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AC9HE7S05: Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Communicating
AC9HE7S05 Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HE7S05 – Year 7 Humanities and Social Sciences: Communicating

Strand
Skills
Substrand
Communicating

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

create descriptions and explanations, using economic and business knowledge, concepts and terms, and referencing information and data from sources

Elaborations

  • developing a response to an issue that orients the audience (for example, peers or community members) to the issue, using relevant economic and business concepts and terms such as “market”, “income”, “business”, “goods and services” and “costs and benefits”
  • explaining ideas and decisions with details and examples, using data and information presented in appropriate formats; for example, visual displays, tables and graphs, or budget and savings plans, and research findings presented in appropriate formats, such as a graphic organiser or summary

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.