Years X–X band plan — Australian Curriculum: Economics and Business

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This band plan has been developed in consultation with the Curriculum into the Classroom project team.

Identify curriculum	Humanities and social sciences learning area	Humanities and social sciences is the study of human behaviour and interaction in social, cultural, environmental, economic, and political contexts. Humanities and social sciences have a historical and contemporary focus, from personal to global contexts, and consider challenges for the future. In the Australian Curriculum, the humanities and social sciences learning area comprises four subjects: history, geography, economics and business, and civics and citizenship. Each subject has been conceptualised in ways appropriate for that subject area: history focuses on evidence, change and continuity, cause and effect, significance, empathy, perspectives, and contestability geography focuses on place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability, scale, and change civics and citizenship focuses on government and democracy, law and citizens, and citizenship, diversity and identity economics and business focuses on resource allocation and making choices, the business environment, consumer and financial literacy, work and work futures. Through studying humanities and social sciences, students will develop the ability to question, think critically, solve problems, communicate effectively, make decisions and adapt to change. Thinking about and responding to issues requires an understanding of the key historical, geographical, political, economic, and societal factors involved, and how these different factors interrelate. The humanities and social science subjects provide a broad understanding of the world in which we live, and how people can participate as active and informed citizens with high-level skills needed for the 21st century.
Phase curriculum focus	Insert Phase curriculum focus for the phase of learning that is identified in the organisation of the Australian Curriculum: Economics and Business
Year-level descriptions	Insert Year level descriptions from the Australian Curriculum: Economics and Business
Identify curriculum	Achievement standard	Insert Achievement standard from the Australian Curriculum: Economics and Business
Course organisation	The Australian Curriculum: Economics and Business is organised in two related strands — economics and business knowledge and understanding, and economics and business skills. In both these strands, the study of economics and business issues, events and business case studies form an integral component of the curriculum. A focus on contemporary issues, events and business case studies stimulates student interest and curiosity. The content is intended to be taught through a relevant context, which will help students make the connections between what they are learning in class and events or issues that are happening in their local area, Australia and the world. Both strands also focus on developing enterprising behaviours and capabilities. Through the study of economics and business, students will develop their understanding of the importance and role of enterprising behaviours and capabilities at an individual and business level. They will also be encouraged to develop the capabilities that will enable them to actively participate in the economy, now and in the future. The band plan for economics and business is organised to: provide flexibility when making decisions about how the subject will be implemented, based on the local context and needs of students in schools align with the Australian Curriculum: Economics and Business, which is organised in year levels for the achievement standard and for knowledge and understanding content descriptions, and in bands that span two years for skills content descriptions provide a course structure and content that includes a sequence of teaching and learning and identification of opportunities for assessment and feedback, organised in units according to year levels, and developed using the Australian Curriculum: Economics and Business content descriptions and achievement standards. The band plan course organisation allows schools to implement the Australian Curriculum: Economics and Business: in a term in a semester in only one year of a two-year band (not in every year from Years 5 to 8) as an elective stand-alone subject in Years 9 and 10 (which may involve additional school-based content).
Teaching and learning	Unit overview	Unit 1 — x Unit title x	Unit 2 — x Unit title x
Time allocation Unit 1: xx% of total teaching time Unit 2: xx% of total teaching time	Outline the curriculum focus for the unit. Refer to the key inquiry questions and the content descriptions across the two strands of Business and Economics Knowledge and Understanding, and Business and Economics Skills to identify the learning experiences that students may undertake in this unit.	Outline the curriculum focus for the unit. Refer to the key inquiry questions and the content descriptions across the two strands of Business and Economics Knowledge and Understanding, and Business and Economics Skills to identify the learning experiences that students may undertake in this unit.
Teaching and learning	General capabilities and crosscurriculum priorities	Copy and paste symbols, from the general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities key (below), relevant to the unit.	Copy and paste symbols, from the general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities key (below), relevant to the unit.
Key	Literacy Numeracy ICT capability Critical and creative thinking Personal and social capability Ethical understanding Intercultural understanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability
Develop assessment	Assessment	Students should contribute to an individual assessment folio that provides evidence of their learning and represents their achievements over the year. The folio should include a range and balance of assessments for teachers to make valid judgments about whether the student has met the achievement standard.
Unit 1 — x Unit title x	Unit 2 — x Unit title x
Provide information about the assessment techniques, formats and categories for each assessment.	Provide information about the assessment techniques, formats and categories for each assessment.
Making judgments and feedback	Consistency of teacher judgments	Identify opportunities to moderate samples of student work at a school or cluster level to reach consensus and ensure consistency.	Identify opportunities to moderate samples of student work at a school or cluster level to reach consensus and ensure consistency.

Content descriptions for Years X–X Economics and Business

Review for balance and coverage of content descriptions, including emphasis on concepts for economics and business understanding.

Concepts Knowledge and understanding Unit 1 Unit 2 Indicate the concepts for developing Economics and Business Knowledge and Understanding (Resource allocation and making choices, Consumer and financial literacy, The business environment, Work and work futures) Insert the content descriptions from the Australian Curriculum: Economics and Business	Economics and business skills Unit 1 Unit 2 Questioning and research Insert the content descriptions from the Australian Curriculum: Economics and Business Interpretation and analysis Economic reasoning, decision making and application Communication and reflection

Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), Australian Curriculum v7.0: Economics and Business, www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/humanities-and-social-sciences/economics-and-business/Curriculum/F-10