2017-2018 Economics Course Syllabus Contact information: Email is the most efficient method of contacting me: Michele.olejnik@hsv-k12.org. (Please double check your spelling before you hit send!) I can also be reached by phone, at (256)428-8050, extension 249. Be aware, this is a classroom phone, and during school hours calls will go to voicemail. I strive to return calls within 24 hours; email is answered periodically through the day. Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 1st half of power hour About the instructor: I am Michele Olejnik, and I this is my 12th year at Huntsville High School. I hold a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Auburn University, with a dual focus in comparative governments and constitutional law. At Georgia State University, I completed a minor in economics and began work on a bachelor’s degree in communications, which I completed at the University of Missouri- St. Louis. Also at Louis, I completed the teacher education program, with a focus on history and math. Before coming to HHS, I taught middle school math at Providence K-8, American History at Chaminade-St. Louis, and was a math resource teacher at Confluence Academy, a charter school in St. Louis. Economics is a one-semester course that is Course Objective/ About the Course: mandated by the state of Alabama as a requirement for graduation. Throughout this course, we will explore the basis of our market-based economy and compare it to other systems in the world. The goal is to give students an overview of how economics impacts multiple areas of our lives, and to give students some of the tools they will need to become responsible participants in our national and world economies. This course is NOT a personal finance course. This course is divided into six units of study, as set up by the HCS pacing guide for Economics: Basic Economic Principles; Supply and Demand; Business Organizations; Economic Challenges; the Government, the Federal Reserve System, and Financial Institutions; and the Global Economy. Course Materials and Expectations: Required Course Materials: This course uses the Prentice-Hall textbook Economics: Principles in Action. Students will have access to this book online and they have access to an offline copy on the hard of their school issued laptop. We will also utilize a variety of online and print resources to assist with learning and understanding content knowledge.
2017-2018 Economics Course Syllabus Contact information: Email is the most efficient method of contacting me: Michele.olejnik@hsv-k12.org. (Please double check your spelling before you hit send!) I can also be reached by phone, at (256)428-8050, extension 249. Be aware, this is a classroom phone, and during school hours calls will go to voicemail. I strive to return calls within 24 hours; email is answered periodically through the day. Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 1st half of power hour About the instructor: I am Michele Olejnik, and I this is my 12th year at Huntsville High School. I hold a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Auburn University, with a dual focus in comparative governments and constitutional law. At Georgia State University, I completed a minor in economics and began work on a bachelor’s degree in communications, which I completed at the University of Missouri- St. Louis. Also at Louis, I completed the teacher education program, with a focus on history and math. Before coming to HHS, I taught middle school math at Providence K-8, American History at Chaminade-St. Louis, and was a math resource teacher at Confluence Academy, a charter school in St. Louis. Course Objective/ About the Course: Economics is a one-semester course that is mandated by the state of Alabama as a requirement for graduation. Throughout this course, we will explore the basis of our market-based economy and compare it to other systems in the world. The goal is to give students an overview of how economics impacts multiple areas of our lives, and to give students some of the tools they will need to become responsible participants in our national and world economies. This course is NOT a personal finance course. This course is divided into six units of study, as set up by the HCS pacing guide for Economics: Basic Economic Principles; Supply and Demand; Business Organizations; Economic Challenges; the Government, the Federal Reserve System, and Financial Institutions; and the Global Economy. Course Materials and Expectations: Required Course Materials: This course uses the Prentice-Hall textbook Economics: Principles in Action. Students will have access to this book online and they have access to an offline copy on the hard of their school issued laptop. We will also utilize a variety of online and print resources to assist with learning and understanding content knowledge.
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