Humanities and social sciences / Year 5 / Knowledge and Understanding / Economics and business

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Curriculum content descriptions

The difference between needs and wants and why choices need to be made about how limited resources are used (ACHASSK119)

Elaborations
  • debating whether one person’s need is another person’s need or want
  • explaining the concept of scarcity (that is, needs and unlimited wants compared to limited resources) and why individuals cannot have all the items they want and therefore must make a choice
  • explaining reasons for differences in needs and wants for different groups
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms

Needs (Economics),  Scarcity

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Needs verses Wants - Making Choices

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MoneySmart: Never too young to be MoneySmart with clothes

  • TLF-IDM020864

In ASIC's MoneySmart Teaching Never too young to be MoneySmart with clothes students will investigate the influences on 10 to 12 year old consumers when selecting clothes and accessories. Students will share stories about their choice of clothes and accessories and what influences them when making purchases. They will collect ...

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MoneySmart: Hey! Let's have a big day out!

  • TLF-IDM017871

This is a year 5 mathematics unit of work about costing and budgeting for various types of family outings. The unit is intended to take about 7.5 hours of teaching and learning time, and is recommended for near the end of the school year. It consists of an introduction, five sets of student activities, and teacher notes ...

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An introduction to human rights and responsibilities

  • TLF-IDM021009

This is a unit of work for years 5 and 6 on human rights, the responsibilities that accompany them, and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The unit consists of two interactive lessons for students and a teacher lesson plan, also in two parts. The interactive lessons include quizzes, short answer and ...

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