3a/3b - Churchlands Senior High School

financial decision-making which promotes individual and societal wealth and well-being.UNIT 3A OUTLINEStudents use investigative processes to describe and analyse Australia’s economic links with the rest ofthe world. The key topics studied in this unit are:1. Current trends in globalisation.2. The freeing up of world trade and its impact on economic growth in Australia and the world.3. The pattern and trends in Australia’s trade.4. Australia’s balance of payments situation with the rest of the world.UNIT 3B OUTLINEEvery economy experiences fluctuations in the level of economic activity. Our government uses arange of economic policies to influence and moderate these fluctuations to achieve its economicobjectives.The key topics addressed in this unit are:1. The business cycle and economic models which demonstrate and explain these fluctuations.2. Government economic objectives.3. Government policies used to achieve its economic objectives.ASSESSMENTThe three outcomes of Economic Enquiry, Operation of the Economy and Economic Policy In Actionare addressed through the assessments. Each unit has an examination along with a range of taskswhich includes short and long answerB questions.CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.Economics provides students with a wide range of career opportunities in business, accounting, law,journalism, teaching and administration, along with the benefits of personal and financial skills andunderstanding of the economic environment in which they live.ENGLISH 3A/3BSUGGESTED PRE-REQUISITESHigh level of performance in EnglishYr 11 English – Grade C+/B; Exam Score: Minimum 60%.COURSE OF STUDY OUTCOMESThe New English Course is designed to facilitate the achievement of four courses of study outcomes.Outcomes are statements of what students should know, understand, value and be able to do as aresult of their learning. They are written as open ended statements and are elaborated subsequentlyinto aspects that identify underpinning knowledge, concepts and skills in more detail. For each outcomethere is a scale of achievement, consisting of five progressive levels of student performance, which isused to identify student achievement during and at the completion of a course.COURSE CONTENTIn the English course of study students learn about the English language: how it works and how to useit effectively. Language plays a central role in human life: it provides a vehicle for communication, a toolfor thinking, a means of creativity and a source of pleasure. Through language humans shapeunderstandings of themselves and their world. An understanding of language and the ability to use iteffectively empowers students. It gives them access to knowledge, enables them to play an active partin society and contributes to their personal growth. Each course of study unit has a broad area of focusand examples of learning contexts are suggested. Teachers will choose learning contexts that arerelevant to their students’ interests and needs.ASSESSMENTStudents will be assessed throughout the year on a wide range of activities, both written and oral. There34