Social Studies/Economics

  1. Economic Systems
    1. Basic Principles (2 days)
    2. Economic Systems Debate (2 days)
    3. Create A Nation Activity (2 days)
    4. Assessment (1 day)
  2. Economic Principles
    1. Supply and Demand in a Free Enterprise System (4 days)
    2. Supply and Demand (4 days)
    3. Supply and Demand in Other Economic Systems (3 days)
    4. Markets and Competition (3 days)
    5. Supply and Demand in the Production Cycle (3 days)
    6. Scarcity, Choices and Trade-Offs (5 days)
    7. Private Ownership and Incentives (3 days)
    8. Consumer Sovereignty (4 days)
  3. Impact of Consumption, Savings and Investment
    1. Impact of Economic Events (3 days)
  4. Public Goods and Services
    1. Public Goods and Services (3 days)
    2. The Production and Distribution of Goods and Services in the U.S. Economy (3 days)
  5. Consumer Protection
    1. Consumer Rights and Contracts (2 days)
    2. Property Rights (2 days)
  6. Government Taxation, Borrowing and Spending
    1. History of Taxation (3 days)
    2. Types of Taxes (2 days)
    3. Income Taxes (3 days)
    4. Government Borrowing (3 days)
    5. Government Spending (2 days)
  7. The Federal Reserve System
    1. Private and Public Institutions (2 days)
    2. Banking and Interest (2 days)
    3. The Federal Reserve Banks (2 days)
    4. The Money Supply (2 days)
    5. Inflation (2 days)
    6. Assessment (1 day)

      7.  
      Evaluation
      Unit 1 Test
      Unit 2 - Evaluation done within the Unit
      Unit 3
      Unit 4