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Unit Outlines
February 2008
Year 9 and 10 VELS Economics and VELS Civics and Citizenship Course Outline
Based on the VCTA text - Money, Markets & Citizenship and resources (WebQuests and “Thinking” Internet Activities) on the webpage - The Year 10 course is four periods a week and the Year 9 course is three periods a week. [word document]
Personal and Social Learning
This resource has been designed for Year Two classes by Johnathan Simms and Anne Luthy. It is a Ralph Pirozzo Matrix that covers the topic of friendships. This resource provides some excellent suggestions on creating a unit on personal and social relationships. Select here
Year 8
The Year 8 outline has been developed to cover the basic objectives over a period of a term, as many schools find it difficult to cover these concepts along with History and Geography.
Year 10
This Year 10 unit outline covers a semester.
Year 7
A suggested Course Outline for Year 7 that provides details of activities and the links to the VELS strands.
Year 9 or 10
A Course Outline for a semester that provides a separation of the main themes of VELS showing the pathway to VCE.
VELS Unit Planner