The Wealth of Nations, Adam Course: Economics” videos by “Crash Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford Das Kapital and Communist Manifesto, Inside Job (documentary) Karl Marx Various news outlets regarding The Big Short (film, 2015) economics and business current events. Include but not limited to: MSNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg, etc. **Parents: If you do not agree with a specific resource listed in this syllabus, please make your request to me in writing and an alternative assignment and/or materials will be provided for your student. The request should include your name, the child’s name, the specific activity/materials in which you do not want your child to participate or to which you do not want them exposed, and the nature of your objection. Units of Study Unit 1: Introduction to Economics (6-7 Business Organizations days) Labor and unemployment -Themes: Economic schools of thought Unit 4: Money, Banking, and Finance Scarcity, Factors of Production, (4-5 days) Opportunity Cost, Production -Themes: Possibilities Curve o Currency Economic Systems o Financial System o Stock Market Unit 2: How Markets Work (6-7 days) o Federal Reserve -Themes: o Supply and Demand Unit 5: Government and the Economy o Prices (5-6 days) o Market Structures -Themes: o Gross Domestic Product Unit 3: Business, Labor, and o Inflation Consumers (5-6 days) o Taxes and Government Spending -Themes o Budget Deficit and the National Debt
The Wealth of Nations, Adam “Crash Course: Economics” videos by Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford Das Kapital and Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx Inside Job (documentary) Various news outlets regarding economics and business current events. Include but not limited to: MSNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg, etc. The Big Short (film, 2015) **Parents: If you do not agree with a specific resource listed in this syllabus, please make your request to me in writing and an alternative assignment and/or materials will be provided for your student. The request should include your name, the child’s name, the specific activity/materials in which you do not want your child to participate or to which you do not want them exposed, and the nature of your objection. Units of Study Unit 1: Introduction to Economics (6-7 days) -Themes: Economic schools of thought Scarcity, Factors of Production, Opportunity Cost, Production Possibilities Curve Economic Systems Unit 2: How Markets Work (6-7 days) -Themes: o Supply and Demand o Prices o Market Structures Unit 3: Business, Labor, and Consumers (5-6 days) -Themes Business Organizations Labor and unemployment Unit 4: Money, Banking, and Finance (4-5 days) -Themes: o Currency o Financial System o Stock Market o Federal Reserve Unit 5: Government and the Economy (5-6 days) -Themes: o Gross Domestic Product o Inflation o Taxes and Government Spending o Budget Deficit and the National Debt
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