Unit 7: Public Policies
Home Syllabus Resources Unit 1: Unit 2: Unit 3: Unit 4: Unit 5: Unit 6: Unit 7: Unit 8:		Section 1 Indicator and Supporting Content Students will apply fundamental economic concepts in order to evaluate the effectiveness of government policy in achieving socio-economic goals. define an analyze competing interests within socio-economic goals identify the components of monetary and fiscal policy in order to evaluate the effectiveness of current monetary and fiscal policy examine regulatory agencies and their social, economic, and political impacts analyze the effectiveness of government policy in achieving socio-economic goals evaluate roles and policies the United States government has assumed regarding public issues Key Vocabulary competing interests                monetary policy                       reserve requirement deficit                                   open market operations            security equity                                    opportunity costs                     surplus federal reserve                      productivity                             socio-economic fiscal policy                           public policy                            taxes individual income tax              regulatory agencies                   welfare system   Section 2 Indicator and Supporting Content Students will analyze recent United States policies regarding international trade, alliances, and humanitarian efforts in order to evaluate the interdependent relationship of United States politics and government to the world. identify contemporary concerns and goals which affect international relationships investigate policies of the United States government which promote or fail to promote economic relations evaluate the effectiveness of the role of the United States in international organizations  (United Nations, NATO, and International Red Cross) analyze recent international political issues Key Vocabulary alliance                         free trade                            most favored nation blockade                       genocide                               sanction culture                          humanitarianism                    tariff embargo                        international     Helpful Sites NATO United Nations International Red Cross NAFTA Amnesty International International Human Rights Law Group Human Rights Watch Department of the Treasury Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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