Categories – F (financial), E (economics), D (digital)
Item: Scamwatch
Category: D
Year level: 8-9
Website: www.scamwatch.gov.au/
Type: Website. Year 8 scams; Year 9 financial risk
Item: Money, Markets and Citizenship
Category: E, F, D
Year level: 8-10
Website: https://www.cambridge.edu.au/education/titles/
Type: Textbook. Covers Economics and Business and Civics and Citizenship for the Victorian Curriculum. Aimed at Years 9 and 10 but several chapters provide the basis for use at years 7 and/or 8.
Item: Ethical investing
Category: F
Year level: 9-10
Website: http://www.australianethical.com.au/ethical-charter and http://www.asx.com.au/education/investor-update-newsletter/201705-understanding-ethical-investing.htm
Type: Website material relating to the item name “ethical investing” (information, ethical charter)
Item: Canster Cannex
Category: F
Year level: 9-10
Website: www.canstar.com.au
Type: Website – Australia’s biggest financial comparisons website.
Item: Economic indicators and market analysis
Category: E
Year level: 9-10
Website: https://www.tradingeconomics.com/
Type: Statistics provided for comparison of economic indicators across countries and also for market analysis.
Item: Sharemarket game
Category: E
Year level: 9-10
Website: https://game.asx.com.au/game/info/school/about-the-game
Type: Game where students hypothetically invest in shares.
Item: Changing nature of work
Category: E
Year level: 9-10
Website: www.fya.org.au
Type: Foundation for Young Australians. Material relating to the changing nature of work.
Item: Changing nature of work
Category: E
Year level: 9-10
Website: www.fya.org.au
Type: Foundation for Young Australians. Material relating to the changing nature of work.
Item: Changing nature of work
Category: E
Year level: 9-10
Website: www.fya.org.au
Type: Foundation for Young Australians. Material relating to the changing nature of work.
Item: The Wealth Academy
Category: F
Year level: 9-10
Website: www.thewealthacadmy.com.au
Type: Website; packed full of resources on financial literacy. The Wealth Academy “encourages schools to provide an openly accessible and holistic financial life skills program including, but extending beyond the limitations of the financial literacy concepts existing within the Australian Curriculum”. See resources section – for example yr9 and 10 work studies and financial education; year 9 financial life skills program teachers guider, teenfinca (a lifeskill ezine for students), lots of lessons and activities.
Item: Commentary on Australian economic conditions and events
Category: E
Year level: 9-10
Website: www.rossgittins.com
Type: Website. Is regularly updated with a range of articles.
Item: The Federal Budget
Category: E
Year level: 9-10
Website: www.budget.gov.au
Type: Website. Outlines budget themes. Facts sheets, videos and PDFs are included.
Item: Poverty
Category: E
Year level: 9-10
Website: https://data.worldbank.org/topic/poverty
Type: Website. Data relating to poverty from various countries.