Economics

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First Quarter

CONTENT (General)

 

CONTENT (Specific)

ASSESSMENTS

ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS

Chapter 11 Financial Markets

Why Invest? Retirement, College, Large purchases

Ways to invest: Savings, Account, CD, Bonds, Stocks, Mutual Funds

Quiz

15A, 15D

Chapter 11 Financial Markets

How to read a Market Report, Define financial terms

 

 

Quiz

15A, 15D

Chapter 11 Financial Markets

Types of stock (income, growth, common preferred, small/mid/large cap

Types of Mutual Funds (Class A, B, C)

Stock Terms

Quiz

Market project

15A, 15D

Chapter 11 Financial Markets

Dow Jones and its history, S&P 500

Quiz

Worksheets

Market Checks

Paper on Stock choices

15A, 15D

Chapter 11 Financial Markets

SEC, Stock terms, Review day

Test

Broker assignment

Market checks

15A,15D 15E

Greed

Video discussing greed in business and society, competition and misconceptions in the business world

Market checks

Quiz

15B, 15C

Chapter 1 What is economics

Economics, Need, Want, Goods, Services

Market Checks

15B, 15C

 

Second Quarter

CONTENT (General)

CONTENT (Specific)

ASSESSMENTS

ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS

Economic Systems,

Sport Economics, Free Enterprise, Supply and Demand, Taxes and Government spending

Discuss and describe the economic systems of command, free market and mixed market economies

Discuss free and mixed market economies by looking at professional sports in America

Discuss and describe the law of supply and demand, tax systems and government expenditures within all of the economic systems

Quiz

Worksheets

Market Checks

Stock Project

Test

Homework

15A, 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E

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