Year 7 – Economics and Business

Learning to manage money and understand the impact of financial decisions is a vital life skill. Equip your students with relevant and practical lessons mapped to curriculum goals. 

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Characteristics of successful businesses

Students develop a basic understanding of the indicators of business success in relation to each business function,…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
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Planning for business success

Students learn why business planning is important to business success and the components of a business plan. They apply…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • AC v8.4
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Entrepreneurial capabilities

Students consider where their own strengths lie and identify actions they could take to strengthen the qualities they…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • AC v8.4
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Earning an income

In this activity, students investigate how people earn an income, why people work and the different types of work that…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • AC v8.4
  • activity
 

Spender or saver?

In this activity students decide if different people are spenders or savers and consider what actions these people may…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • AC v8.4
  • activity
 

Bank statements

In this activity students learn that bank statements are a rich source of information and can be used as a money…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • AC v8.4
  • activity
 

Profit, loss, and record-keeping

Students develop an understanding of how and why successful businesses keep records. They engage in a hypothetical dog-…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • AC v8.4
  • activity
 

What are my spending habits?

Students learn to use spending diaries to work out how they spend their money and whether their spending habits are…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • AC v8.4
  • activity
 

Case study

Become a spending detective

Eileen’s spending is out of control! Can you help her? Eileen’s situation Eileen is paid $60 pocket money each week.…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • explainer
 

Worksheet

Creating a budget

Use the relevant workbooks in the Interactive budget templates to complete either option 1 or 2 below (you can do both…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
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Explainer

What is a successful business?

A successful business is a business that realises its goals, intentions, or objectives. The indicators of a successful…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • explainer
 

Worksheet

How successful is this business?

Read the following scenario then answer the questions that follow. Scenario Jo and Sam decided to quit their jobs and…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • worksheets