AC9HE10S03 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HE10S03 – Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences: Interpreting and analysing

Strand

Skills

Substrand

Interpreting and analysing

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

interpret information and data, explaining economic and business issues, trends and economic cause-and-effect relationships, and make predictions about consumer and financial impacts

Elaborations

• interpreting information to explain the nature, extent and importance of the economic and business issue; for example, the relationship between standards of living, infant mortality and access to health services
• interpreting multi-variable data to analyse trends in government expenditure over time; for example, the trend in the provision of health and education programs over time, and explaining reasons for the change
• analysing the causes and effects of an economic issue on individuals or businesses; for example, the reasons for and implications of government intervention in the economy to improve living standards
• analysing trends to make predictions about who will be affected and how; for example, trends in productivity and implications for businesses

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.