AC9HE9K03
Official content description
the reasons Australia trades with other nations, and the patterns of trade between Australia and Asia
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What Year 9 HASS students should achieve
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- They explain the effects of human activity on environments, and the effects of environments on human activity.
- Students develop and modify questions to investigate an economic and business issue.
- Students analyse strategies to address a geographical phenomenon or challenge using environmental, social or economic criteria.
- Students use geographical knowledge, concepts, terms and digital tools as appropriate to develop descriptions, explanations and responses that acknowledge research findings.
- Students identify and evaluate the methods or strategies related to civic participation or action.
- Students develop a range of questions about a geographical phenomenon or challenge.
The Knowledge and understanding progression either side of AC9HE9K03
A class can only meet this descriptor if they were taught the one before it. If yours hasn't, that's where the lesson starts — not here.
Taught before · Year 8
- AC9HE8K01how markets influence decisions about the allocation of resources to the production of goods and services, and the effect of prices on these decisions
- AC9HE8K02different ways that businesses adapt to opportunities in the market and respond to the changing nature of work
- AC9HE8K03how First Nations Australian businesses and entrepreneurs develop opportunities in the market
Builds towards · Year 10
- AC9HE10K01how and why the economic indicators influence economic decision-making
- AC9HE10K02the ways that government intervenes in the economy to improve economic performance and living standards within Australian society
- AC9HE10K03factors that influence major consumer and financial decisions, and the short- and long-term consequences of these decisions
Other Year 9 Knowledge and understanding codes
- AC9HE9K01the role of Australia’s financial sector and its effect on economic decision-making by individuals, businesses and global markets
- AC9HE9K02how economic decision-making involves the interdependence of consumers, businesses, the financial sector and government
- AC9HE9K04processes that businesses use to create and maintain competitive advantage, including the role of entrepreneurs
- AC9HE9K05how individuals and businesses manage consumer and financial risks and rewards
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