Learning Activities

This series provides a range of activities that can be used in the classroom to help students build different skills through meaningful learning experiences.

Reading and Interpreting Charts

Provides questions and activities linked to the Reading and Interpreting Charts video.

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The Future of Work

Provides comprehension questions linked to the Future of Work video.

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Opening the Vault

Guides students through how to find the information they need on the RBA website.

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Unpacking Publications

Helps students familiarise themselves with RBA publications and provides some tips to make the most of the information provided.

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Read and Rehash

Guides students through how to make the most of RBA publications.

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Key Economic Indicators – Unpacking the Snapshot

Helps students to apply skills to summarise and explain key economic statistics and trends.

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The Transmission Mechanism

Helps students understand how a change in monetary policy flows through to the rest of the economy.

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Exploring Inflation

Work through this Activity to investigate interesting examples of inflation developments and trends.

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You Make the Decision – the Cash Rate

Helps students identify key economic indicators and how recent movements in these indicators could influence the cash rate decision.

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Perspectives on RBA decisions

Helps students to consider how decisions made by the RBA might affect different people in the economy.

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Building Charts Using RBA Statistical Tables

Helps students to gain confidence building Excel charts from data available on the RBA website.

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Sectors in the Economy

Helps students understand the five sectors of the circular flow model

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Complete the Circular Flow Model

Provides an outline of the circular flow model for students to label

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Injections and Leakages

Helps students identify different economic activity as injections or leakages

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Business Cycle Case Studies

Help students consider how different people might be affected by the business cycle

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Analysing Australia's Economic Performance

Helps students explore economic growth (GDP growth), unemployment rate, inflation and the cash rate

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Comparing the Australian and Indian Economies

Helps students compare charts on GDP growth for Australia and India

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