Year 10 Economics

10ECO
Course Description

Teacher in Charge:

This course covers a range of economic issues from a consumer perspective. You will learn economic fundamentals such as scarcity and demand to ideas such as ethical consumerism and testing a product against manufacturers' claims and advertising.


Learning Opportunities

In this course you will need to:

Develop these skills:Explore this content:
  • Communicating economic ideas and opinions through critical thinking.
  • What is scarcity and how does it impact consumers?

  • Making a balanced economic decision.
  • What is involved in going flatting and what decisions need to be made?
  • Self research to make considered conclusions.
  • Can you be a consumer and also be ethical?
  • Interpreting information and drawing conclusions.
  • What influences me to buy goods?


Year Levels/Departments:

Year 10, Business, Money and the Economy


Resources Required

1 1B8 Exercise Book