Learning requirements

The learning requirements summarise the knowledge, skills, and understanding that students are expected to develop and demonstrate through their learning in Stage 2 Modern History.

In this subject, students are expected to:

1. understand and explore historical concepts
2. understand and explore the role of ideas, people, and events in history
3. analyse ways in which the development of the modern world has been shaped by both internal and external forces and challenges
4. analyse interactions and relationships in the modern world, and their short-term and long-term impacts on national, regional, and/or international development
5. apply the skills of historical inquiry to examine and evaluate sources and interpretations, and support arguments
6. draw conclusions and communicate reasoned historical arguments.