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Teaching consumer and financial literacy
The Australian Curriculum provides many new content elaborations that allow teachers to incorporate consumer and financial literacy into less traditional subject areas at all year levels. Find fresh ways to explore a subject area by creating lessons that also enrich your students’ money skills.
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| Year level(s) | Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Keywords | guide, financial literacy |
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| Curriculum connections | HASS, Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Number |
| Topics | Money and financial mathematics |
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| Organisation | ASIC |
| Copyright | © ASIC. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 AU. |
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