The second edition of A Journey through the Commercial World has been comprehensively revised and provides superior coverage of the Level 6 Victorian Essential Learning Standards for Economics and Civics and Citizenship. Now in full colour, this updated and expanded edition: * Includes new case studies and newspaper articles * Contains additional pictures and visual stimulus * Captures the content and spirit of VELS with cross-curricular links * Provides new/expanded end-of-chapter material * Provides key words defined in the margin and glossary * Contains a new chapter on environmental sustainability A Journey through the Commercial World stimulates and explores imaginative approaches to conventional topics, and addresses many new and evolving areas of study such as the rapid growth of the creative economy, e-commerce and global citizenship. Offering a wealth of activities that foster multiple intelligences, it focuses on developing creative and critical thinking skills to equip students for lifelong learning.

 

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Cambridge University Press .

Wendy Smith was born and brought up in south-west London. After studying Graphic Design at Hornsey College of Art, she trained as an illustrator at the RCA. She pursued a career in advertising, before beginning to illustrate children's books - a career she has pursued for the past twenty-five years. She also teaches illustration, part-time, at Brighton University.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction; Part I. Economics and Society: 1. So what is an economy?; 2. Money and banking; 3. The global marketplace; 4. Managing the economy; 5. Sustaining the future; Part II. The Future of Work: 6. The changing world of work; 7. Exploring career paths; Part III. Management and Enterprise Skills: 8. Managing ourselves and others; 9. Creating your own business; 10. Financial management; Part IV. Civics and Citizenship: 11. Governing Australia; 12. Australia's legal system; 13. Global citizenship.