Student and teacher resources

Resources for secondary, primary school and pre-service teachers

Austrade is continuing to develop a range of school teaching and learning resources in its 'Exporting for the Future' program. The resources cover topics such as international trade, business enterprise, exporting and marketing, globalisation and the global economy. Case studies and country and industry information are also available using the menu on the left.

Resources quick links:

Streamed video & audio clips (years 11-12)	Web Quests (years 9-10)
Books (years 5-12)	Newspaper supplement pages (years 5-10)
Market research links (years 8-12)	Activity Sheets (years 6-8)
Globalisation posters & activities (years 6-12)	Overseas country fact sheets (DFAT)
Exporting posters & activities (years 6-12)	Global Connections (years 5-8) NEW BOOK

Books

School teachers and pre-service teachers have the option to download books in PDF format or order hardcopies from a selection of recent publications. To receive a free hardcopy complete the order form or email education@austrade.gov.au.

New books:

• Global Connections – for SOSE in years 5 to 8 (4.75MB)
  
  
• Australia's Global Future - for SOSE, Enterprise, Geography, Economics. A large book in four parts:
  • Part 1: Global trade and Australia's pattern of trade (2MB)
  • Part 2: Global interdependence and Global links (1.75MB)
  • Part 3: Entrepreneurship and Sustainable futures (2.5MB)
  • Part 4: Glossary and Answers (2.5MB)
    
    
• Innovative Australian Businesses Go Global- for senior Business Studies courses. As complete book (3.8MB)
  
  
• Innovative Australian Businesses Go Global in parts for easier downloading:
  • Part 1: Establishing a business, Financial management, Globalisation, Marketing (2.3MB)
  • Part 2: Employment relations, Social & ethical dimensions, Technology and business, Glossary, Answers (1.6MB)

Earlier books:

• Exporting for the Future resources for Years 9 and 10 (2.8MB) (Without cover - 2.5MB)
• Exporting for the Future resources for Years 11 and 12 (3.9MB) (Without cover - 3.6MB)
• Trends in Australia's Trade (1.7MB) - activities examining Australia's 'Composition of Trade'
• Understanding the Global Economy (1.7MB) - Australian articles with student activities
• Going Global - export strategy game (878KB)  - business decisions during the export process
• What's this thing called globalisation? (179KB) - a discussion paper (now out of print)
• Why Australia need exports (167KB) - a discussion paper

NSW Business Syllabus (850KB) mapped to Austrade educational resources.

Newspaper supplement pages

Austrade produced a series for The Canberra Times, ‘Newspapers in Education’, to aid upper primary and junior secondary classes. Each page contains stimulus material and student activities. The 2004 and 2005 series is now available for upload in PDF format below.

2004 - Enterprising Exporters (inspiring & unusual export businesses from around Australia) 

• Cover (989KB)
• p 2 Australia's exporters (468KB)
• p 3 Importance of exporting (422KB)
• p 4 Arts & entertainment exporters (524KB)
• p 5 Automotive exporters (478KB)
• p 6 Technology exporters (522KB)
• p 7 Technology exporters (631KB)
• p 8 Medical science exporters (423KB)
• p 9 Medical science exporters (308KB)
• p 10 Services exporters (693KB)
• p 11 Services exporters (555KB)
• p 12 Agribusiness exporters (615KB)
• p 13 Wine exporters (803KB)
• p 14 Niche products & services exporters (376KB)
• p 15 Fashion and beauty exporters (486KB)
• p 16 Young entrepreneurs (600KB)

2005 - Australia's Overseas Markets (Markets opening with current and proposed Free Trade Agreements)

• Cover (5MB)
• p2 Specialisation (1MB)
• p3 Benefits of exporting (1.2MB)
• p4 Shopping in a global marketplace (1MB)
• p5 Barriers to trade (1MB)
• p6 Freeing up trade (1.2MB)
• p7 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) (2.3MB)
• p8 Australia's trade relationship with Japan (1.3MB)
• p9 Australia's trade relationship with Korea (1.3MB)
• p10 Australia's trade relationship with USA (1.3MB)
• p11 Australia's trade relationship with China (1.3MB)
• p12 Australia's trade relationship with Thailand (1.3MB)
• p13 Australia's trade relationship with The United Arab Emirates (1.5MB)
• p14 Australia's trade relationship with India (1.4MB)
• p15 Australia's trade relationship with Indonesia (1.8MB)
• p16 So you want to be a successful exporter? (1MB)

Web Quests

These five Web Quests (in PDF format) for secondary school students are structured on-line research projects. All information is from the 2005 Web Quests series.

• Green is Gold (130KB)
• The culturally smart entrepreneur (216KB)
• Local business, global winner (174KB)
• What is globalisation? (269KB)
• Web Quests combined (542KB)

Activity Sheets

Intended for upper primary and junior secondary levels, these activities guide exploration of our global connections including the social, economic and political aspects.

You can download the complete set (2.0 MB) of activity sheets or select individual sheets below:

• Global Community (102KB)
  Students draw links between their own community and Australia’s global community.
  
• Global Games (392KB)
  Two pages of games to play in class. A board game titled Get connected – become a global citizen, Export celebrity heads and Globalisation category challenge.
  
• Globalised Me (118KB)
  Students colour in a picture of a ‘global citizen’ and answer some short questions before drawing a picture of themselves showing why they are a global citizen.
  
• International Trade at My House (216KB)
  Students investigate their homes to discover imported goods, make a basic bar chart and mark the goods’ country of origin on a world map.
  
• Overseas Travel (235KB)
  Students learn that global travel is increasing and use an atlas to select two countries they wish to visit, before colouring in a pie chart of the reasons people visit Australia and the top destinations for Australians on a world map.
  
• Product Cycles – Reading Comprehension (177KB)
  Students learn about product cycles and apply them to products in their home or school.
  
• Trade Show! (245KB)
  Students investigate Japan, then in groups develop a product to present at an Australia-Japan trade show.
  
• Marketing an Export Product (254KB)
  Students read about an Australian toy maker before designing an advertisement to help sell his toys overseas.
  
• International Trade Game – The Circle Makers (201KB)
  In teams, students represent four countries competing to sell paper circles to the world market. Each country has a different set of resources for making circles.
  
• Global Connections – fact sheet for teachers (114KB)
  A fact sheet for teachers listing Australia’s biggest exports, imports and markets, as well as statistics showing how Australia is more globally connected.

Posters and activities books

The following PDF downloads are from the 2004 Globalisation poster series with accompanying activity booklet and the 2004 Exporting poster series with accompanying activity booklet (suitable for years 6 to 12). The latter series has the Austrade Federal Government crest logo in the lower left-hand corner.

Globalisation Series

• Activities booklet (1.7MB)
• Globalisation means... (216KB)
• Globalisation in history (258KB)
• Globalisation drivers (311KB)
• Globalisation and the world economy (388KB)
• Globalisation and culture (367KB)
• Globalisation world politics (468KB)
• Globalisation and the environment (324KB)
• Globalisation and poverty (275KB)

Exporting Series

• Activities booklet (748KB)
• Employment opportunities poster (1.65MB)
• Growth opportunities poster (1.7MB)
• Future openings poster (1.5MB)
• E-business connections poster (1.9MB)
• Consumer benefits poster (2.0MB)
• Diverse markets poster (1.6MB)