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History 7-10 / Year 8 / Knowledge and understanding / Empires and expansions
Curriculum content descriptions
the role and achievements of a significant individual and/or group connected to the empire and/or expansion (AC9HH8K10)
Elaborations
- Topic: Mongol Empire
- identifying the similarities in leadership styles and successes of Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan,456,Topic: Ottoman Empire
- comparing historians’ interpretations of the achievements of individuals such as Selim I in establishing the empire and capturing Jerusalem, or Suleiman the Magnificent in expanding the empire to Belgrade in Europe,456,Topic: Vikings
- outlining Erik the Red’s development of Viking settlements in Eastern and Western Greenland in 985 CE
- comparing the artefacts discovered at L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland (Canada) with Viking artefacts as possible evidence that the Vikings had journeyed to North America 500 years before Christopher Columbus,456,Topic: The Spanish conquest of the Americas
- explaining the significance of key chronological events in the lives of individuals such as Columbus, Balboa, Cortés, Montezuma II and/or Pizarro
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Middle East history, Religion, Conflict (Human relations), Spanish history, Mongolian history, Scandinavian history, Economy, Imperialism, Cultural interaction, Political systems, Law, Inventions