Year 6 HASS – Term 2 (WA Curriculum): Business and Consumer Choices in Australia and Asia

What this unit covers

In Term 2, Year 6 HASS in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Business and Consumer Choices in Australia and Asia”.

Students explore how businesses operate, consumer decision-making processes, and economic connections between Australia and Asia while developing research and analysis skills.

Lesson sequence (8 lessons)

The unit breaks down into the following lesson-by-lesson sequence — each title below is a teachable lesson, in order:

1. Mapping Business Types: From Corner Stores to Online Giants
2. How Businesses Choose Their Locations to Reach Customers
3. What Influences Your Shopping Decisions?
4. Becoming a Smart Consumer: Comparing and Choosing Wisely
5. Exploring Asia's Economic Landscape: Population and Wealth Patterns
6. Gathering Reliable Information: Research Ethics and Source Evaluation
7. Analysing Business Data: Finding Patterns and Making Connections
8. Consumer Choices Across Cultures: Australia and Asia Compared

Curriculum codes in this unit

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Skills codes:

Reading the codes: WA codes (the ones starting with WA) pack the year level, learning area, strand and content number into one string, while the national Australian Curriculum v9 uses a different anatomy that starts with AC9 — same content family, different labels. Our complete WA Curriculum guide decodes both, character by character.

Planning notes for Term 2

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 2 runs from Monday 20 April to Friday 3 July — 11 weeks for WA public schools. With 8 lessons in this unit, that leaves breathing room for assessment, moderation and the weeks that disappear to carnivals, camps and public holidays — plan the assessable work to land two to three weeks before the end of term rather than in the final week.