Ancient History involves the study of at least two of the following areas: 

• Egypt,

• Near East

• Greece and 

• Rome in both the Year 11 & HSC courses. The civilisations studied can be different in both years. 

The Year 11 course is structured for students to investigate and become proficient at engaging with archaeological sources to study, people, groups, events, institutions and historical sites from the ancient world; specific archaeological and written sources and the methods used by historians and archaeologists are incorporated into each unit.  

The Year 11 course includes such units as:  

• The Nature of Ancient History - Trojan War,  

• Case Studies - Tutankhamen CSI, The Roman Games, Deir el-Medina-the tomb builders of the Pharaohs, Persepolis – city of the Persians.  

• Historical Investigation - An independent project of a topic designed by each student. This project has the parameters of 5,000 BC to AD 500. 

The Year 12 HSC course consists of the following units:  

• CORE STUDY: Cities of Vesuvius All students will study the destruction of the society and culture in Pompeii and Herculaneum through both written and archaeological sources 

• Ancient Societies Egyptian Society – New Kingdom or Ancient Greece – Sparta 

• Historical Periods - One area will be selected from the following: Augustan Rome or New Kingdom Egypt or Ancient Persia. 

• Personalities in their Times - Xerxes (Near East) or Hatsheput (Egypt) 

NESA Syllabus information - Ancient History

• Evidence collection and evaluation

• Critical thinking and communication

• Advanced written communication

• Data analysis

• Interpersonal interaction/co-operation and debate

• Deductive and inductive reasoning

• Differentiated empathy 

An A4 exercise book for each topic or a BYOD device.

• Architect

• Legal professions

• Marketing

• Interior design

• Teacher

• Diplomat

• Human Resource management

• Archaeologist

• Museum curator

• Travel consultant

• Archivist

• Gaming software designer

• Photography

• Editor

• Writer (novelist, etc.)

• Journalist

• Philologist

• Set production 

• Designer

As they become available: 

• Museum exhibitions

• The B.I.G. Overseas Study Tour

• HSC study days - generally held at a University of Sydney campus.

•  Nil, unless you don’t return your pack of Year 12 HSC textbooks, which you will then be invoiced at the retail price.