9 History

Making of the Modern World

• What were the changing features of life for people from 1750 to 1918?

• How did new ideas and technological developments contribute to change in this period?

• What was the origin, development, significance and long-term impact of imperialism in this period?

Topic 1: The Industrial Revolution - 2 weeks

• The technological innovations that led to the Industrial Revolution, and other conditions that influenced the industrialisation of Britain 

• The population movements and changing settlement patterns during this period  The experiences of men, women and children during the Industrial Revolution, and their changing way of life 

• The short and long-term impacts of the Industrial Revolution, including global changes in landscapes, transport and communication

 Topic 2: Movement of people - 3 weeks

• The influence of the Industrial Revolution on the movement of peoples throughout the world focusing on the transatlantic slave trade 

• Experiences of convicts and free settlers upon departure, their journey abroad, and their reactions on arrival in Australia

 Topic 3: Making a nation -

• The extension of settlement, including the effects of contact (intended and unintended) between Europeans and Indigenous communities.

 Term 2

 Topic 4: The Great War

• What was the significance of World War I?

• An overview of the causes of World War I and the reasons why men enlisted to fight in the war

• The places where Australians fought and the nature of warfare during World War I, including the Gallipoli campaign 

• The impact of World War I, with a particular emphasis on Australia

• The commemoration of World War I, including debates about the nature and significance of the Anzac legend

 Beginning

• Causes of the Great War

• Australia joins the war

• The ill fated Gallipoli campaign

 Stalemate

• The western front - aims, nature and outcomes

• Conscription and propaganda

• The first industrial war

 End

• The final battles - exhaustion

• Armistice

• How not to negotiate a peace treaty

• Debating the Anzac legend