Edition:Original published version updated: April 2000 - Board Bulletin/Offical Notices Vol 9 No 2 (BOS 13/00), October 2009 - Assessment and Reporting information updated, July 2010 - Revised syllabus published online
"This document has been produced by the Board of Studies NSW on behalf of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Certification Authorities in collaboration with the Board of Studies Victoria, Curriculum Council of Western Australia, Northern Territory Board of Studies, Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia, and the Tasmanian Secondary Assessment Board." -- (Back of title page)
"Mandatory History in Stage 4 includes the unit of study, Indigenous Peoples, Colonisation and Contact History, through which students explore the nature and impact of colonisation and contact between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia and in one other location. In Stage 5 students study the shared history of Australia in the twentieth century, including a major focus on the changing nature of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relations. Mandatory Geography in Stage 5 includes the study of Aboriginality and the Australian identity, concepts and experiences of citizenship for Australian Aboriginal communities and strategies for reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. The Aboriginal Studies Stage 6 Syllabus builds on this knowledge and understanding." -- (Page 6)
Broad learning areas K-6: English, mathematics, science and technology, human society and its environment, creative and practical arts, health, physical education and personal development. - Broad learning areas 7-12: English, mathematics, science, human society and its environment, languages other than English/modern and classical languages, technology and applied studies, creative arts, health and physical education and fitness
The economics and business sub-strand starts in Year 5. This Sequence of Achievement provides the achievement standard at each year level for the economics and business sub-strand of the F-6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences subject. A Sequence of Achievement for the F-6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences subject is provided as a separate document
"The humanities and social sciences are the study of human behaviour and interaction in social, cultural, environmental, economic and political contexts. The humanities and social sciences have a historical and contemporary focus, from personal to global contexts, and consider challenges for the future. In the Australian Curriculum, the Humanities and Social Sciences learning area includes a study of history, geography, civics and citizenship and economics and business." -- (Introduction)
"In the Australian Curriculum, the Humanities and Social Sciences learning area comprises five subjects: F–6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences, and Years 7–10 History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship and Economics and Business. [...] In these years, students are introduced to history and geography from Foundation Year, civics and citizenship in Year 3 and economics and business in Year 5. In Years 7-10, the curriculum is organised by subject. In Years 9 and 10, student access to Geography, Civics and citizenship and Economics and Business will be determined by school authorities or individual school." -- (Page 7)
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"Implementation from 2020: Geography Elective Years 7-10 Syllabus (2016): 2019: Continue teaching Geography Elective Years 7-10; Geography Elective Years 7-10 Syllabus (2019): 2019: Familiarisation and planning; 2020: Start teaching 100-hour or 200-hour elective courses in Years 7 to 10; Note: There is no optional implementation year; the only students studying the 2016 syllabus in 2020 are those who commenced the 200-hour course in 2019." -- (NSW Education Standards Authority)
"This document contains Material prepared by the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards NSW for and on behalf of the State of New South Wales." -- (Back of title page)