Terminology in History K-10 Key terms in History Additional terms for each stage’s topics Primary Early Stage 1 change and continuity, cause and effect, event, time, past, present and future, ‘then and now’ ‘my history’, family history, people, daily life, stories, important days, special holidays, ‘same and different’, object, photograph Stage 1 Prior learning: change and continuity, cause and effect, event, time, past, present and future, ‘then and now’ New terminology to be introduced: generation, point of view role, family history, family life, community, celebration, local, site, people, daily life, experiences, leisure, technology, stories, retell, narrative, communication, ‘same and different', importance, special holidays, traditions, sources Stage 2 Prior learning: change and continuity, cause and effect, event, time, past, present and future, ‘then and now’, generation New terminology to be introduced: sequence, perspective heritage, site, identity, diversity, local, state, federal, national, international, emblems, community, celebration, commemoration, World, colonisation, settlers, daily life, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Country (as referred to in studies of Aboriginal history), traditions, exploration, navigator, technology, reasons, importance, significance, narration, explanation, ‘same and different’, behaviour, actions, research, experiences, sources, primary source, secondary source, object, views and experiences, historian Stage 3 Prior learning: change and continuity, cause and effect, event, time, past, present and future, ‘then and now’, generation, sequence, perspective New terminology to be introduced: interpretation, contestability, cause, impact, consequence, BC/AD, decade, century, millennia colonies, society, convict, frontier, indigenous, economy, civics, migrant, national, international, ‘global connections’, entrepreneurs, humanitarian, influences, migration, Federation, democracy, local, state, federal, citizenship, constitution, attitudes, settlement, invasion, development, government, law, human rights, referendum, Stolen Generations, importance, significance, description, source material, rights and freedoms Secondary Stage 4 Prior learning: change and continuity, cause and effect, event, time, past, present and future, ‘then and now’, generation, sequence, perspective, interpretation, contestability, cause, impact, consequence, BC/ AD, decade, century, millennia New terminology to be introduced: immediate and long-term effects, BCE/CE, fact, opinion, bias, chronology, prehistory, ancient, medieval, modern history, archaeology, dating, origin, turning point, historical context empire, civilisation, artefact, excavation, site, domesticate, cultivate, institutions, economic, military, political, nomadic, iconography, the Dreaming, middens, conservation, digital, global connections, ruling elite, nobility, peasant, warfare, feudal, bureaucracy, slavery, funerary customs, diplomacy, trade route, architecture, patronage, city-state, humanist, culture, trade, prominence, status, public works, indigenous, economy, commerce, development, modernisation, westernisation, divine, supernatural, attitudes, individuals and groups, settlement, invasion, government, law, codification, human rights, life expectancy, social mobility, uprising, dispossession, source material, historical investigation, purpose and usefulness (of sources), importance, role and significance (of an individual), influences, description, argument, controversy, explanation, evidence, attitudes, motive Stage 5 Prior learning: change and continuity, cause and effect, event, time, past, present and future, ‘then and now’, generation, point of view, sequence, perspective, interpretation, contestability, cause, impact, consequence, immediate and long-term effects, BC/ AD, BCE/CE, decade, century, millennia, fact, opinion, bias, chronology, prehistory, ancient, medieval, modern history, institutions, economic, military, political, commerce, development, conservation, digital, ruling elite, warfare, bureaucracy, slavery, diplomacy, trade route, transportation, architecture, humanist, nationalism, imperialism, modernisation, industrialisation, westernisation, capitalism, social discontent, uprising, life expectancy, social mobility, living and working conditions, tensions, socialism, communism, unionism, expansionism, agricultural revolution, industrial revolution, technological innovation, manufacturing, emancipist, free settler, progressive, egalitarianism, Darwinism, self-government, suffrage, franchise, legislation, independence, ANZAC, enlistment, conscription, censorship, Holocaust, home front, internment, racism, rationing, DEC Learning and Leadership, 30/4/15