AC9HE7K05 – Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences: Economics and Business
Content Descriptor
This content descriptor sits within Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences. Use it to identify the learning students need, connect it with the achievement standard and plan suitable evidence of learning.
What this means for planning
This descriptor asks students to distinguish rights from responsibilities in consumer and financial contexts. Practical scenarios can make that distinction visible, provided the legal and financial information is checked against current authoritative guidance before it is used.
A practical planning sequence
- Establish the distinction: Use simple examples to sort what an individual or business may be entitled to do from what each is expected or required to do.
- Apply it to a scenario: Present an age appropriate purchase, service, budget or savings decision that contains enough evidence for students to reason from.
- Check the decision: Ask students to justify a response and identify the current source they used, noting that requirements can vary by context and jurisdiction.
Evidence to look for
- An accurate classification of rights and responsibilities for the individual and the business in a scenario.
- A justified consumer or financial decision using relevant evidence and current information.
- A budget or savings response that explains the trade offs involved rather than presenting figures alone.
See the complete curriculum context
Open the achievement standard and all linked content descriptors together in the Year 7 Economics and Business curriculum map.
A TeaCheese planning example
Use AC9HE7K05 in a TeaCheese planning brief to build a scenario based task, then verify every legal or financial detail against current official guidance before teaching it.
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Elaborations
- • Elaboration distinguishing the difference between rights and responsibilities, and creating a list of the rights and responsibilities of individuals and businesses
- • Elaboration explaining the rights of individuals and businesses in relation to consumer and financial products and services; for example, warranties, cooling-off periods and processes for returning goods
- • Elaboration discussing the responsibilities of businesses in relation to consumer and financial products and services, such as the role of mandatory and voluntary standards, and product safety recalls
- • Elaboration explaining the importance of developing personal or business budgets or savings plans before making decisions in relation to consumer and financial products and services
Plan a lesson from this content description.
Start freeAchievement standard statements this supports
Read the full Year 7 Economics and Business achievement standard