AC9HE8S01 Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HE8S01 – Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences: Questioning and researching

Strand

Skills

Substrand

Questioning and researching

This Content Descriptor from Year 8 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

develop questions to investigate a contemporary economic and business issue

Elaborations

• developing a range of questions to form the basis of an investigation; for example, “Why does an individual or group establish a business?” and “How are consumers’ rights protected?”
• developing targeted or key questions using economics and business concepts and terms, such as, “How is the price of goods and services determined?” and “Why do changes in market price act as a signal about how scarce resources should be allocated?”

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 8 ASHASECOY8

Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 8, students explain how markets influence the allocation of resources to the production of goods and services. They explain ways that businesses adapt to opportunities in markets and respond to the work environment. They describe the importance of Australia’s taxation system and its effect on decision-making by individuals and businesses. Students explain why individuals and/or businesses budget and plan. Students develop a range of questions to investigate an economic and business issue. They locate, select and organise relevant information and data. They interpret information and data to identify economic and business issues and trends, and describe economic cause-and-effect relationships. They develop a response to an economic and business issue. They identify and evaluate potential costs and benefits. Students use economics and business knowledge, concepts, terms and research findings to create descriptions and explanations.