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AC9HE8S04

develop a response to an economic and business issue, identifying potential costs and benefits

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Taught alongside it

The rest of Skills in Year 8.

AC9HE8S01

develop questions to investigate a contemporary economic and business issue

AC9HE8S02

locate, select and organise information and data from a range of sources

AC9HE8S03

interpret information and data to identify economic and business issues, trends and economic cause-and-effect relationships

AC9HE8S05

create descriptions and explanations, using economic and business knowledge, concepts and terms, and referencing information and data from sources

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9HE8S04 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Year 8.

  1. Year 7AC9HE7S01develop questions to investigate a contemporary economic and business issue
  2. Year 7AC9HE7S02locate, select and organise information and data from a range of sources
  3. Year 7AC9HE7S03interpret information and data to identify economic and business issues, trends and economic cause-and-effect relationships
  4. Year 7AC9HE7S04develop a response to an economic and business issue, identifying potential costs and benefits
  5. Year 7AC9HE7S05create descriptions and explanations, using economic and business knowledge, concepts and terms, and referencing information and data from sources
  6. Year 9AC9HE9S01develop and modify questions to investigate a contemporary economic and business issue
  7. Year 9AC9HE9S02locate, select and analyse information and data from a range of sources
  8. Year 9AC9HE9S03interpret information and data, explaining economic and business issues, trends and economic cause-and-effect relationships, and make predictions about consumer and financial impacts
  9. Year 9AC9HE9S04develop and evaluate a response to an economic and business issue, using cost-benefit analysis or criteria to decide on a course of action
  10. Year 9AC9HE9S05create descriptions, explanations and arguments, using economic and business knowledge, concepts and terms that incorporate and acknowledge research findings

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