Ancient History

2 units for each of Preliminary and HSC Board Developed Course

Course Description:

Ancient History involves the study of at least two of the following areas: Egypt, Near East, Greece and Rome in both the Preliminary and HSC courses.

The Preliminary Course is structured for students to investigate:

  • people groups, events, institutions, societies and historical sites

  • archaeological and written evidence and the methods used by historians and archaeologists in case studies and in the study of ancient societies

The course provides a background for students' more specialised HSC studies.

In the HSC Course, students use archaeological and written evidence to investigate a personality from the ancient world plus three ancient societies/historical periods.

Main Topics Covered:

Preliminary Course

1. Investigating Ancient History

The Nature of Ancient History

  • One case Study taken from Egypt, Greece, Rome or Celtic Europe

  • One case study taken from the Near East, Asia, the Americas or Australia.

2. Features of Ancient Societies

Students study at least TWO ancient societies through an investigation of:

  • a different key feature for each society, OR

  • one key feature across the societies selected.

3. Historical Investigation

An historical investigation to further develop relevant investigative, research and presentation skills.

HSC Course

  • Core Study: Cities of Vesuvius – Pompeii and Herculaneum (A Roman study)

  • One ‘Ancient Societies’ topic

  • One ‘Personalities in their Times’ topic

  • One ‘Historical Periods’ topic

The above topics draw their focus from at least TWO of the following areas: Egypt, Near East, China, Greece, Rome.

School Fees: Nil