YEAR 10 LEGAL STUDIES
UNIT:Consumer LawTerm 4
ASSESSMENT:Exam – 2 x 55 minute lessons
UNIT DETAILS:
No / Learning Goal / Success Criteria/Activities(I Know I’ve got it when I can …)
1 / Students will examine the important reasons why consumer legislation exists and how it protects consumer from being treated unfairly by businesses. / Successfully complete the, ‘Power Imbalance,’ worksheet by stating my opinion and justifying my answers with valid examples.
2 – 5 / Students will identify the different sources of credit, why people use credit instead of cash, the advantages and disadvantages of using credit and analyse the requirements of the Consumer Credit Code 1994. / Successfully complete a table listing the advantages and disadvantages of using credit, complete, ‘Activity 1,’ worksheet identifying if a given scenario is covered by the legislation, and lastly, complete the, ‘Breach Scenario,’ worksheet using justification and examples.
6 / Students will define guarantee and guarantor and examine the rights and responsibilities of each. / Successfully construct a flowchart showing the flow of money in a situation where a borrower cannot make repayments and must rely on the guarantor. Also, complete, ‘Guarantor – Case Study’ worksheet.
7 / Students will identify the purpose of a consumer lease, highlighting the positives and negatives of renting rather than buying. / Successfully complete the activities on the, ‘Consumer Leases’ worksheet.
8 / Students will identify the ways in which a loan can be repaid and discuss the consequences of not making repayments. / Successfully draw a timeline that identifies the steps a credit provider must take if they want to enforce a contract.
9 – 10 / Students will analyse the different ways that a credit transaction could be considered unfair and identify the ways in which the courts are protecting them. / Complete, ‘Unfair Credit Transactions’ worksheet, ‘Unfair Transactions’ activity.
11 – 12 / Students will examine consumer guarantees in relation to goods and services and highlight the remedies available if there is a failure with a goods or service. / Successfully complete worksheets, ‘Consumer Guarantees Applying to Goods’, ‘Guarantees for Services’ and, ‘Seeking a Remedy’. Students must fill in missing information by using information on a government website.
13 – 14 / Students will examine different businesses practices that could be considered deceptive and misleading and discuss why silence could be seen as deceptive. / Successfully complete activity on page 272 of Legal Studies in Action 2and use a government fact sheet to write comprehensive notes on a range of topics, which they must then explain to the class.
15 / Guest Speaker – Allison McCoombe from Credit Union Australia. / None.
16 / Students will discuss alternative forms of selling, in particular, door to door selling. / Complete, ‘Door to Door Sales’ worksheet.
17 - 18 / Students will explore the concept of ‘scams’, both online and in person, and discuss the impact that scams can have on the community and consumers. / Successfully come up with their own definition for ‘scam’, highlighting the elements that a scam is comprised of.
19 - 21 / Students will examine the impact of cybercrime on society and online purchases and also identify way in which consumers can protect themselves. / Read several articles about cybercrime and highlight the different ways that criminals are getting hold of personal information, list the methods that people use to protect themselves and activity 44, page 286 of Legal Studies in Action 2.
22 - 23 / Students will revise unit content and identify areas of strength and areas that need further study. / Successfully complete revision sheets with at least 95% of the questions answered correctly.