Year 9 2025 Electives Handbook

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Year 9 Elective - Business: Money Makes

the World Go Round

Course Description

Assessment Unit Assessments could include:

Money Makes the World Go Round is a semester length unit essentially on money. Or is it?

Students are introduced to the concept of an economy and explore economics on three levels.

Firstly, what does economics mean to me? What is a budget, credit, investments and shares?

Students look at ways to manage personal finance and how to better manage money and debt.

They explore the share market and other investments and participate in the ASX Sharemarket

game. Secondly, students look at what is involved in the Australian economy. How does the

government spend its money and where do they get it from? Students look at the role of

business in our Australian economy and, the responsibilities of social welfare. Finally, students

explore what it means for Australia to be part of the Asia region and global economy. Students

consider how we see our nation as part of the global world and how globalisation impacts our

decision making.

Research Tasks

Structured questions

Case studies

Significant Events Task

End of term tests

$0

Subject Cost

VCE Business Management

VCE Accounting

VCE General Mathematics

VCE Vocational Major

Personal Development Skills

Literacy

Numeracy

Link to VCE/VET Subjects

Mr David Telford

Contact Person

Resources

Oxford Textbook and teacher developed resources

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