History Ancient Greece & Romeusually ages 9–11

Evidence for Greek and Roman Life

Understand that historians and archaeologists piece together ancient Greek and Roman life from evidence — pottery paintings, coins, inscriptions, ruins like Pompeii, and written texts by authors such as Homer and Pliny — and that the same evidence can be interpreted in different ways by different historians

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Name at least three types of evidence historians use to learn about ancient Greece and Rome
Explain why Pompeii is especially valuable as a source of evidence about Roman life
Give an example of how the same piece of evidence could be interpreted in more than one way

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If your child saw an ancient Greek pot or a Roman coin in a museum, could they explain what historians can learn from objects like these and why different experts might interpret them differently?

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Builds on

Evidence from the Pastages 6–7Basic concept that knowledge of the past comes from evidence underpins this topic

Gladiators & Pompeiiages 7–9Pompeii is a key source of evidence discussed in this topic

Gods & the Parthenonages 7–9Pottery paintings are a key evidence type for Greek history

Questioning Historical Sourcesages 8–10Historical Thinking source evaluation skills underpin Greek/Roman evidence evaluation

Evidence for Greek and Roman Lifethis skill · ages 9–11

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Troy: Myth or History?ages 11–13Understanding how evidence works is prerequisite for evaluating archaeological claims

Hidden Voices of Greece and Romeages 11–13Evaluating whose voices are missing requires understanding how evidence works

Fall of the Roman Republicages 12–14Using ancient sources (Cicero, Plutarch) requires evidence evaluation skills

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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1).

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

HS2-HIS-01medium confidenceHSIE K-6 · Stage 2

HS3-CWT-01low confidenceHSIE K-6 · Stage 3

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2HH6S04medium confidenceHistory · Levels 5 and 6 · Historical Concepts and Skills strand

VC2HH4S09low confidenceHistory · Levels 3 and 4 · Historical Concepts and Skills strand

VC2HH6S10low confidenceHistory · Levels 5 and 6 · Historical Concepts and Skills strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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