Terminology in History K-10

Key terms in History Additional terms for each stage’s topics

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Early 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

Stage 1 Prior learning:change and continuity, cause and effect, event, time, past, present and future, ‘then and now’

New terminology to be introduced:generation, point of view

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 Prior learning:change and continuity, cause and effect, event, time, past, present and future, ‘then and now’, generation

New terminology to be introduced:sequence, perspective

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

Stage 3 Prior learning:change and continuity, cause and effect, event, time, past, present and future, ‘then and now’, generation, sequence, perspective

New terminology to be introduced:interpretation, contestability, cause, impact, consequence, BC/AD, decade, century, millennia

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

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Stage 4 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

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

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

Stage 5 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

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