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Distel, Brenda D. – 1990
This project is designed to teach students the process of buying stocks and to tracking their investments over the course of a semester. The goals of the course are to teach students about the relationships between conditions in the economy and the stock market; to predict the effect of an economic event on a specific stock or industry; to relate…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Economics Education, Free Enterprise System
Download full textIndiana Department of Education, 2004
In this standard, students learn how economies, large and small, function. Supply and demand are covered in depth, and students learn to identify the production, consumption, and circulation of different types of resources in local, state, national, and world economies. Students also learn about employment and personal finance, as well as the…
Descriptors: Supply and Demand, Academic Standards, Economics Education, State Standards
Morton, John S. – 1996
This book is designed to help advanced placement students better understand microeconomic concepts through various activities. The book contains 5 units with 73 activities, sample multiple-choice questions, sample short essay questions, and sample long essay questions. The units are entitled: (1) "The Basic Economic Problem"; (2) "The Nature and…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Capitalism, Decision Making, Economic Change
Morton, John S. – 1996
This book is designed to help advanced placement students better understand macroeconomic concepts through various activities. The book contains 6 units with 64 activities, sample multiple-choice questions, sample short essay questions, and sample long essay questions. The units are entitled: (1) "Basic Economic Concepts"; (2) "Measuring Economic…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Capitalism, Decision Making, Economic Change
Fritsche, Joellen M.; And Others – 1987
The purpose of this book is to help students understand why the U.S. Government is involved in the economy, the underlying social values that government tries to promote, and how U.S. economic decisions affect the global economy. It was designed to give them the background they need to form their own opinions about the role of government in the…
Descriptors: Books, Economic Factors, Economics, Economics Education
National Council on Economic Education, New York, NY. – 1993
Correlated to the Economics and Entrepreneurship Teaching Strategies Master Curriculum Guide, this book features 66 student activities, case studies, comprehension quizzes, and lessons related to economic concepts. Designed for high school students of economics, social studies, and business education, this curriculum guide combines study of basic…
Descriptors: Business, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Curriculum Guides
Billings, Henry – 1993
This document is a text for teaching economics. The book is divided into seven units. Unit 1 is called "What is Economics?" Its seven chapters discuss economics and scarcity, money, the role of the consumer, the role of the producer, capitalism and the free enterprise system, and the circular flow of the economy. The second unit is "How the United…
Descriptors: Banking, Business Cycles, Capitalism, Communism
Economics. Teacher's Guide [and Student Guide]. Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students (PASS).
Chambliss, Robert, Ed.; Fresen, Sue, Ed. – 2000
This teacher's guide and student guide unit contains supplemental readings, activities, and methods adapted for secondary students who have disabilities and other students with diverse learning needs. The curriculum correlates to Florida's Sunshine State Standards and is divided into the following six units of study: (1) introduction to economics,…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Banking, Business Cycles, Capitalism
