It is expected that teachers will complete activities from each of the six sections of this teaching and learning programme and then students will complete the online activities.

It is expected that teachers will modify the activities in this resource to suit the needs of their students and the consumer community in which the students live.

Use of headings

Sections 1-6 developed in the teacher’s resource all use the following headings.

Purpose	The aim of the section.
Learning intentions	These are derived from the key understandings and concepts. They describe an overall intention for the section.
How will we will know we have done these things?	These describe the activities students will participate in to meet the aim of the learning intention.
Back information for teachers	Background information for teachers is provided at the beginning of each section, and within activities where this is required to assist students with completing the activity.
Preparation checklist	A checklist for teachers to read and check before starting an activity or section. It indicates essential resources required to complete the activity.
Activities	Work for students that includes class activities, online research activities, investigations in the community. Masters of graphic organisers and information sheets are provided and are placed at the end of the activity in which they are used.

Consumer terms and concepts

This resource introduces some specialist words and terms associated with consumer education.

Teaching and literacy strategies that promote the effective introduction and use of new words, terms and concepts associated with consumer education have been used to promote comprehension and familiarity with these new terms. You may wish to develop further activities if your students are not confident with the consumer vocabulary that is used in the resource. The wordbank below is a summary of key consumer vocabulary used in the resource.

Wordbank

consumer	trader	purchaser	sale price
business	contract	buyer	retailer
manufacturer	transaction	shop	producer
purchase	laws	seller	wholesaler
goods	rights	market	importer
service	responsibilities	redress	store
sales assistant	suppliers	competition	guarantee

You can read definitions of other consumer and business terms in our Glossary.

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