Overview of the Ancient World - Pearson Australia

Pearson History New South Wales 7 Teaching Program 2-4 weeks (Based on a full year History program) Chapter 1: Overview: the ancient world
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Overview The Ancient World to the Modern World
The stage 4 curriculum provides a study of the nature of history and historical sources, both archaeological and written.
Students investigate ancient history from the time of the earliest human communities to the end of the ancient period
(approximately 60 000 BC–c. AD 650). It was a period defined by the development of cultural practices and organised
communities, including Australia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, India and China.
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Syllabus
Overview
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According to the ‘Out of Africa’ theory, about 60 000 years ago modern humans (Homo sapiens) began to leave that
continent and gradually spread throughout the world. Some groups eventually settled down to grow crops and
domesticate animals. In some regions, villages, towns and finally cities emerged and specialised trades and occupations
developed. Organised activities and institutions developed, such as manufacture and trade, art and writing, religion and
law, military and political structures. Some of these societies became the focal points of empires that shaped various parts
of the ancient world.
Students briefly outline
The theory that people moved out of Africa around 60 000 years ago and migrated to other parts of the world,
including Australia
The evidence for the emergence and establishment of ancient societies, including art, iconography, writing, tools
and pottery
Key features of ancient societies (farming, trade, social classes, religion, rule of law)
Historical
skills
Identify the origin and purpose of primary and secondary sources
Locate, select and use information from a range of sources as evidence
Draw conclusions about the usefulness of sources
Perspectives and interpretations
Identify and describe different perspectives of participants in a particular historical context
Empathetic understanding
Interpret history within the context of the actions, attitudes and motives of people in the context of the past
Research
Ask a range of questions about the past to inform an historical inquiry
Identify and locate a range of relevant sources, using ICT and other methods
Use a range of communication forms and techniques
Explanation and communication
Develop historical texts, particularly explanations and historical arguments that use evidence from a range of
sources
Select and use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written and digital) to communicate effectively
about the past
Unit 1 Origins of humans
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Overview Suggested teaching and
out of Africa around 60 000
years ago and migrated to other
parts of the world including
Australia
Locate, select and use
sources as evidence
Develop historical texts,
particularly explanations and
sources
communication forms (oral,
communicate effectively about
terms:
which modern humans belong,
which in prehistoric times
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developed tools, language and
Homo neanderthalensis—a
that became extinct
settlement
Unit Assessment Check student answers to selected questions and worksheets.
Unit 2 Out of Africa
Australia
sources as evidence
sources
Africa, and factors influencing
map of human movement across
the Earth.
Look at a source and trace
pattern of migration. Develops
historical skills in comprehension
sources and involving research.
Pages 6–7
the past
KEY TERMS
term:
work of art
Unit 3 The world in 60 000 BC
Australia
sources as evidence
sources
ages.
masses of lands.
Australians.
from a list provided.
terms:
Pages 8–9
which dries and connects islands
during the lower sea levels of
the ice ages
refuse containing shells, animal
occupation
Unit 4 The Paleolithic period
and establishment of ancient
locate, select and use
sources as evidence
sources
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Palaeolithic humans.
with early farming communities.
and artefacts of Palaeolithic
Old Stone Age.
Investigation of the nomadic
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Africa. Develops historical skills
investigate human adaptations
to different regions.
pros and cons of Palaeolithic life.
inventions.
terms
place to place
Unit 5 The Neolithic Revolution
(farming, trade, social classes,
religion, rule of law)
sources as evidence
sources
Mesopotamia.
were based on.
developed as trading centres.
pottery.
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Select and use a range of
life
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in Scotland.
agriculture. Develops historical
sources.
sources, explanation and
Neolithic society. Develops
historical skills in
comprehension, explanation and
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KEY TERMS
terms:
goods and services so no money
is used
Unit 6 Civilisations and empires
locate, select and use
sources as evidence
develop historical texts,
sources
Ancient history
history.
year level.
worksheet and interactive
terms:
of life
Pages 18–19
Unit 7 First civilisation: Sumer
of primary and secondary
sources as evidence
First civilisation
civilisation developed.
writing, homes, families,
the Sumerians.
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sources
temple.
Sumerian burial site.
rivers
of Sumer.
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today.
artefacts are located and
sources, perspectives and
ziggurat.
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analyse sources. Develops
use of sources.
wheel. Develops historical skills
terms:
independently
refers to present-day Iraq
between the Tigris and
Sumer
Chapter review
Suggested teaching and learning strategies Pearson History New South Wales 7 resources
Complete the chapter investigating history task/s at the end of the
chapter. There are three tasks:
Homicide detective
Social anthropologist
Discovering Sumer
Pages 24–25
Complete the chapter multiple-choice interactive quiz eBook 3.0 Pearson History NSW7
Complete the chapter test eBook 3.0 Pearson History NSW7

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Overview of the Ancient World - Pearson Australia