Humanities and Social Sciences > HASS > Year 6 > Knowledge and Understanding > Economics and business > ACHASSK150
The effect that consumer and financial decisions can have on the individual, the broader community and the environmentElaborationsexploring how a decision to buy an item affects the family (for example, âDid the family have to put off buying another item to have this one?â) (Skills: Litera...
The effect that consumer and financial decisions can have on the individual, the broader community and the environment
Elaborations
exploring how a decision to buy an item affects the family (for example, âDid the family have to put off buying another item to have this one?â) (Skills: Literacy, Numeracy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding)
investigating whether buying at the local supermarket helps the local community (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding)
considering if their actions have an effect on the environment (for example, does choosing to use recyclable shopping bags have an effect on the natural environment?) (Skills: Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding)
investigating questions (for example, âDoes what my family buys in the supermarket affect what businesses might sell or produce?â) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
