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Part 1: Deciding on entrepreneurial capabilities In groups, decide on the meaning of each quality listed in table 1. Underline the unfamiliar words and research their meaning. Identify those qualities you think are important to entrepreneurialism – highlight them. From these, select the top 10 entrepreneurial capabilities. Share your short list with another group and discuss any differences between each group’s list. Both groups agree on…

The increasing population of an urban area places greater demand on roads for use of private cars and public transport. With urban sprawl, there is a need to build more roads with the construction of housing and industry and with low density sprawl it is not always cost effective to provide public transport. This places a greater reliance on the car, and the need for wider, faster roads to minimise congestion. The construction of roads damages…

Refer to Transport services and sustainable urban environments – Explainer. Complete this activity in groups. Draw a mind map showing the social, economic and environmental effects of the over reliance on motor vehicles. Image: Mind map in a pyramid shape. There is one circle at the top, 3 in the second row and 6 in the third row. In the top circle ‘Over reliance on cars’ is written. Under this circle are 3 other circles: Social effects,…

For this activity, you will work in groups of 4. Your group’s task is to investigate answers to the following questions: How do people derive an income? (For example, employment, self-employment, assets, superannuation, government allowance.) Why do people work and how does work contribute to quality of life? (For example, disposable income, health, household economic wellbeing, household management) How does work contribute to an…

Everyone is different. Some people are natural savers, some are natural spenders and others are somewhere in between. Read the following profiles of young people your age. Profile 1: Tim is 13 years old. His parents give him $20 pocket money each week. He spends $30 a month on a pre-paid phone, and if his credits expire, he waits for the next month to arrive before he tops up. He also budgets $20 a month for entertainment. His parents buy…

Student instructions You are to collaboratively work in groups of 4 to develop a series of questions (and answers) to play snakes and ladders. Use the results from your group and class brainstorming session to develop a list of questions beginning with the stem: What is this? The answer can include one or more of the following options: good or service provided by governments good or service produced by the free-market with social benefits…

Develop questions and answers to test your team members in a game of chance. Example Question: What is this? Health care Answer: Service provided by government and services with social benefits produced by free-market Question: What is this? JobSeeker payment Answer: Cash benefit provided by the Australian Government to individuals or families.     Question 1 Question: What is this?   Answer :   Question 2…