AC9HH7K13
Year 7
Humanities and Social Sciences
AC9HH7K13 | Year 7 History: The ancient world
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor the role and achievements of a significant individual in an ancient society
Strand
Knowledge and understanding
Substrand
The ancient world
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 7 History. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
Greece
- • Elaboration developing questions to establish the significance of key individuals such as Homer (800–701 BCE), Draco (7th century BCE), Socrates (470–399 BCE), Aspasia (470–400 BCE), Plato (428–348 BCE), Aristotle (384–322 BCE), Archimedes (287–212 BCE), Hippocrates (460–370 BCE), Alexander the Great (356–323 BCE), and/or Pericles (495–429 BCE)
- • Elaboration examining the historical context, early life and achievements of a significant historical figure, such as Leonidas or Pericles from ancient Greece, and how they were perceived by their contemporaries
Rome
- • Elaboration describing the importance of a key group such as patricians, plebeians, women or slaves in the maintenance of the Roman empire
- • Elaboration examining the historical context, early life and achievements of a significant historical figure such as Julius Caesar, Augustus, Agrippina the Younger, Marcus Aurelius or Jesus Christ, and how they were perceived by their contemporaries
- • Elaboration analysing the impact of Constantine’s reign on society and religion in the Roman Empire
Egypt
- • Elaboration evaluating the significance of Rameses II, including military victories, expansion of the Egyptian empire and architectural endeavours
- • Elaboration examining the historical context, early life and achievements of a significant historical figure from ancient Egypt, such as Hatshepsut or Akhenaten, and how they were perceived by their contemporaries
India
- • Elaboration examining the historical context, early life and achievements of key individuals such as Chandragupta Maurya or Ashoka
China
- • Elaboration describing the social, political and cultural impact of Confucius on ancient Chinese society
- • Elaboration examining the historical context, early life and achievements of a significant historical figure such as Confucius or Qin Shi Huang, and how each was perceived by their contemporaries
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