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Economics
 
This course is based around the NYSDE curriculum standards for economics.  These are similar, if not almost identical, to standards used in other states.  Teachers from around the United States can follow this outline, or opt to pick and choose which materials to use.
 
Introduction
OUTLINE: NYSDE Economics Standards in an outline with which teachers can interact (adding content, etc.) - Version: DOC | DOCX | PDF
 
I. Living in a Global Economy
HANDOUT: "Living in a Global Economy" Word Search Puzzle | Answer Key
HANDOUT: "Living in a Global Economy 1.1" - Students look at the opportunity costs of getting a job or going to college after high school
HANDOUT: "Living in a Global Economy 1.2" - Students prepare a post-high school monthly budget based on their future plans
 
II. The United States Economic System
HANDOUT: "The United States Economic System" Word Search Puzzle | Answer Key
 
III. The Enterprise System and the United States Economy
 
IV. Labor and Business in the United States
 
V. Money, Finance, and Personal Finance
HANDOUT: The "Rule of Seventy-two" and Basic Personal Saving: It Pays to Save!
VI. Making Fiscal and Monetary Policy
 
VII. Impact of Globalization on the Economies of Other Nations
 
 
Miscellaneous
HANDOUT: The "Rule of Seventy-two" and Basic Personal Saving: It Pays to Save!
WEBSITE LINK: American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
WEBSITE LINK: Council for Economic Education
WEBSITE LINK: Feed the Pig for Tweens - Free financial literacy lessons for grades 4 through 6 - From the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
WEBSITE LINK: Feed the Pig - Free financial literacy tips, tricks, advice, and more - From the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
WEBSITE LINK: Hands-on Banking by Wells Fargo
WEBSITE LINK: Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
WEBSITE LINK: Money Savvy Generation
WEBSITE LINK: National Endowment for Financial Education
WEBSITE LINK: New York State Department of Education Standards for Economics
WEBSITE LINK: United States Mint
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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