Year 11/12 Economics
Economic decisions have a crucial influence on the quality of life experienced by people throughout the world. The study of economics can help individuals, groups and societies make choices that assist them to improve their quality of life.
As a subject, Economics is distinctive because of the range of problems and issues that it investigates and the skills that it develops. A student who has completed the Preliminary and HSC courses should have knowledge and skills enabling them to comprehend economic issues and how that impacts both the domestic and international markets, interest rates, cash rates and share values. The study of economy also helps to delve deeper into employment patterns, the fluctatuations in the global and Australian economices and their likely effects on business.
Students are taught various course outcomes using a variety of strategies and resources. These are taught in accordance with the NSW Board of Studies Economics syllabus. Students are also encourage to view the Performance Descriptor below, which clearly outlines what constitutes Bands 1-6 in the Economics course. Students are encouraged to work towards these descriptors across all coursework.
NSW BOS Economics Syllabus link
Assessment Schedule 2012
Students are given the opportunity to plan their assessment tasks in advance to encourage time management of assessment tasks across all KLA's (Key Learning Areas).Below is a downloadable version of the Preliminary and HSC Economics Assessment Schedule for 2012.
(Coming soon !)
Assessment Tasks 2012
(unavailable at this time)
Holiday Task 2012 (Due date end of Week 1, Term 1 2012)
Students will need to compete the following activities during the course of the holidays to ensure that their learning is ongoing. This holiday task will also aid students in developing their skills in different elements of writing for the HSC exam.
Activity 1
Students are to complete at least four of online quizzes in the following link:
Activity 2
Students are to complete a PLAN for two past paper questions using the marker's response.
Please see download for further detailing.
Past Paper Essay Questions (docx, 25 KB)
Tasks are to be submitted electronically to: slobodanka.milinovic@det.nsw.edu.au by the end of
Week 1 Term 1 2012
Other useful links
Mr Wood Online Tutorial (Great for notes and current articles relevant to the Australian economy and current world economic climate.
HSC Online Economics (Economics Research based resources)
Directive Terms in Economic ( Explanation of directive terms useful for essay writing)
Past HSC Papers Economics ( Useful for those who wish to extend their learning using practice papers)
The Economist (Current articles and blogs relating to the world economic state. Great for research or general reading)
