater emphasis on the
process of historical inquiry
• Inclusion of skills outcomes
• Inclusion of continuum of
learning
• Inclusion of continuum of
concepts
• Inclusion of continuum of
skills
• Key inquiry questions
• Learning across the
curriculum areas
• Some new and moved
content between stages
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K-6 shift in
emphasis of
learning e.g.
the shaping,
impact and
contribution
of people,
places and
events
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Strengths and challenges History K-6
1. The separate history syllabus replaces the Change and continuity strand
only. All other strands of the HSIE K-6 Syllabus must continue to be taught
2. K-6 shift in emphasis of learning e.g. the shaping, impact and contribution
of people, places and events
3. Scope and sequencing– integration of other HSIE strands
4. Syllabus shaped by a lens of personal, local, national and global sequential
content - connections K-10, similar metalanguage, similar expectations,
continuums of learning, concepts and skills
5. Transitions – opportunities to create communities of schools. Opportunities
for Directors, Principals, Educational Services advisors to encourage
collaborative schools programs and mentoring between cluster schools.
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Similarities and Differences 7-10
Similarities
• Rationale
• Aims
• Objectives
• Outcomes
• Stage statements
• Outcomes and content
organised in stages
• Depth Studies to organise
the learning for each stage
• Much of the knowledge and
understanding content
descriptions are familiar
• Emphasis on the process of
historical inquiry
• Glossary – also online
Differences
• Overviews
• Inclusion of continuum of
learning
• Inclusion of continuum of
concepts
• Inclusion of continuum of
skills
• Learning across the
curriculum areas
• New content across stages
• Succinct chronological
approach with themes
compassing a more holistic
view of world history
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Strengths and challenges History 7-10
1. New
directions, but outcomes, skills, concepts are basically the
same
2. When to incorporate Overviews? Individual school decision
3. Depth studies allow for flexibility within boundaries
4. Incorporation of Literacy Continuum – literacy and numeracy
are integral to the document
5. Transitioning – Stage 3 to Stage 4 and mentoring of primary
colleagues in a strong community of schools
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Overview of the syllabus: K-6 topics
Early Stage 1
• Personal and family histories
Stage 1
• Present and Past Family Life
• The Past in the Present
Stage 2
• Community and Remembrance
• First Contacts
Stage 3
• The Australian Colonies
• Australia as a Nation
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Detailed
description of
history topics
for the stage
Outcomes
referenced in
the topic
Key inquiry
questions
Reference to
historical
concepts and
skills
Content,
including the AC
descriptions and
links to LACs
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Stage 4
Must
teach all 6
Depth
Studies
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Stage 5
Must
teach 4 of
the 6
Depth
Studies
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Overview of the syllabus: key inquiry questions
There are 3 or 4 key inquiry
questions for each topic in
the history syllabus:
•The key inquiry questions
provide the foundation for
engaging students in
historical inquiry.
•Teachers will need to
support and model the
historical inquiry process
using these questions.
Teacher
Student
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Overview of historical inquiry process
‘The process of
developing
knowledge and
understanding
by posing
questions about
the past, and
applying skills
associated with
locating,
analysing,
evaluating and
using sources as
evidence to
develop an
informed
argument or
interpretation.’ History K-10 Syllabus
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Opportunities for History K-10
• in-depth historical inquiry – concepts, skills,
sources and evidence
• broader scope of content topics
• significant opportunities to include literacy,
numeracy, ICT and critical thinking
• common language K-10
• a strong K-6 foundation for Stage 4 and 5
mandatory history
• ability to build stronger links within
community of schools.
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Refresh
Reaudit
Revitalise
Engagement
Variety of
perspectives
Critical thinking
Progression
of learning
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How will teachers be
supported?
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Implementation Plan: History K-10
• Familiarise yourself with the online and print syllabus
• Access DEC Professional Learning:
• Your school and the history K-6 syllabus
• Your school and the history 7-10 syllabus
• Programming for quality teaching and assessing
• A process for programming a unit of learning:
History K-10
• Access DEC building capacity resources History K-6:
• Historical concepts and skills
• Historical inquiry in the primary classroom
• Building historical narrative using sources
• Access DEC building capacity resources History 7-10:
• World history approach
• Overviews and depth studies
• Patterns of learning
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K-6 history
optional in
2015
K-6 history
mandatory
from 2016
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History K-6 SyllabusPLUS Series 1
Syllabus PLUS K-6 History: The history syllabus in a nutshell
Course Code: NR05975
Syllabus PLUS K-6 History: Snapshots of the history topics –
teaching and learning ideas
Course Code: NR05974
Syllabus PLUS K-6 History: Historical inquiry – concepts, skills,
sources and evidence
Course Code: NR05973
Syllabus PLUS K-6 History: The place of history in HSIE- planning
for teaching
Course Code: NR05972
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History SyllabusPLUS: 7-10
Series 1
Session 1 – The essentials and building capacity resources
Session 2 – Learning across the curriculum
Session 3 – Patterns of study and programming
Session 4 – Assessment and professional learning
Series 2
Session 1 – The Quality Teaching Model and the new syllabus
Session 2 – The literacy continuum and EAL/D learners
Session 3 – Integrating ICT and engaging 21st century learners
Session 4 – Differentiating the curriculum for gifted and talented learners
Process for Programming
Session 1: Planning to programming
Session 2: The process of programming
Series 3
Session 1: Embedding literacy into history and geography
Session 2: Life Skills in history
Session 3: The 8 Aboriginal Ways of Learning
Session 4: Program Differentiation
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Curriculum Support website
Access to these recordings will also be available
as part of teacher professional learning (TPL) on
the NSW DEC Curriculum Support HSIE website.
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E-newsletters and Pinterest K-10
Human Society and its Environment K-6
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Contact Details:
Anne Southwell
HSIE K-6 Advisor
Level 3, 1 Oxford St
Darlinghurst 2010
Phone: 9244 5772
anne.southwell@det.nsw.edu.au
Alana Ellis
R/HSIE 7-12 Advisor
Level 3, 1 Oxford St
Darlinghurst 2010
Phone: 9266 8491
alana.ellis@det.nsw.edu.au
anne.southwell@det.nsw.edu.au
anne.southwell@det.nsw.edu.au
Leigh Williams
History & Geography K-6 Advisor,
Australian curriculum
Level 3, 1 Oxford St
Darlinghurst 2010
Phone: 9244 5247
leigh.williams5@det.nsw.edu.au
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Q & A?
Confidence
Clear
Understanding
Competence
Change
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