AC9HE9S01 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HE9S01 – Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences: Questioning and researching

Strand

Skills

Substrand

Questioning and researching

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 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 and modify questions to investigate a contemporary economic and business issue

Elaborations

• developing questions to investigate a complex issue, such as “How do participants in the global economy interact?” and “Why does international trade benefit Australian society?”
• developing and modifying questions to improve the focus of an investigation, using economic and business concepts and terms such as, “How can consumers protect themselves from risk?” and “How do businesses create and maintain a competitive advantage?”

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASHASECOY9

Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 9, students explain the role of Australia’s financial sector and its effect on economic decision-making by individuals and businesses. They explain the interdependence of participants in the global market and the effect on economic decision-making. They explain the reasons for trade and Australia’s pattern of trade with Asia. They explain why businesses seek to create and maintain a competitive advantage. Students explain how individuals and businesses manage consumer and financial risks and rewards. Students develop and modify questions to investigate an economic and business issue. They locate, select and analyse information and data from a range of sources. They interpret and analyse information and data to explain economic trends and cause-and-effect relationships, and identify consumer and financial impacts. They develop a response to an economic and business issue, taking account of economic, business or financial factors. They evaluate a response using criteria and make decisions about how it is to be implemented. Students use economic and business knowledge, concepts and terms to develop descriptions, explanations and arguments that acknowledge research findings.