Terminology in History K-10
Key terms in History
Secondary
Primary
Early
Stage 1
Stage 1
change and continuity, cause and effect, event, time, past, present and future,
‘then and now’
‘my history’, family history, people, daily life, stories, important days, special holidays, ‘same and different’, object, photograph
Prior learning:
change and continuity, cause and effect, event, time, past, present and future,
‘then and now’
role, family history, family life, community, celebration, local, site, people, daily life, experiences, leisure, technology, stories, retell, narrative,
communication, ‘same and different', importance, special holidays, traditions, sources
Stage 2
New terminology to be introduced:
generation, point of view
Prior learning:
change and continuity, cause and effect, event, time, past, present and future,
‘then and now’, generation
Stage 3
New terminology to be introduced:
sequence, perspective
Prior learning:
change and continuity, cause and effect, event, time, past, present and future,
‘then and now’, generation, sequence, perspective
Stage 4
New terminology to be introduced:
interpretation, contestability, cause, impact, consequence, BC/AD, decade,
century, millennia
Prior learning:
change and continuity, cause and effect, event, time, past, present and future,
‘then and now’, generation, sequence, perspective, interpretation, contestability,
cause, impact, consequence, BC/ AD, decade, century, millennia
Stage 5
Additional terms for each stage’s topics
New terminology to be introduced:
immediate and long-term effects, BCE/CE, fact, opinion, bias, chronology,
prehistory, ancient, medieval, modern history, archaeology, dating, origin, turning
point, historical context
Prior learning:
change and continuity, cause and effect, event, time, past, present and future,
‘then and now’, generation, point of view, sequence, perspective, interpretation,
contestability, cause, impact, consequence, immediate and long-term effects, BC/
AD, BCE/CE, decade, century, millennia, fact, opinion, bias, chronology,
prehistory, ancient, medieval, modern history, archaeological record, dating,
origin, turning point, historical context
New terminology to be introduced:
intended consequences, unintended consequences, revolution, transformation,
culmination, historiography, evaluation, inter-war, post-World War II, legacy,
influences
heritage, site, identity, diversity, local, state, federal, national, international, emblems, community, celebration, commemoration, World,
colonisation, settlers, daily life, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Country (as referred to in studies of Aboriginal history), traditions, exploration,
navigator, technology, reasons, importance, significance, narration, explanation, ‘same and different’, behaviour, actions, research, experiences,
sources, primary source, secondary source, object, views and experiences, historian
colonies, society, convict, frontier, indigenous, economy, civics, migrant, national, international, ‘global connections’, entrepreneurs, humanitarian,
influences, migration, Federation, democracy, local, state, federal, citizenship, constitution, attitudes, settlement, invasion, development,
government, law, human rights, referendum, Stolen Generations, importance, significance, description, source material, rights and freedoms
empire, civilisation, artefact, excavation, site, domesticate, cultivate, institutions, economic, military, political, nomadic, iconography, the
Dreaming, middens, conservation, digital, global connections, ruling elite, nobility, peasant, warfare, feudal, bureaucracy, slavery, funerary
customs, diplomacy, trade route, architecture, patronage, city-state, humanist, culture, trade, prominence, status, public works, indigenous,
economy, commerce, development, modernisation, westernisation, divine, supernatural, attitudes, individuals and groups, settlement, invasion,
government, law, codification, human rights, life expectancy, social mobility, uprising, dispossession, source material, historical investigation,
purpose and usefulness (of sources), importance, role and significance (of an individual), influences, description, argument, controversy,
explanation, evidence, attitudes, motive
institutions, economic, military, political, commerce, development, conservation, digital, ruling elite, warfare, bureaucracy, slavery, diplomacy,
trade route, transportation, architecture, humanist, nationalism, imperialism, modernisation, industrialisation, westernisation, capitalism, social
discontent, uprising, life expectancy, social mobility, living and working conditions, tensions, socialism, communism, unionism, expansionism,
agricultural revolution, industrial revolution, technological innovation, manufacturing, emancipist, free settler, progressive, egalitarianism,
Darwinism, self-government, suffrage, franchise, legislation, independence, ANZAC, enlistment, conscription, censorship, Holocaust, home front,
internment, racism, rationing, propaganda, enemy ‘aliens’, human rights, indigenous, settlement, invasion, dispossession, protection, assimilation,
reconciliation, Freedom Rides, Native Title, declaration, popular culture, overseas, international, environmental, deforestation, organisation, policy,
White Australia Policy, population, terrorism, global connections, global standing, globalisation, trade, status, attitudes, individuals, groups,
government, law, human rights, multicultural, culture, cultural identity, source material, historical investigation, purpose and usefulness (of
sources), reliability, controversy, importance, role and significance (of an individual), influences, description, argument, explanation, evidence,
attitudes and motives, rights and freedoms, methodology, empathy
DEC Learning and Leadership, 30/4/15