IntroductionIn modern democratic society the school curriculum has become a primary concern for many citizens. It is a key factor in the education of future generations and the development of society. Decades have passed and numerous attempts have been made to produce a national curriculum for Australia. In 2008 it was announced that the Rudd Government, in collaboration with the State and Territories, would produce a plan to move towards a national curriculum (Brady & Kennedy, 2010). To date this has been achieved with the release of the Australian Curriculum v1.2 which will be reviewed in this document. Structure of the Australian Curriculum: Scope and sequence Delivered online, the Australian Curriculum is dynamic and easily updated. The move away from the hard copy has diminished the notion of a “subject-centred two-dimensional static curriculum”. (Hill, 2010, para.17). Users now have the ability to search its multidimensional structure according to their needs (Hill, 2010), making it accessible and extremely easy to use. The Australian Curriculum is designed for children in their years of schooling from Foundation to Year 12. The curriculum currently covers four learning areas (English, mathematics, science and history) from kindergarten to 10th grade. “The Australian Curriculum describes knowledge, skills and understanding organized by learning areas.” (ACARA, 2010d). Each learning area contains: rationale – describing the nature of the learning, objectives – the expected outcome of learning from the curriculum, year-level description, strands – overall interconnected organizers for the content in each learning area, content descriptions – describe what is expected from teachers to teach, elaborations of the contents – description of the contents sup...... half of the sheet ......lia. Retrieved from http://www.curriculum.wa.edu.au/internet/Years_K10/Curriculum_FrameworkHill, P. (2010). An Australian curriculum to support 21st century learning. Retrieved from http://eqa.edu.au/site/anaustraliancurriculumtopromote21stcentury.htmlJwelgan. (2007, March 8). Gagne's nine instructional events. [Video files]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_8MB9F2ctsMarsh, C. (2010). Becoming a teacher. Knowledge, skills and problems. Frenchs Forrest, Australia. Pearson.Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (2008). The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians. Retrieved from http://www.curriculum.edu.au/verve/_resources/National_Declaration_on_the_Educational_Goals_for_Young_Australians.pdfWiles, J. (2005). Essential elements of the curriculum. A resource for educators. Boston, MA. Pearson.