History Domain
History home | Learning and Teaching support | Assessment | Professional Learning | Research
This History domain page contains links to: Victorian Essential Learning Standards; history-related learning and teaching support materials such as web sites, publications and other online resources; history assessment maps and sample tasks; professional learning support including links to history teachers’ associations; and identifies current research in the area of history education.
Commonwealth History Projects
Commonwealth History Projects - From 2003 to 2006, the Australian Government provided funding to encourage and support the study of history in Australian primary and secondary schools. As part of this funding, the Commonwealth History Project was established in all states and territories to facilitate professional learning opportunities for teachers of history.
In Victoria, three distinct professional learning projects were conducted during 2006: Virtual History Project, History Learning Circles Project, and Shadowers of History Project.
Victorian Essential Learning Standards
Introduction, learning focus statements and standards for the Humanities – level 3 (http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/essential/discipline/humanities/index.html)
Introduction, learning focus statements and standards for the Humanities - History levels 4 - 6 (http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/essential/discipline/humanities/history/index.html)
The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) web site provides the introduction, learning focus statement and standards for the Humanities and describes the overall structure of the Humanities (level 3) and History, Economics and Geography (levels 4 – 6).
Standards
and Progression Points for History - Levels 4 - 6
(http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/assessment/ppoint/humanities/history/index.html)
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the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) web site lists the
standards and progression points for the History domain for levels four, five,
six and beyond.
Standards and Progression Points for the Humanities - Level 3 (http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/assessment/ppoint/humanities/index.html) - the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) web site lists the standards and progression points for the Humanities at level three.
Learning and Teaching Support
Learning and Teaching Support contains links to web sites, online resources and tools that provide learning and teaching support for teachers.
Assessment
Assessment contains information, resources and tools to help teachers make a consistent and balanced assessment of student achievement.
Professional Learning
Professional Learning contains information, resources and tools to help teachers with their professional learning.
Research
Research identifies current research in the area of history education.
History related web sites and resources can be found by using the advanced search feature on the Education Channel page.
Contact Student learning: studentlearning@edumail.vic.gov.au