1. ECONOMICS Course Organizer 100% 1. Castle Learning & Current
Teacher: Mrs. Oldis
Room: 250
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ECONOMICS
Your Quarterly Grade will be made up of the following:
AN UNDERSTANDING OF MAJOR ECONOMIC CONCEPTS AND SYSTEMS, THE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC DECISION MAKING, AND THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF ECONOMIES AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
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Students will analyze the effectiveness of varying ways individuals, societies, nations, and regions of the world attempt to satisfy their basic needs and wants by utilizing scarce resources
Students will define and apply basic economic concepts such as scarcity, supply/demand, opportunity costs, production, resources, money, economic growth, markets, costs, and competition
Students will understand the nature of scarcity and how nations of the world make choices which involve economic and social costs and benefits
Students will describe the ideals, principles, structure, practices, accomplishments, and problems related to the United States economic system
Students will compare and contrast the United States economic system with other national economic systems (focusing on the three fundamental economic questions)
Students will explain how economic decision making has become global as a result of an interdependent world economy
Students will understand the roles in the economic system of consumers, producers, workers, investors, and voters
4) Skills
-Identify a variety of sources of information
-Recognize advantages and limitations of various
sources
-Classify and/or categorize data
-Evaluate data
-Draw inferences
-Generalize
-Speak in an effective way
-Use media and various visuals for communicating
ideas
-Think logically
-Recognize point of view
-Participate in group planning

2. 6) Critical Concepts & Themes
ECONOMICS
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8) Materials and Extra Help
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Extra help is available after school Tuesday and Thursday and before school Wednesday
3-Ring Binder with loose-leaf paper
1 folder (to save each quarter’s work)
Pens (blue & black ink only) & #2 pencils
Respect:
Teacher to Student
Student to Teacher
Peer to Peer
- Honesty
- Tolerance
- Bully-Free Zone
Cell phone-Free Zone
-Be on time and ready to work
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4 Factors of Production -3 Basic Economic Questions
Scarcity
Opportunity Cost -Productivity
Economic Goals of the U.S.
3 Economic Systems
--Supply and Demand
-Competition
-Challenges for the U.S.
-Types of Business
Organizations
-Role of the Entrepreneur
-Labor and Management
Relations
Economic Theory
Credit Cards
Opportunity Cost and Trade-Offs
Renting Apartments
Economic Systems
Personal Finance
The Market System
Careers
Labor & Business
Buying vs.
Leasing
Supply
Demand
Globalization
Contracts
Business Organizations