Topic 6: Elective

The world since 1750 has provided a wide selection of possible areas for historical investigation. With such a range of possible topics, teachers and students may explore any topic of historical investigation that meets the learning requirements of this subject. In particular, students should analyse ways in which societies and nations in the modern world have been shaped by both internal and external forces and challenges.

An elective topic may be designed by the teacher or negotiated by individual students.

Such topics should enable students to:

• be engaged in the joy of learning through history
• build their understanding of the significance of the chosen topic, both at the time and over a longer time period
• apply and extend their skills of historical inquiry, including to develop a reasoned historical argument
• communicate their learning to others.