AC9HE7K04 Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HE7K04 – Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences: Economics and Business

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

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.

Content Descriptor

the reasons individuals work, the types of work they are involved in, and how they may derive an income

Elaborations

• identifying different types of work; for example, full-time, part-time, casual, at home, paid, unpaid, unrecognised and volunteer, to appreciate the reasons individuals work or contribute to community organisations
• identifying the ways people derive an income, such as working for a wage or salary, owning a business, being a shareholder, providing a rental service or receiving a social security benefit
• describing examples of how continuity of cultural practices and management of Country/Place contributes to and sustains First Nations communities; for example, regional tourism ventures, coaching and mentoring initiatives, and fostering entrepreneurial and start-up cultures in regional and remote communities
• analysing the contribution that work can make to an individual’s identity and role within a community; for example, earning an income, contributing to self-esteem and happiness, supporting the community through volunteering, enhancing material and non-material living standards

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASHASECOY7

Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 7, students describe how decisions are made to allocate limited resources to individuals and communities in an economy. They describe the reasons businesses exist and types of businesses, and identify how entrepreneurial characteristics contribute to the success of a business. They describe the reasons individuals choose to work, how they may derive an income and the types of work that exist. Students identify the rights and responsibilities of individuals and businesses in terms of products and services. Students develop questions to investigate an economic and business issue. They locate, select and organise data and information from sources. They interpret information and data to identify economic and business issues, trends or effects. They develop a response and identify potential costs and benefits. Students use economic and business knowledge, concepts, terms and sources to create descriptions and explanations.