Course Details
Economics (Grade 11-12)
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Course Information
- Subject Area
- Social Sciences and History
- State Course Code
- 04201
- Length
- One Semester
- Total Hours
- 118
This course meets elective credit graduation requirement in social studies. Course provides students with an overview of economics with primary emphasis on the principles of microeconomics and the United States economic system. This course may also cover topics such as principles of macroeconomics, international economics and comparative economics. Economic principles may be presented in formal theoretical contexts, applied contexts, or both. This course is only offered during the first semester.
Learning Goals
- Examination of markets from both historical and current perspectives
- The basics of supply and demand
- The theories of early economic philosophers such as Adam Smith and David Ricardo
- Theories of value
- The concept of money and how it evolved
- The role of banks, investment houses, and the Federal Reserve
- Keynesian economics
- The productivity, wages, investment, and growth involved in capitalism
- Unemployment, inflations, and the national debt
- A survey of markets in areas such as China, Europe and the Middle East
- Evaluate the influence of geographic settings, cultural perspectives, economic systems, and various forms of government.
- Gain a deeper understanding of the role of citizens.
- Continue to develop research skills.
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Economics
Economic decisions affect us every day of our lives. Understanding economics means thinking about how scarcity, or limited resources, requires us to make choices and evaluate one option against others. In this course, students will recognize examples of economics in your daily life. Students will see how the economic choices of larger groups, like businesses and governments, affect students and others. As students’ progress through the course, students will recognize that the costs and benefits of choices connect individuals and groups around the world. The purpose of this course is to help students become a smart consumer who understands the flow of an economy between individuals, businesses, governments, and the rest of the world.
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Items
| Name | Kind | ISBN | Returnable | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics with Financial Literacy | Online Class | No | No |
Timeline
01.01 How Do I Plan for Success?
01.02 What is Economics?
01.03 Why Can't I Have It All?
01.04 Demand
01.05 Supply
01.06 The Soap Opera of Supply and Demand
01.07 The Green and What It Means
01.08 What's the Big Idea?
01.09 Module One Exam
02.00 It All Begins With You!
02.01 Is It a Want or a Need?
02.02 What Happens After High School?
02.03 Sharing With Uncle Sam?
02.04 What is Stock, Anyway?
02.06 Why Budget?
02.07 What's the Big Idea?
02.08 Module Two Exam
03.00 Taking Care of Business
03.01 Could You Be an Entrepreneur?
03.02 What are the Factors of Production?
03.03 Who's the Boss?
03.04 Selling It!
03.05 Getting the Most For Your Money
03.06 Building a Better Business
03.07 What's the Big Idea?
03.08 Module Three Exam
04.01 Ultimate Roller Coaster
04.02 Should the Government Control the Economy?
04.03 How Does the Fed Affect Me?
04.04 The Fed's Toolbox
04.05 Uncle Sam's Toolbox
04.06 What's the Big Idea?
04.07 Module Four Exam
05.01 How Economists' Ideas Affect Us
05.02 How Can We Organize an Economy?
05.03 What are My Country's Goals?
05.04 Why Do Countries Trade?
05.05 Should Free Trade Be a Goal?
05.07 What's the Big Idea?
05.08 Module Five Exam
06.00 Circular-Flow
06.01 Economic Relationships
06.02 What are Externalities?
06.03 How Do Externalities Affect You?
06.04 What's the Big Idea?
06.05 Module Six Project
06.06 Segment Review and Exam
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