VCTA

September classroom resources 2008

A Unit 2 examination complete with answers, also contributed by Andre Pitts.

July classroom resources 2008

• A SAC for Unit 2 (outcome 1) prepared by Andre Pitts, Oakleigh Greek Orthodox College
• A crossword designed for students of Unit 2 (Area of Study 1) which can be used interactively or printed out with clues to use on paper
• An extensive activity titled ‘Budgetary Policy Made Easy’ with review/extension questions. It can be used as a useful review/summary activity or even an assessment task

NEW September 2007 resources

Unit 2 revision activity

Preparing for VCE Economics Unit 2 Final Assessment has been made available by Anita Forsyth, the chief assessor in Economics and Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, Monash University. This is a comprehensive document that includes strategies to maximise performance, practice questions and a four week ‘Study Timetable/Plan. Students heeding Anita’s advice should enhance their examination performance.

Unit 2 examination

This Unit 2 Exam has been contributed by Renee Fumberger from Melbourne Girls’ Grammar School. It is an examination that should challenge all students and comes complete with high quality suggested responses.

Unit 2 Course Outline

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Compak Supplements Issue 3, 2008

Economic globalisation - activities for Unit 2: teacher notes and assessment task and criteria sheet (Word, 76K, ECO308_1.doc, Issue 3, August 2008, pages 41-42)

Economic globalisation: research task for Unit 2 (Word, 56K, ECO308_2.doc, Issue 3, August 2008)

Compak Issue 3 2007 Supplements

Purchasing power parity; answers to selected questions (PDF, 328K, .pdf, Issue 3, August 2007, pages 39-40)

Classroom September 2006

Crossword

Editor's contribution: A crossword on issues of significance in the Australian Economy

Compak Issue 3 2006

Australia's External Performance: Issues and Questions

Anita Forsyth, Faculty of Education, Monash University
Area of Study 1 in VCE Economics Unit 2 explores understandings about Australia's external performance. Australia's huge current account deficit and spiralling foreign debt are causes for concern and may jeopardise Australia's top credit rating, cause foreign investors to look elsewhere and push up interest rates. This article explores these themes and includes student questions and tasks. Some tasks require the use of graphic organisers, which help students to collect and visually organise and record their ideas and information. Templates are provided as Compak supplements and are designed to be completed using Microsoft Word.

Compak Issue 4 2006

Revision Activities for Unit 2 (PDF, 172K, ECO406_1.pdf, no. 4, October 2006)

Economics Unit 2 Practice Exam 2006 and Suggested Answers (PDF, 340K, ECO406_2.pdf, no. 4, October 2006)