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Turning Points in History (Elective)

“In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands,

he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.” 2 Chronicles 31:21

Overview

History is full of events that have shaped the World beyond human prediction and comprehension. One key aspect that has remain constant through each turning point has been the establishment of God’s kingdom to last beyond all human endeavours. Beginning with the fall of Rome and ending in World War 2, students will explore the impact of each event and how God’s presence and importance has renewed the development of the historical World.

Aims

  • To present a variety of types of historical events
  • To teach students to assess historical source documents, sites and artefacts
  • To develop an understanding of how the past affects the future
  • To understand that God wants us to know history and expects us to learn from a knowledge of history

Topics Include

  • Convicts, Gold Diggers and Australia’s first settlers
  • Democracy’s origins in Australia
  • The Movement of Peoples due to the Industrial Revolution
  • The Triangular Slave Trade
  • The Abolition of the Slave Trade
  • Rebellions and Revolutions: America and France

Time Allocation

  • 5 periods per cycle for Semester 1 & 2

Prerequisites

  • None

Requirements

  • Online materials

Assessment

  • All class work; research and developmental work, practical projects and document studies
  • Written work and assignments

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” Ecclesiastes 3:11