Humanities & Social Sciences

Dedicated lessons across key curriculum areas to give students practical and applied knowledge of Australia’s tax and superannuation systems.

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Government decisions and trade-offs

By playing a game, students develop an understanding of the trade-offs that governments make when they allocate…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • AC v9.0
  • activity
 

Why businesses exist and how they are structured

Students investigate why businesses exist and the different ways they can be structured. They develop and apply…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • AC v9.0
  • activity
 

Characteristics of entrepreneurs

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

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • AC v9.0
  • activity
 

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 v9.0
  • activity
 

Entrepreneurs and record keeping

Students engage in a hypothetical dog-walking business to practise keeping a business journal and explain how, as…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 7
  • AC v9.0
  • activity
 

Achieving short and long-term financial objectives

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

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 8
  • AC v9.0
  • activity
 

Setting financial goals to manage risks and rewards

In this activity, students learn how to set SMART short- and long-term financial goals and consider why it is important…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 9
  • AC v9.0
  • activity
 

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
  • AC v8.4
  • activity
 

Scams and identity theft

As the world becomes more and more digitised, the prevalence of scams has also increased. Scams, including identity…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 9
  • AC v9.0
  • activity
 

ATO scams – a case study

Threat-based impersonation scams are on the rise. Many organisations, such as the ATO are especially vulnerable to…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 9
  • AC v9.0
  • activity
 

Managing financial shocks

In this activity, students learn that they will experience unexpected events in their lives which may put them under…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 9
  • AC v9.0
  • activity
 

Taxation systems and living standards

In this activity, students investigate the living standards of different countries in the Asia region. They locate…

  • Economics & Business
  • Year 10
  • AC v9.0
  • activity