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Students explore what life was like for Australians during World War I, including the sacrifice made by soldiers in battle and civilians on the home front. They view the video ‘Four brothers lost in battle’ and analyse a range of sources to draw conclusions about how life was affected by the war and the experiences, thoughts and feelings of people at the time. This activity brings together a number of historical concepts, including historical…

This set of resources provides opportunities for students to learn skills and solve problems involving percentages in the context of earning a commission.   

In this activity, students explore the importance of Australia’s taxation system and consider the consequences of tax evasion. They collaboratively create a persuasive text promoting the benefits of tax and provide an individual explanation of how the collection of taxes and provision of services supports individual human and financial wellbeing, communities and Australian society.

In this activity, students play a game that simulates how taxation contributes to the common good and demonstrates why the taxation system is not based on what people ‘want’ to pay to contribute to the common good, but what they can afford to pay.  

In this activity, students explore goods and services they and their families use that are provided by governments, taxed by governments or have no government involvement. Students also embark on a simulated life journey, making choices such as buying a house, beginning employment and having children. At each stage, they encounter ways in which the taxation system relates to these decisions. By engaging in these activities, students gain an…

In this activity, students explore goods and services they and their families use that are provided by governments, taxed by governments or have no government involvement. Students also embark on a simulated life journey, making choices such as buying a house, beginning employment and having children. At each stage, they encounter ways in which the taxation system relates to these decisions. By engaging in these activities, students gain an…

Students learn that even if they are not working, they are taxpayers and pay tax on most goods and services they purchase. They keep a spending diary to work out how much GST they paid in the course of a week and how much their class collectively paid. They also consider what this means for businesses in terms of reporting and paying the money they collected in GST. 

Students learn about the sharing economy and use it as a case study to investigate the changing nature of work.