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7–10Commerce 7–10 Syllabus

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Implementation from 2027
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Content

Life Skills

Life Skills for Stage 4/5

Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.

The travel consumer
The tourism industry
  • Reasons for travel

  • Benefits of travel for individuals and communities

  • Types of tourism, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural tourism

  • Businesses that support people who travel

  • Careers in the tourism industry

Planning a trip
  • Ways travellers are connected to people and places

  • Resources and services for organising a trip

  • Options when travelling, including transport, accommodation and sightseeing

  • Language and cultural considerations when planning a trip

  • Personal safety when planning a trip, including documentation, medical and insurance requirements

  • Considerations when managing money overseas

  • Consideration of travel advice, including travel reviews and travel warnings that may be in place

  • Safe and reputable online services and support when planning a trip

Developing an itinerary
  • Purpose of an itinerary

  • The features of an itinerary

  • Considerations for planning what to do at a selected destination

  • Strategies to organise and track travel information

Solving problems related to travel
  • Problems that could arise when travelling

  • The importance of acknowledging cultural differences when travelling

  • Appropriate ways to respond respectfully to cultural differences

  • Types of support for tourists travelling overseas

Thinking, researching and communicating
  • Identify considerations for travelling safely overseas and create a travel plan

  • Create an oral, visual, written or multimodal text to communicate ideas relating to aspects of being a travel consumer

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