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Contents 1 Ancient History 1.1 General 1.2 Part I: Core Study 1.3 Part II: Ancient Societies 1.4 Part III: Personalities in Their Times 1.5 Part IV: Historical Periods 2 Modern History 2.1 Part I: Core Study 2.2 Part II: National Studies 2.3 Part III: Personality Studies 2.4 Part IV: International Studies in Peace and Conflict 3 History Extension 3.1 What is History? 3.2 Case Studies 3.2.1 Ancient 3.2.2 Medieval and Early Modern 3.2.3 Modern 3.2.4 Australian

Ancient History

General

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Part I: Core Study

• Part I: Core Study: Cities of Vesuvius – Pompeii and Herculaneum
  

Part II: Ancient Societies

Principal Focus: The investigation of key features of ONE ancient society through a range of archaeological and written sources and relevant historiographical issues.

• Egypt
  • A: Society in Old Kingdom Egypt Dynasties III–VI
    
  • B: Society in New Kingdom Egypt to the death of Amenhotep III
    
  • C: Society in New Kingdom Egypt during the Ramesside period, Dynasties XIX and XX
    
• Near East
  • D: Assyrian society from Sargon II to Ashurbanipal
    
  • E: Society in Israel from Solomon to the fall of Samaria
    
  • F: Persian society at the time of Darius and Xerxes
    
• Greece
  • G: The Bronze Age – Minoan Crete
    
  • H: The Bronze Age – Mycenae
    
  • I: Spartan society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BC
    
  • J: Athenian society in the time of Pericles
    

Part III: Personalities in Their Times

Principal Focus: Students gain an understanding of the personality in the context of their time.

• Egypt
  • A: Hatshepsut
    
  • B: Akhenaten
    
  • C: Ramesses II
    
• Near East
  • D: Sennacherib
    
  • E: Xerxes
    
  • F: Hannibal
    
• Greece
  • G: Pericles
    
  • H: Alexander the Great
    
  • I: Cleopatra VII
    
• Rome
  • J: Tiberius Gracchus
    
  • K: Julius Caesar
    
  • L: Agrippina the Younger
    

Part IV: Historical Periods

Principal Focus: Through an investigation of the archaeological and written sources of ONE historical period, students learn about significant developments and issues that shaped the historical period as well as relevant historiographical issues.

• Egypt
  • A: From Unification to the First Intermediate Period
    
  • B: New Kingdom Egypt to the death of Thutmose IV
    
  • C: New Kingdom Egypt from Amenhotep III to the death of Ramses II
    
• Near East
  • D: Assyria from Tiglath-Pileser III to the fall of Assyria 609 BC
    
  • E: Israel and Judah from the death of Solomon to the fall of Jerusalem
    
  • F: Persia from Cyrus II to the death of Darius III
    
• Greece
  • G: The development of the Greek world 800 – 500 BC
    
  • H: The Greek world 500 – 440 BC
    
  • I: The Greek world 446 – 399 BC
    
  • J: Fourth-century Greece to the death of Philip II of Macedon
    
• Rome
  • K: Rome: 264 – 133 BC
    
  • L: Political revolution in Rome 133 – 78 BC
    
  • M: The fall of the Roman Republic 78 – 31 BC
    
  • N: The Augustan Age 44BC – AD 14
    
  • O: Rome in the time of the Julio-Claudians AD 14 – 69
    
  • P: The Roman Empire: AD 69 – 235
    

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Modern History

Part I: Core Study

• Part I: Core Study: World War I and Its Aftermath 1914–1921

Part II: National Studies

Principal focus: students apply historical enquiry methods to investigate significant events, people, groups, ideas and forces for change and continuity in the history of one country during a significant period of its twentieth century national history.

• Option A: USA 1898–1941
  • A: Key Features of the USA 1898–1941 - Syllabus Notes
    
  • B: Concepts to be studied in relation to the key features of the USA 1898–1941
    
  • C: Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of the USA 1898–1941
    
• Option B: Japan 1904–1941
  • A: Key features of Japan 1904–1941 - Syllabus Notes
    
  • B: Concepts to be studied in relation to the key features of Japan 1904–1941
    
  • C: Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of Japan 1904–1941<br
• Option C: China 1911–1949
  • A: Key Features of China 1911–1949 - Syllabus Notes
    
  • B: Concepts to be studied in relation to the key features of China 1911–1949
    
  • C: Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of China 1911–1949
    
• Option D: Russia and the Soviet Union 1917–1945
  • A: Key Features of the Russia and the Soviet Union 1917–1945 - Syllabus Notes
    
  • B: Concepts to be studied in relation to the key features of Russia and the Soviet Union 1917–1945
    
  • C: Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of Russia and the Soviet Union 1917–1945
    
• Option E: Germany 1918–1939
  • A: Key Features of Germany 1918–1939 - Syllabus Notes
    
  • B: Concepts to be studied in relation to the key features of Germany 1918–1939
    
  • C: Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of Germany 1918–1939
    
• Option F: India 1919–1947
  • A: Key Features of India 1919–1947 - Syllabus Notes
    
  • B: Concepts to be studied in relation to the key features of India 1919–1947
    
  • C: Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of India 1919–1947
    
• Option G: Australia in the World 1946–1996
  • A: Key Features of Australia in the World 1946–1996 - Syllabus Notes
    
  • B: Concepts to be studied in relation to the key features of Australia in the World 1946–1996
    
  • C: Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of Australia in the World 1946–1996
    
• Option H: Indonesia 1950–1998
  • A: Key Features of Indonesia 1950–1998 - Syllabus Notes
    
  • B: Concepts to be studied in relation to the key features of Indonesia 1950–1998
    
  • C: Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of Indonesia 1950–1998
    

Part III: Personality Studies

• USA
  • A: William Randolph Hearst
    
  • B: J. Edgar Hoover
    
• Japan
  • A: Emperor Hirohito
    
  • B: Kita Ikki
    
• China
  • A: Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen)
    
  • B: Zhu De (Chu Teh).
    
• Russia and the Soviet Union
  • A: Alexandra Kollontai
    
  • B: Leon Trotsky
    
• Germany
  • A: Leni Riefenstahl
    
  • B: Albert Speer
    
• India
  • A: Jawaharlal Nehru
    
  • B: Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
    
• Australia
  • A: Herbert Vere Evatt
    
  • B: Malcolm Fraser
    
• Indonesia
  • A: Pramoedya Ananta Toer
    
  • B: Sukarno
    

Part IV: International Studies in Peace and Conflict

Principal focus: students will investigate the nature of conflict and the roles of people, groups, institutions, ideas and forces of change and continuity in attempts to resolve conflict in one modern world context.

• Option A: Conflict in the Pacific 1937–1951
  • A: Key Features of the Conflict in the Pacific 1937–1951 - Syllabus Notes
    
  • B: Concepts to be studied in relation to the key features of the Conflict in the Pacific 1937–1951
    
  • C: Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of the Conflict in the Pacific 1937–1951
    
• Option B: The Cold War 1945–1991
  • A: Key Features of The Cold War 1945–1991 - Syllabus Notes
    
  • B: Concepts to be studied in relation to the key features of tThe Cold War 1945–1991
    
  • C: Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of The Cold War 1945–1991
    
• Option C: The United Nations as Peacekeeper 1946–1999
  • A: Key Features of The United Nations as Peacekeeper 1946–1999 - Syllabus Notes
    
  • B: Concepts to be studied in relation to The United Nations as Peacekeeper 1946–1999
    
  • C: Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of The United Nations as Peacekeeper 1946–1999
    
• Option D: Conflict in South Africa 1948–1994
  • A: Key Features of the Conflict in South Africa 1948–1994 - Syllabus Notes
    
  • B: Concepts to be studied in relation to the key features of the Conflict in South Africa 1948–1994
    
  • C: Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of the Conflict in South Africa 1948–1994
    
• Option E: Arab-Israel Conflict 1948–1996
  • A: Key Features of the Arab-Israel Conflict 1948–1996 - Syllabus Notes
    
  • B: Concepts to be studied in relation to the key features of the Arab-Israel Conflict 1948–1996
    
  • C: Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of the Arab-Israel Conflict 1948–1996
    
• Option F: Conflict in Indochina 1954–1979
  • A: Key Features of the Conflict in Indochina 1954–1979 - Syllabus Notes
    
  • B: Concepts to be studied in relation to the key features of the Conflict in Indochina 1954–1979
    
  • C: Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of the Conflict in Indochina 1954–1979
    
• Option G: Anglo-Irish Relations 1968–1998
  • A: Key Features of Anglo-Irish Relations 1968–1998 - Syllabus Notes
    
  • B: Concepts to be studied in relation to the key features of Anglo-Irish Relations 1968–1998
    
  • C: Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of Anglo-Irish Relations 1968–1998
    

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History Extension

What is History?

• What are the historical debates?
• Who are the historians?
• What are the purposes of history?
• How has history been constructed and recorded over time?
• Why have approaches to history changed over time?

Case Studies

Ancient

• Ancient Egypt and the Life of Teti
• The Origins and Early History of Israel
• The End of the Bronze Age
• The Origins of Rome
• The Thucydidean View of Empire
• The Impact of Rome on the Provinces
• The Historicity of Jesus Christ
• The Tacitean View of the Early Principate
• The Problems of the Archaeology of a Site

Medieval and Early Modern

• The Crusades — Campaigns of the Cross?
• Martin Luther
• Elizabeth I and the Elizabethan Age
• Spain and the Aztec Empire

Modern

• Confucianism and Chinese Industrialisation in the Sung Period
• The Origins and Early Development of American Democracy
• Napoleon — Reformer or Tyrant?
• The Nature of Western Imperialism in the19th Century
• Winston Churchill — Statesman or Career Opportunist?
• Appeasement — Peace or War?
• The Nature of the Presidency of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Australian

• The Origins of the First Australians
• The Arrival of the British in Australia
• Women Convicts in NSW
• The Bush Legend

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