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Students develop an initial hypothesis that answers the question: ‘How and why did Australia become a welfare state?’ This activity supports students to develop the skills of establishing hypotheses to guide an inquiry.  

In this set of interconnected learning experiences, students engage with ancient stories to discover the powerful messages they contain. They explore greed versus sharing through examining the choices of characters in fables and by considering what characters ‘ought’ to have done. They explore rights and responsibilities and the lesson of listening to people and respecting their wishes by viewing a creation myth. Students also examine how…

In this digital activity, students sort goods and services into 3 categories; those produced/provided by the private sector, the government or both. The sorting activity supports students to develop an understanding of the difference between private and public goods and why the government intervenes to produce goods and services that are underproduced by the free market.

Students explore how the private and public sector answer the fundamental economic questions of “What to produce?”, “How to produce?” and “For whom to produce?”. In doing so, they learn the difference between public and private goods and how the government produces goods and services they need and want.

In this activity, students learn that making informed decisions about what they buy may require developing personal budgets or saving plans. This understanding provides a foundation for learning about superannuation in later years.

In this activity, students decide if different people are spenders or savers and consider what actions these people may need to take to reach their short- and long-term financial goals. They also take a quiz to learn about their own natural tendencies and to reflect on actions they can take to curb these tendencies. This activity develops student understanding of the concept of saving, both in the short and long term. It provides a strong…

In this activity, students learn to use the PACED grid decision-making strategy to make a personal purchasing decision. In doing so, they explain how making an economic decision involves selecting one alternative over others.

In this activity students learn that budgeting is a process they can use to achieve short- and long-term financial objectives. They learn the steps involved in developing a budget and practise by developing their own budget, and/or a budget for a hypothetical scenario. In relation to the taxation system, this learning provides a foundation for students to understand how the government uses a federal budget to achieve objectives for the common…