AC9HE9S05 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

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.

create descriptions, explanations and arguments, using economic and business knowledge, concepts and terms that incorporate and acknowledge research findings

Elaborations

• 1 developing a response to an issue that orients the audience; for example, peers or representatives of businesses, to the issue using relevant economic and business terms and concepts such as “interdependence”, “trade”, “comparative advantage”, “competitive advantage”, “globalisation”, “supply chain” “financial risks and rewards”, “return on investment”, “debt”, “savings buffer”, “scams”, “financial landscape”, “corporate social responsibility”, “financial planning“ and “insurance”
• 2 explaining decisions and conclusions related to an economic or business issue supported by representations of relevant data; for example, visual displays, a graphic organiser or tables and graphs, and research in a range of formats such as explanations, procedures or reports
• 3 presenting a reasoned argument in relation to an economic or business issue, applying tone appropriate to the purpose; for example, using an authoritative tone when explaining trends in data to an audience such as peers or representatives of a business

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