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