Economics and business / Year 10 / Economics and Business Knowledge and Understanding

Curriculum content descriptions

Indicators of economic performance and how Australia’s economy is performing (ACHEK050)

Elaborations
  • identifying indicators of economic performance such as economic growth rates, unemployment trends, inflation rates, sustainability indexes
  • investigating the performance of the Australian economy using key indicators and explaining fluctuations using phases of the business cycle
ScOT terms

Business cycles

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Sample Teaching and Learning Outline: Humanities and Social Sciences Year 10

Find ideas and relevant links for teaching Year 10 History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship and Economics in this resource.

Video

How does income tax work?

Gen Fricker makes income tax interesting! Learn about income tax - what it is, how it works and when you have to pay it. Easy-peasy! Then test yourself with ASIC Moneysmart's "Things to think about" classroom exercises.

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Exploring the production and marketing of seafood: producer video

This is a video about how wild-caught lobsters are processed for export and barramundi are farmed in two South Australian businesses. The first part is presented by Andrew Laurie, the owner of Sky Seafoods, who shows the work of the lobster fishermen who supply him and how the lobsters are processed. He describes how sustainability ...