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Primary and secondary pre-credit level PACEs
Secondary credit level PACEs
Social Studies 1001-1012
Social Studies
Self and family;
Church and school;
Forms of transport;
Saving, not wasting, studying, working hard, giving and sharing;
Different people and their work;
Homes and clothing of different climates;
Globes, maps and missionaries;
Authority and laws;
Australia, living in early Australia, church schools and missionaries.
Social Studies 1013-1024
Social Studies
Saving, caring for things, camping, work and play;
Travel, rules and laws, farms and ranches;
Communities, meeting new friends and choosing right friends;
Grandparents, the nursing profession, unique individuals;
Giving to others; reading good books;
Friends, church and school;
Directions; compass; maps and signs; travel;
Fruit and orchards;
Spain.
Australia; famous buildings, Captain Cook, Caroline Chisholm and John Flynn.
Social Studies 1025-1036
Social Studies
The many ways we can communicate.
How we use water and how we use the land.
Community plans and maps; Maps and globes; continents.
Farming: rice and wheat farms, sheep and dairy farms.
Communities: the family, the farm, the town and the city.
Common businesses;
Farm products: food, cotton, wool;
Natural resources: water, natural gas.
History of Jerusalem and Israel.
Spain; Christopher Columbus.
People who came to Australia: the Aborigines, Europeans and English, settlers and convicts.
Learn about government.
Social Studies 1037-1048
Social Studies
Reading maps and scales; directions and distances, latitude and longitude;
World geography and cultures;
Various countries and continents and missionaries who worked there:
Life in the United States during the 1700's; the New England Indians (David Brainerd);
India (William Carey);
Africa (David Livingstone);
Burma; Myanmar (Adoniram Judson);
England (Mueller and his orphanage);
China (Hudson Taylor);
Ecuador; the Auca Indians (Jim Elliot);
Australia's first settlers and explorers; the crossing of the Blue Mountains; the overland telegraph line; government in early Australia;
How the earth moves.
Kinds of land and water: continents, peninsulas, islands, mountains, hills, plateaus, valleys, highlands, oceans, seas, lakes, rivers;
Transportation.
Social Studies 1049-1060
Australian Social Studies
Working for our needs; possessions, prosperity, and being good stewards and caretakers; property rights and stewardship.
Australia on the globe, the three main areas of Australia, other important parts of Australia, the climate and population.
Australian Aboriginals: time line, possible origin, ways of life, weapons and tools, the tribe, religion, art;
Australian flora; Sir Joseph Banks;
Australia fauna;
Discovery of Australia: Spanish attempts to find Terra Australis Incognita, the Dutch finding Australia, the English reaching Australia, James Cook's Voyage that "discovered" Australia;
Opening up of Australia's interior;
Development of the British colonies in Australia;
The Federation of Australia and the granting of the Australian Constitution: Alfred Deakin;
Great Australian inventions and discoveries of the nineteenth century;
Modern Australian history: Federation to the present: the birth of the Commonwealth of Australia, World War One, Australia between the wars, the Great Depression, World War Two, Post-War development, Australia in a modern world;
Map study: continents;
Oral report: the Australian flag.
Social Studies 1061-1072
History
The Flood, dispersal of humanity; the world in the times of the Patriarchs.
Civilizations of the world from 2000BC to 1400BC;
Kingdom of Israel, the Assyrian Empire, the New Babylonian Empire;
Persian Empire established, civilization from C. 1000-500 BC;
Greece, Rome, Jerusalem, religious and political groups in Jerusalem.C. 450-6 BC
The life of Jesus Christ: the events of Jesus' birth and early life, the events of Jesus' earthly ministry, the events of Jesus' death and resurrection;
The early church at Jerusalem, the ministry of the church to the Gentiles;
Christian leaders from AD 100-430: Ignatius, Polycarp, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Eusebius, Athanasius, John Chrysostom, Augustine.Christian leaders of Europe C. AD 1300-1600: John Wycliffe, John Huss, Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Knox.
Social Studies 1073-1084
Careers Studies:
Introduction to careers and ministries. Sound economic principles; Career and Ministry Inventory showing own interests.
Art and media; business, management and finance; engineering; computer science; agriculture; education; government and law; homemaking, healthcare, hospitality, service and food preparation; office and administrative support; protective service; construction and mechanics; transportation; science.
Geography - Australian States:
The Land: Location, physical features, regions, climate, resources;
The People: cultures, economy, government, religion, state symbols.
• New South Wales
• Queensland
• Victoria
• Tasmania
• South Australia
• Western Australia
Australian History 1-12
Australian History
The discovery of Australia: Early exploration: Asians, Portugese and Spanish explorers; the Dutch explore the region; the British explore the Southern Seas; Captain James Cook;
Australia from 1788 to the 1840s: The First Fleet; Convict Society; ‘Exclusives’ and Emancipists’;
New Colonies: Bass & Flinders; settlement of Van Dieman’s Land; Victoria; Queen’s Land; Northern and Western Australia; South Australia;
The Explorers: Early exploration of Australia; Into the Desert; Race to the North; The crossing of the West
The Gold Rush Era: The impact of the gold rushes upon the Australian colonies; Changes in Government;
Federation: Australian Nationalism; First thoughts, early stages and later stages of Federation; The Australian Constitution;
Protestantism, Missions and Reform: Role of the churches in Australian society, from about 1890 to 1914; Challenges to the Conscience; Trade Unions and Labor; Moral Reform; Social Reform;
Australia in the First World War - Australia in the World before 1914; Australia goes to war; The Home Front; The Middle East and the Western Front; The Impact of War;
Between the Wars: Australia in the 1920s and 1930s; The Great Depression; Australia in the 1030s; Prelude to War;
Australia in the World Since 1939: Australia and its role in the world since 1939 - The Second World War; Australia in the 1040s and 50s; Threats from Asia; A Changing Nation; The New Millenium;
The Australian Aboriginal since the coming of the European: The arrival of the Europeans; Life on the Frontier; Protectors and Reserves; Change of Policy; The Challenge of Equality.
World Geography 1097-1108
World Geography
The Blue Planet: Earth - Man's home; the Hydrosphere; the Lithosphere; Seasons and climates. Earth's resources; Earth on paper; Map reading: latitude and longitude.
Africa: Northern Africa; Madagascar; Map reading: legends showing agricultural usage.
Canada: Geographical regions; Atlantic Provinces; Canadian Shield Provinces; Prarie Provinces; Pacific Rim Province; the Far North; Map reading: Population density.
The United States: Climate; Geographical Regions; Political Regions; Map reading: keys showing services.
Latin America: Mexico; Central America; South America; The West Indies.
The Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, and Antarctica: Lands of the Midnight Sun.
Western Europe: The British Isles; Scandinavia; The Baltic Nations; The Low Countries; Central Europe; The Alpine Nations; The Iberian Nations; The Mediterranean Nations.
Eastern Europe and Northern Asia: Eastern Europe-Russia, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Northern Asia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong.
East and South Asia: Geographical and Political Divisions, Religions, and Cultural Divisions of Asia; East Asia; South Asia; Map reading: Weather.
Southeast Asia, the South Pacific, and Australia: Water, Water Everywhere! Southeast Asia; South Pacific Islands; Australia; Map reading: North and South orientation.
The Middle East: Northern Tier Nations; Arabian Peninsula Nations; Fertile Crescent Nations; Map reading: Showing historical events, cultural differences.
World History 97-108
World History
Early History: Mesopotamia: Sumerians, Shem, Akkadians, Babylonia, Assyria, Chaldeans; Egypt: Geography, history, religion, Egyptian art.
Hebrews and their contemporaries: Hebrew patriarchs, Kingdoms of Israel and Judah; Contemporary peoples: Persians, Hittites, Phoenicians, Philistines.
Greece: Geography, migrations, Mycenaeans, Dark Ages, Homeric Age, Archaic Age, Athens, Sparta, Peloponnesian War, Greek culture; Alexander the Great.
Roman Republic and Empire: Geography of Italy, Etruscans, Cathage, Eastern Mediterranean, culture during the republic; Emperors, Roman contributions;
Early Middle Ages: Barbarian invasions, Byzantium, Islam, India, China.
Later Middle Ages: Feudalism; Manorialism; Rise of Towns: Decline of Feudalism and Manorialism; Crusades; Rise of Nation-States: England, France, Spain, Portugal, Hapsburgs.
Renaissance and Reformation: Age of Humanism, Renaissance art, architecture and literature, printing press, renaissance in Northern Europe; Reformation.
The Age of Exploration: Early exploration: Marco Polo, Prince Henry the Navigator; Discovery, exploration and colonization of the New World.
The Making of Modern Europe: The Age of Kings; English revolutions; Europe in the eighteenth century; war for independence; French revolution; Europe between 1815 and 1850.
World History between 1850 and 1950: Europe between 1850 and 1914; World War I; interwar period; World War II.
"Postwar" 1950s to 1980s: Wars plague our era; problems in the Western Hemisphere; an era of world unrest;
Approaching the Twenty-First Century: The Western Hemisphere; Europe; the CIS; the Far East; the Middle east; Africa.