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Course
Syllabus
Course Name:
Economics-Academic Core
I Course Information
Course
Number: 1712
Level:
Academic Core
Department: Social Science
II Course Description
Prerequisite: U.S. History
Open
to: Seniors
Length:
1 Year
Credit:
1
Summary: The three general areas of concentration in this course are: 1)
microeconomics, covering scarcity, factors that influence prices and wages,
and the organization and operation of business, 2) consumer economics,
including housing, buying a car, insurance, savings and investing, credit,
budgeting, consumer protection legislation, and federal, state, and local taxes,
and 3) macroeconomics, covering government taxing and spending, business
cycles, fiscal policy, monetary policy, inflation, unemployment, economic
growth, globalization and international trade. Emphasis at this level is placed
on individual instruction and application of practical economic skills needed to
become an effective consumer. The course is open only to those students whose
math skills are well below grade level.
III Course Goals
As a
result of the study of Economics, students will:
1. interpret how the price system determines the production and
consumption of goods and services and the allocation of resources.
2. make well-informed choices as an educated consumer in our
market economy.
3. describe the vital role that government plays in the
interaction of the international sector, businesses, and households.
4. apply economic reasoning to their daily lives as citizens.
5. utilize analytical tools as a responsible participant in the political
process in order to anticipate effects of major economic policy changes.
IV Textbooks and Materials
Roger
Miller,
Economics Today & Tomorrow,
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill (2003)
R. Miller & A. Stafford, Economic Education for Consumers
(2004)
South-Western/Thomson Learning
Charles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
(2002)
W.W. Norton People's Publications
V Course Outline
First
Semester
Units of Instruction:
Unit 1: Introduction to the Economic Problem
Unit 2: A Market Economy - Supply and Demand
Unit 3: How American Business is Organized
Unit 4: Markets for the Factors of Production
Unit 5: The Government and Our Economy: Failures and Financing
Major Assessments: Unit Exams
First Semester Exam
Second
Semester
Units of Instruction:
Unit 6: Measuring the Economy
Unit 7: The Government and Our Economy: Taxing, Spending, and
Borrowing|
Unit 8: The Government and Our Economy: Controlling the Money
Supply
Unit 9: The Global Economy
Unit 10: Consumer Budgeting, Careers, and Income Taxes
Unit 11: Saving and Investing
Unit 12: Consumer Economics: Credit
Major Assessments: Unit Exams
Consumer Education
Project
Measuring the
Economy
Test of Economic
Literacy
Second Semester Exam
(Parents and students: please consult individual teachers for grading policies,
extra credit info, class procedures, etc.)
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