Tax and wellbeing

SubjectHealth & Physical Education YearYear 8 CurriculumAC v8.4 Time180

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Introduction

In this set of interconnected learning experiences students explore forms of taxation and how tax relates to improving wellbeing. They propose how tax could be used for local health promotion.

Australian Curriculum or Syllabus

Achievement standard

By the end of Year 8, students evaluate strategies and resources to manage changes and transitions and investigate their impact on identities. Students evaluate the impact on wellbeing of relationships and valuing diversity. They analyse factors that influence emotional responses. They investigate strategies and practices that enhance their own, others’ and community health, safety and wellbeing. They investigate and apply movement concepts and select strategies to achieve movement and fitness outcomes. They examine the cultural and historical significance of physical activities and examine how connecting to the environment can enhance health and wellbeing.

Students apply personal and social skills to establish and maintain respectful relationships and promote safety, fair play and inclusivity. They demonstrate skills to make informed decisions, and propose and implement actions that promote their own and others’ health, safety and wellbeing. Students demonstrate control and accuracy when performing specialised movement sequences and skills. They apply movement concepts and refine strategies to suit different movement situations. They apply the elements of movement to compose and perform movement sequences.

Content descriptions

Investigate and select strategies to promote health, safety and wellbeing (ACPPS073).

Plan and use health practices, behaviours and resources to enhance health, safety and wellbeing of their communities (ACPPS077).

Teacher resources

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Visualiser

What would you do?

Student learning resources

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Explainer

GST and excise tax

 
Worksheet

Taxes and health

 
Investigation

Work it out

Suggested activity sequence

This sequence is intended as a framework to be modified and adapted by teachers to suit the needs of a class group. If you assign this activity to a class, your students will be assigned all student resources on their 'My learning' page. You can also hand-pick the resources students are assigned by selecting individual resources when you add a work item to a class in 'My classes'.

Part A: GST and excise

  1. Discuss with students what they already know about tax – What is tax? Why do we have tax? Where does the money go?

  2. As a class, read the explainer, inviting students to provide examples of goods and services.

  3. Discuss the difference between GST and excise tax.

  4. Students complete the worksheet.

  5. As a class, discuss:

  • why certain goods and services might be GST-free

  • how excise contributes to improving health and wellbeing.

Part B: Work it out

  1. Introduce the concept of income tax as a direct tax paid on personal income.
  2. Use a grouping strategy to organise students into small groups.

  3. Groups complete the investigation.

  4. Groups share their findings in a class discussion.

Part C: What would you do?

  1. Use the visualiser to provide students with the instructions for the activity.

  2. Invite students to share their decisions with the class.