UNIT OUTLINE

Subject: Business Studies Course: Preliminary Stage Number of Weeks: 6

weeks
Unit title: Nature of Business
Literacy/Critical Thinking Focus Numeracy Focus ICT Focus Differentiation
 Class discussion, debates,  Calculation of  Watching video clips with  Group work and collaboration
and collaboration expenses, income proper protocols  Teacher moves from group to group to
 Writing tasks / on the board and profit  Investigating an article / cater diverse student’s needs (e.g.
 Speaking tasks  Interpretation of annual report using EAL/D and low SES students)
 Reading text financial statement search engine  Teacher has a detailed instruction for
 Interpreting an image  Presenting graphs  Using of ICT for Kahoot learning to help students to cope with
games the class
 Using of ICT for  Game-based learning (e.g. Kahoot and
researching purposes Monopoly)
 Applying ICT in creation of  Giving options to students (writing or
multimodal presentation speaking tasks) that will both meet the
syllabus outcome
Note: Some teaching and learning strategies below are coloured-combination; as more than one general capabilities may apply.

Resources:
Week 1

2 Shark Tank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFShW-qxPM4

 3

4 Starbucks annual report 2017: https://s22.q4cdn.com/869488222/files/doc_financials/annual/2017/01/FY17-Starbucks-Form-10-K.pdf

2 Kahoot: https://kahoot.it

Week 6

1 Business article: “No question”: Franchises are more successful than other small businesses, says Boost Juice founder Janine Allis.
https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/franchising/boost-juice-janine-allis-franchises-more-successful-other-small-
businesses

Numeracy Focus

Income Statement for __________ for the period ending 30/06/29018

Income  
 
Expenses:
Salaries  
Ingredients  
Telephone expenses  
Total expenses:
 
Net Profit