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Learning area: Economics and Business
Year level: Year 8
Country: Australia
General capability:

This learning sequence explores the food and fibre trade connections between Australia and the countries of Asia.

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Webquest challenge – Food or fibre export case study

Tea leaves on a plantation Tea growing on a plantation

  1. Choose a food or fibre product that is being produced in Australia for the Asian market. Possible examples include: green tea for Japan, wheat for Japanese udon noodles, cotton seed for China or canola oil for India. This could be a partner activity.
  2. Research your product and then describe the product and identify the features consumers in the target country require.
  3. How has the Australian producer and/or business responded to the demand for your product?
  4. Use ICT presentation software such as Prezi to present your findings.

Resources

Reflect

  1. Watch the Landline episode Export oriented.
  2. Vince Pinneri, the Managing Director of SPC Ardmona, describes the advantage of Australian products as being ‘clean and green’ – what does this mean and was this true for your case study?
  3. Predict whether you think Australian food and fibre producers and businesses can continue to respond to consumer demand opportunities from countries in the Asian region.

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Acknowledgements

Images: Calves - Yarra Valley Dairy by Alpha ‪‪‬(CC BY-SA 2.0); Tea Plantation 8048 by Barta IV ‪‪‬(CC BY 2.0)

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Australian Curriculum alignment

Learning area: Economics and Business

Year level: Year 8

Country: Australia

Content description: Types of businesses and the ways that businesses respond to opportunities in Australia (ACHEK030)

Cross-curriculum priority: Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia

OI.2 Interrelationships between humans and the diverse environments in Asia shape the region and have global implications.

OI.7 Australians play a significant role in social, cultural, political and economic developments in the Asia region.

General capability: Intercultural understanding
Students will be involved in learning about and engaging with diverse cultures in ways that recognise commonalities and differences, create connections with others and cultivate mutual respect.

Acknowledgements

The Australian Curriculum alignment statement is based on the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) materials which are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Australia (CC BY NC SA) licence but is not endorsed by ACARA.

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