AC9HE7K03 – Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences: Economics and Business

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 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.

Elaborations

• • identifying examples of entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial knowledge and skills that they bring to their business, such as recognising opportunities, establishing a shared vision and making decisions about how the business is run
• • describing the characteristics of First Nations Australian entrepreneurs; for example, community-run companies such as the Gumatj Aboriginal Corporation and individuals such as Dean Foley and Tahnee Edwards, by asking questions such as “What is their story?”, “How did they achieve success?” and “What processes did they apply?”
• • analysing the influence of values on entrepreneurial decision-making; for example, identifying and taking advantage of an opportunity, negotiating with stakeholders, and complying with the law and regulations
• • combining knowledge, skills and attitudes demonstrated by entrepreneurs with observations of successful local businesses to explain factors that contribute to success, such as seeing and taking advantage of an opportunity or demonstrating initiative and innovation

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard: