Economics
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First Quarter
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CONTENT (General)
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CONTENT (Specific) |
ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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Chapter 11 Financial Markets |
Why Invest? Retirement, College, Large purchases Ways to invest: Savings, Account, CD, Bonds, Stocks, Mutual Funds |
Quiz |
15A, 15D |
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Chapter 11 Financial Markets |
How to read a Market Report, Define financial terms
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Quiz |
15A, 15D |
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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 |
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Chapter 11 Financial Markets |
Dow Jones and its history, S&P 500 |
Quiz Worksheets Market Checks Paper on Stock choices |
15A, 15D |
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Chapter 11 Financial Markets |
SEC, Stock terms, Review day |
Test Broker assignment Market checks |
15A,15D 15E |
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Greed |
Video discussing greed in business and society, competition and misconceptions in the business world |
Market checks Quiz |
15B, 15C |
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Chapter 1 What is economics |
Economics, Need, Want, Goods, Services |
Market Checks |
15B, 15C |
Second Quarter
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CONTENT (General) |
CONTENT (Specific) |
ASSESSMENTS |
ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS |
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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 |