DIFFERENTIATION IN HASS CURRICULUM – YEAR 7
All students are entitled to rigorous, relevant and engaging learning programs drawn from the Western Australian
Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences. Teachers take account of the range of their students' current levels of learning,
strengths, goals and interests and make adjustments where necessary. In order to cater for the diverse needs of students
across Western Australia and to personalise their learning, the skills required in understanding the curriculum content differ
in each course. These skills will be the focus of lesson activities and assessments in each course.
In the Year 7 Extension Course, the application of all Questioning and Researching, Communicating and Reflecting and Analysis
skills are further developed along with the building of Evaluating skills. These skills include:

Draw evidence‐based conclusions by evaluating information and/or data to generate a range of alternatives and plan for action in
response to contemporary events, challenges, developments,issues, problems and/or phenomena; make comparisons; evaluate
costs (disadvantages) and benefits (advantages); and infer relationships.
Year 7 Social Science Extension Economics Programme 2017
WEEK
Term 4
Week
1-2
TOPIC
Consumers &
Producers
TEACHING STRATEGIES/ LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Brainstorm – What is Economics?
Class Discussion – Why do we need money?
RESOURCES
Students to watch “The Kingdom of Mocha” Part 1 (YouTube) and
complete worksheet.
Barter session –
 Why would people want to trade?
 How easy is it to trade?
 Identify any problems that arise with bartering
Students to read Chapter 1 opener from ebook Economics & Business Alive
and complete starter questions in class discussion. Students then to read
1.1 and complete activities in exercise books.
Jacaranda
Economics &
Business Alive 7
Chapter One
ASSESSMENT
Subject literacy:
Students to define these terms in their Social Sciences glossary
 Goods
 Services
 Needs
 Wants
 Consumers
 Producers
Students to read 1.2 Marketplaces from ebook and complete activities.
Students to add definition of marketplace to glossary.
Students to draw diagram of how a marketplace operates with consumers
& producers.
Students to list what influences buying and selling of products. Students to
define demand and supply and add these terms to glossary.
Students to read 1.3 Responding to Consumer Demand from ebook and
complete activities.
Students to add definition of profit to glossary
Students to read 1.4 Influencing overseas producers from ebook and
complete activities.
Students to add definitions of imports and exports to glossary.
Week 23
Earning Money
Working for a living
Class discussion
Why do people work?
 Earn money, higher standard of living, workmates / friendships,
purpose, status etc.
Read ebook Chapter 4 Opener & watch video. Discuss starter questions.
Types of Work:
 Students to read “4.3 Different types of work” and complete
activities.
Economics &
Business Alive 7
Chapter 4
The importance of Specialisation in our economy.
 Why do people specialise?
 Explain the benefits.
Discuss the work/ jobs that students parents and grandparents have had
and the jobs they would like to get. Have they changed and how?
How has the way we work changed over the past 25 years?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u87L-Ujf6io
Brainstorm key points concerning the importance of education, expertise,
skills, experience….life long learning in the modern world.
Students to read 5.1 Beyond the School Gates from Humanities Alive
Economics & Citizenship
http://www.youtu
be.com/watch?v=u
87L-Ujf6io
Humanities Alive
Economics &
Citizenship pg120
Add terms to glossary: Work, Part Time, Full Time, Casual, Voluntary,
Unemployment
Week
4-6
Entrepreneurs &
Successful
Businesses
Read ebook Chapter 3 opener & watch video. Discuss starter questions in
groups then as a class.
Students to read 3.1 What is an Entrepreneur and complete activities
Create a poster about an Entrepreneur of their choice.
Business Success – Students to read 3.3 & 3.4 and complete activities.
Students to add Entrepreneur to glossary.
Assessment: Economics Board Game – students to create “Who Wants to
be an Entrepreneur” boardgame using terms from glossary.
Assessment:
Economics
Board Game
Due Week 7
Weighting 10%
Week 78
Exam Revision
Exam revision- Students will be given an exam revision booklet and taught
revision strategies to enable to achieve to their full potential.
Post exam- review the exam and goal setting exercise.
Assessment:
End of Year
Examination
Week 7/8
Weighting:
15%