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AC9HE9S05: Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Communicating
AC9HE9S05 Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HE9S05 – Year 9 Humanities and Social Sciences: Communicating

Strand
Skills
Substrand
Communicating

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

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

Elaborations

  • • 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”
  • • 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
  • • 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

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.