Students undertaking this unit will develop their knowledge and understanding of how to effectively manage money so that personal goals can be achieved. Investigate some of the important financial decisions that they will make in the next few years, for example, managing credit cards, buying a first car and leaving home.

Students undertaking this unit will examine the opportunities that exist to explore different cultures and environments via domestic and international travel. Investigate impacts of tourism at various scales, including the financial advantages of the tourist trade compared to environmental and social costs

Students undertaking this unit will examine their rights and obligations as young Australians at home, at school, in the workplace and in society generally. They will investigate the origins of our legal system and how laws are made.

Students undertaking this unit will study geographic and historical events during the period beyond 1918 from an Australian and international perspective. The culture, leaders, people, key events, ideologies and social movements of countries in Asia including struggles for rights and freedoms. Students will develop geographic knowledge and skill as they investigate the connections between Asian nations in a globalising world.

Students undertaking this unit will answer the questions: “What is popular culture?” and “What is society?” Be challenged to make comparisons with more conventional primary and secondary source materials instead of accepting music and film as representing truth without understanding, reservation or objection. Develop an understanding of politics, human rights and environmental issues affecting Australians by critiquing film and music, and focusing on values and social structures as a means of raising community awareness.