Money Matters

 

 

Syllabus

 

An Introduction to Economics

Unit One: What Is Economics                                                        September 1-10

Unit Two: Economic Systems and the American Economy         September 13-24

 

Practical Economics

Unit Three: Your Role as a Consumer                                           September 27- October 8

Unit Four: Going Into Debt                                                              October 11-22

Unit Five: Buying the Necessities: Food and Clothing                  October 25-29

Unit Six: Buying the Necessities: Housing and Transportation    November 1-12

Unit Seven: Saving and Investing                                                   November 15-24

 

Microeconomics

Unit Eight: Supply and Demand                                                     November 29 - December 10

Unit Nine: Business Organizations                                                 December 13 - January 7

Unit Ten: Competition and Monopolies                                         January 10-14

Review & Midterm                                                                           January 18-20

Unit Eleven: Financing and Producing Goods                              January 24 - February 4

Unit Twelve: Marketing and Distribution                                         February 7-18

Unit Thirteen: The American Labor Force                                     February 21 - March 4

 

Macroeconomics

Unit Fourteen: Measuring the Economy’s Performance               March 7-18

Unit Fifteen Money and Banking                                                     March 21 - April 8

Unit Sixteen: The Federal Reserve System & Monetary Policy   April 11-22

Unit Seventeen: Government Spends, Collects, and Owes        April 25 - May 6

Unit Eighteen: Controlling Unemployment and Inflation               May 9-20

Unit Nineteen: Trading with Other Nations                                     May 23 - June 2