1. Year 9 elective subjects
HSIE Faculty
Year 9 elective subjects

2. It makes no difference the electives you chose in Year 8
All our Year 9 Electives assume no prior knowledge.

3. Elective subjects offered
Aboriginal Studies
Commerce/Consumers and Business
Commerce/Law
Elective History
International Studies
Work Education

4. Aboriginal Studies Core Options Aboriginal Identities
Aboriginal Autonomy
Options
Aboriginal Enterprises and Organisations
Aboriginal Visual Arts
Aboriginal Performing Arts
Aboriginal Peoples and the Media
Aboriginal Oral and Written Expression
Aboriginal Film and Television
Aboriginal Peoples and Sport
Aboriginal Interaction with Legal and Political Systems
Good background for those thinking of Aboriginal Studies
in their senior school years

5. Commerce/Consumers and Business
Consumer Choice
Personal Finance
Running a Business
Intro to accounting
Employment Issues
Towards Independence
E-Commerce
Investing
Good background for those thinking of Business Studies or Economics
in their senior school years

6. Commerce/Consumers and Business - skills
Budgeting
Saving & borrowing – credit cards,
Doing income tax returns
Obtaining insurance – green slips etc
Major purchases; car, house, holiday
Organising travel
Share trading – ASX share game
Basic accounting- eg balance sheets
Leasing accommodation – rental agreements

7. Commerce/Law Topics include Law and Society Consumer law Law in action
Employment law
Renting & the law
Rules of investment
Motor vehicles and the law
Excursions to police station, local and district courts
Good background for those thinking of Legal Studies in the senior school

8. Elective History Constructing History
Film as History
Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Societies
A 20th century study – The Eighties
Thematic Studies
Heroes and Villains
AQF Australian Qualifications Framework
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Studied in addition to the mandatory History course in Years 9 & 10 –
for those who love their History!

9. International Studies
Core
Understanding Culture and Diversity in Today’s World
Options:
Culture and Beliefs
Culture and Gender Differences
Culture and the Media
Culture in Work and the Workplace
Coming to Australia
Culture and Travel
Culture and the Creative and Performing Arts
Culture and Sport
Culture and Family Life in China and India
Culture and Food
Good background for those thinking of Society and Culture in the senior school

10. Good background for those thinking of VET courses in the senior school
Work Education
Topics covered include
Transition Planning
What is Work?
Introduction to Workplace Safety
Workplace Communication
Workplace environments
Career exploration
Using Technology in the Workplace
Good background for those thinking of VET courses in the senior school

11. Elective subjects offered
Aboriginal Studies
Commerce/Consumers and Business
Commerce/Law
Elective History
International Studies
Work Education

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