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AC9HE10S01: Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Questioning and researching
AC9HE10S01 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HE10S01 – Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences: Questioning and researching

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Skills
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Questioning and researching

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.

Content Descriptor

develop and modify questions to investigate a contemporary economic and business issue

Elaborations

  • • developing a range of questions to investigate a complex issue (for example, “Why does the government intervene in the economy to improve living standards?”) or formulating a hypothesis such as “Responding to an upswing in the economy with expansionary measures will improve business productivity”
  • • developing and modifying a range of questions to improve the focus of an investigation; for example, modifying “What factors influence decision-making within consumer and financial contexts?” to “What factors influence choosing a mobile phone plan?”

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 10 ASHASECOY10
Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 10, students analyse how economic indicators influence Australian Government decision-making. They explain ways that government intervenes to improve economic performance and living standards. They explain processes that businesses use to manage the workforce and improve productivity. They explain the importance of Australia’s superannuation system and its effect on consumer and financial decision-making. Students analyse factors that influence major consumer and financial decisions, and explain the short- and long-term effects of these decisions. Students develop and modify a range of questions to investigate an economic and business issue. They locate, select and analyse relevant and reliable information and data from a range of sources. They interpret and analyse information and data to evaluate trends and economic cause-and-effect relationships and make predictions about consumer and financial impacts. They develop an evidence-based response to an economic and business issue. They evaluate a response, using appropriate criteria to decide on a course of action. Students use economic and business knowledge, concepts and terms to develop descriptions, explanations and reasoned arguments that synthesise research findings.