Teaching resources

A range of financial literacy education resources have been provided for teacher and parent use. Use the database to search for resources by year level, learning area, audience, resource type.

All resources have been vetted by a quality assurance process. We explain how each resource relates to the National Consumer and Financial Literacy Framework and the Australian Curriculum.

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  • Fish Market Series

    These resources use an interactive web based computer format to develop students' understanding of the need to plan for the future and a more detailed understanding of the use of income. The game format assists students to explore the complexities of a trading market, develop skills in buying, selling and how markets work.

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  • Fish Shop Series

    These resources use an interactive web based format to allow students to develop an understanding of customers with different requirements.

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  • Fish Tank - Business Start Up

    This interactive web based resource develops students' understanding of the need to plan for the future and have a more detailed understanding of the use of income. The start-up business sets students the goal of breeding the maximum number of fish within a given period to sell at market.

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  • Gold Rush Series

    This is an interactive web based activity set in the Ballarat goldfields in 1865. Students can choose between alluvial or shaft mining with different equipment requirements. Their mission is to use limited financial resources to select and buy food, shelter and other necessities so they can complete a successful dig.

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  • iCAN Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network

    The Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network (iCAN) provides Indigenous consumers across the nation with consumer and financial literacy resources, education, advocacy and assistance services.

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  • In the Bag

    This unit is based on students being given a brief to design, produce, evaluate and cost a simple bag that would appeal to teenagers. In addition to the textile technologies content, students analyse factors that influence consumer behaviour and the ways in which payment can be made for goods and services.

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  • Insurance Basics - Insurance Australia Group

    This presentation has been developed by IAG to give students and the community an understanding of the basics of insurance, the role of insurers, the concept of risk, premium setting, global and Australian insurance situations and how insurance companies make a profit.

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  • Introduction to Resource Accounting

    Students investigate the complexities among economic, social and environmental parts of the world system, and develop a personal, ethical response to living sustainably in a world with limited physical resources.

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  • Invisible, Not!

    In this unit, students explore the ways young teenagers are represented in the world. They deconstruct representations of teenagers so as to render them Invisible, Not. It focuses in particular on brands, consuming, advertising and peer influence.

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  • Lifeskills Microsociety

    Lifeskills is an exemplary action learning program which allows students to develop and build self confidence. It promotes quality learning in schools by providing a safe context for risk taking and for student managed enterprise.

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Last updated: 20 Mar 2013