AC9HE10K03 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

This Content Descriptor from Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

factors that influence major consumer and financial decisions, and the short- and long-term consequences of these decisions

Elaborations

• 1 identifying examples of minor and major consumer and financial decisions, and explaining the processes that guide decision-making
• 2 analysing factors that influence major consumer and financial decisions, such as price, availability and cost of finance, marketing of products, age and gender of consumer, convenience, and ethical and environmental considerations
• 3 identifying the costs of consumer and financial transactions over time, such as the ability to make loan repayments, available savings, depreciation, and maintenance costs and insurance, as well as the benefits such as independence and convenience when purchasing a car or home

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