Learning Map
HistoryHistorical Thinkingusually ages 6–7

Evidence from the Past

Understand that everything we know about the past comes from evidence — objects, buildings, pictures, documents, and stories that have survived

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When your child learns about something that happened long ago, do they ask how we know about it — and understand that someone had to find or leave behind that evidence?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Vocabulary: historical thinkingages 6–10Understanding that everything we know comes from evidence requires 'evidence' and 'source' vocabulary
Thinking Before Startingages 6–7Understanding that knowledge of the past comes from surviving evidence builds on the habit of activating prior knowledge — what do I already know, and where did that knowledge come from?
Evidence from the Pastthis skill · ages 6–7
Unlocks
Different Accounts of the Same Eventages 6–8Recognising that accounts can differ requires first understanding that accounts exist because people left behind evidence
Battle of Hastings and 1066ages 7–9Cross-domain: understanding historical evidence (Historical Thinking) enriches use of Bayeux Tapestry as source
Evidence for Greek and Roman Lifeages 9–11Basic concept that knowledge of the past comes from evidence underpins this topic

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9HSFS05medium confidenceFoundation · Skills

share narratives and observations, using sources and terms about the past and places

AC9HS1S03low confidenceYear 1 · Skills

interpret information and data from observations and provided sources, including the comparison of objects from the past and present

AC9HS2S01low confidenceYear 2 · Skills

develop questions about objects, people, places and events in the past and present

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

HS2-HIS-01high confidenceHSIE K-6 · Stage 2
HS1-HIS-01high confidenceHSIE K-6 · Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2HH4S01medium confidenceHistory · Levels 3 and 4 · Historical Concepts and Skills strand
VC2HH4S04medium confidenceHistory · Levels 3 and 4 · Historical Concepts and Skills strand
VC2HH4S03medium confidenceHistory · Levels 3 and 4 · 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.

Nearby on the map

Different Accounts of the Same Eventages 6–8 Vocabulary: historical thinkingages 6–10 Checking Sources Against Each Otherages 8–10 Questioning Historical Sourcesages 8–10

All Historical Thinking skills →