AC9HE9S03
Official content description
interpret information and data, explaining economic and business issues, trends and economic cause-and-effect relationships, and make predictions about consumer and financial impacts
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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 Skills progression either side of AC9HE9S03
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Taught before · Year 8
Builds towards · Year 10
- AC9HE10S01develop and modify questions to investigate a contemporary economic and business issue
- AC9HE10S02locate, select and analyse information and data from a range of sources
- AC9HE10S03interpret information and data, explaining economic and business issues, trends and economic cause-and-effect relationships, and make predictions about consumer and financial impacts
Other Year 9 Skills codes
- AC9HE9S01develop and modify questions to investigate a contemporary economic and business issue
- AC9HE9S02locate, select and analyse information and data from a range of sources
- AC9HE9S04develop and evaluate a response to an economic and business issue, using cost-benefit analysis or criteria to decide on a course of action
- AC9HE9S05create descriptions, explanations and arguments, using economic and business knowledge, concepts and terms that incorporate and acknowledge research findings
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