Year 8 NSW » History

History

Contents: In this subject you will learn...

Unit 1
Investigating history

Topic 1: Investigating the past

Topic 2: Terminology and concepts

Topic 3: Historical inquiry

Topic 4: Heritage

Topic 5: Take a good look

Topic 6: Who is that?

Topic 7: Who are they?

Unit 2
Ancient societies - Egypt

Topic 1: Egypt: part I

Topic 2: Egypt: part II

Unit 3
Ancient societies - Greece

Topic 1: Greece: part I

Topic 2: Greece: part II

Unit 4
Ancient societies - Rome

Topic 1: Rome: part I

Topic 2: Rome: part II

Topic 3: Rome: part III

Unit 5
Ancient societies - Britain

Topic 1: Ancient Britain: part I

Topic 2: Ancient Britain: part II

Unit 6
Ancient societies - China

Topic 1: Ancient China: part I

Topic 2: Ancient China: part II

Unit 7
Ancient societies - Sumer

Topic 1: Ancient Sumer: part I

Topic 2: Ancient Sumer: part II

Unit 8
Medieval and early modern societies - Vikings

Topic 1: The Viking society

Topic 2: The Viking life

Unit 9
Medieval and early modern societies - Europe

Topic 1: The structure of Medieval European society

Topic 2: The people and places in Medieval Europe

Topic 3: Taking part in life

Topic 4: Religion and governance

Unit 10
Medieval and early modern societies - Japan

Topic 1: Medieval Japanese societal structure

Topic 2: Life in Feudal Japan

Topic 3: The Japanese legacy

Unit 11
Medieval and early modern societies - The Islamic world

Topic 1: The Islamic world: background

Topic 2: Contributions from Islam

Topic 3: The Crusades

Topic 4: West and East

Unit 12
Aboriginal colonisation and contact

Topic 1: Colonisation

Topic 2: Australia before 1788

Topic 3: The arrival of the British

Topic 4: Settlement: 1788-1850

Topic 5: Fighting back

Unit 13
Indigenous peoples colonisation and contact - Africa

Topic 1: Africa before European colonisation

Topic 2: King Leopold II and the Congo

Unit 14
Indigenous peoples colonisation and contact-India

Topic 1: India's pre-colonial history

Topic 2: British rule

Search Skwirk

History

Unit 1 Investigating history

Unit 2 Ancient societies - Egypt

Unit 3 Ancient societies - Greece

Unit 4 Ancient societies - Rome

Unit 5 Ancient societies - Britain

Unit 6 Ancient societies - China

Unit 7 Ancient societies - Sumer

Unit 8 Medieval and early modern societies - Vikings

Unit 9 Medieval and early modern societies - Europe

Unit 10 Medieval and early modern societies - Japan

Unit 11 Medieval and early modern societies - The Islamic world

Unit 12 Aboriginal colonisation and contact

Unit 13 Indigenous peoples colonisation and contact - Africa

Unit 14 Indigenous peoples colonisation and contact-India

ToolBox

Unit 1
Investigating history

Unit 2
Ancient societies - Egypt

Unit 3
Ancient societies - Greece

Unit 4
Ancient societies - Rome

Unit 5
Ancient societies - Britain

Unit 6
Ancient societies - China

Unit 7
Ancient societies - Sumer

Unit 8
Medieval and early modern societies - Vikings

Unit 9
Medieval and early modern societies - Europe

Unit 10
Medieval and early modern societies - Japan

Unit 11
Medieval and early modern societies - The Islamic world

Unit 12
Aboriginal colonisation and contact

Unit 13
Indigenous peoples colonisation and contact - Africa

Unit 14
Indigenous peoples colonisation and contact-India