AMBARVALE HIGH SCHOOL HSIE FACULTY: Scope and Sequence

Stage 5 – Year 10 Commerce

Unit Title

SEMESTER ONE

Unit Length

Basic Overview

Optional Topic:

** Political

Development

Core Topic:

Law and Society

Term 1,

Weeks 1-7

Term 1

Weeks 7-10

Students develop an understanding of how political

processes operate at various levels and how they can

be involved in these processes to achieve desired

outcomes.

Students develop an understanding of how laws

affect individuals and groups and regulate society

Unit Title Unit Length Basic Overview

Core Topic:

Law and Society

(continued)

Optional Topic:

Law in action

Term 2

Weeks 1-5

Term 2

Weeks 6-10

Completion of core unit

Students examine the rights and responsibilities of

individuals in a range of situation in which they may

come into contact with the law.

Unit Title

SEMESTER TWO

Unit Length

Basic Overview

Core Topic:

Employment Issues

Possible Options:

Running a business,

Our Economy

Term 3

Weeks 1-7

Weeks 8-10

Students learn about the commercial and legal

aspects of employment issues by focusing on

options, rights and responsibilities in the work

environment.

Unit Title Unit Length Basic Overview

Optional Topics:

Travel

Towards

Independence

Term 4

Weeks 1-6

Term 4

Weeks 7-10

Students learn how to plan for travel and how to

solve problems encountered when travelling.

Students develop problem solving and decision

making skills to assist them in relation to

commercial and legal issues which may affect them

when they leave home

Within the Commerce Course Core Topics are Mandatory, but the Options can be studied in

any order or combination at the teachers’ discretion. Eg In this particulate scope and

sequence Political Involvement was covered before the Core Topic to take advantage of a

government election.

Assessment item Time / weighting

Description of task

Task One

Week 9, Term 1 (20%) Research Task: Political Parties in Australia

Task Two

Week 4 Term 2 (25%) Half Yearly Exam

Cover core topic and options from Semester One

Task Three

Week 9, Term 3 (25%) Employment Issues : Occupations Research Task

Task Four

Week 4, Term 4 (30%) Yearly Exam To cover all core topics from Stage 4

and Stage 5 and selected options