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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Explainer

Planning for business success

Why plan? The first step to business success is planning. Businesses need to make plans for the short- and long-term…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • explainer
 

Worksheet

Developing a business plan

Refer to Planning for business success – Explainer Fred currently makes money from friends and family by walking…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
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Investigation

What does it take to become an entrepreneur?

Part 1: Deciding on entrepreneurial capabilities In groups, decide on the meaning of each quality listed in table 1…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • investigation
 

Investigation

How and why people earn money

For this activity, you will work in groups of 4. Your group’s task is to investigate answers to the following questions…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • investigation
 

Worksheet

Spender or saver?

Everyone is different. Some people are natural savers, some are natural spenders and others are somewhere in between.…

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  • Year 7
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Worksheet

Now you’re in business

As entrepreneurs you are going to open a hypothetical dog-walking business. Entrepreneurs assume risks and then keep…

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  • Year 7
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Worksheet

Where did that fifty dollars go?

Step 1: Determine your financial position Your weekly income Your weekly expenses…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
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Worksheet

Saving and savings goals

Part 1: Saving to achieve goals Dev is a 25-year-old business consultant and earns a disposable income of $80,000 a…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • worksheets
 

Visualiser

Earning an income

  Linked activity: Earning an income (AC v9.0) Earning an income (AC v8.4)

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  • Year 7
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Worksheet

What does a bank statement tell you?

Part 1: Interpreting bank statements Bank statement - Sample Account details Codes Name…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
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Visualiser

Profit, loss, and record keeping

  Linked activity: Profit, loss, and record-keeping

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  • Year 7
  • visualiser
 

Visualiser

Categorising expenses

  Linked activity: What are my spending habits?

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • visualiser