Economics on Demand
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Unit Lesson Plans
Unit One
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Lesson 1: "Thinking Like an Economist"
Lesson 2: "Oh the Production Possibilities!"
Lesson 3: "Ideas and Markets"
Lesson 4: "Economic Systems"
QUIZ DAY
Lesson 5: "Life is Demanding"
Lesson 6: "Shifting Supply and Demand Curve"
Lesson 7: "Elasticity: We Can Bounce Back"
Lesson 8: "When Supply Meets Demand"
Lesson 9: "In the Chips"
Lesson 10: "Externality! Externality! Read All About It!"
Lesson 11: "Thinking Outside the Margin"
Culminating Project: "Binxy Cats"
Unit Two
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Lesson 1: "Market Structures"
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"Tucker: The Man & His Dream"
Lesson 2: "Buying Stock 101"
Lesson 3: "Martha, Martha, Martha"
Lesson 4: "Money, Money, Money, Money. Money!"
Lesson 5: "Banking and You"
Lesson 6: "Extra Credit Cards and Credit Scores"
Lesson 7: "The Cost of Borrowing"
Lesson 8: "Dream Home"
Lesson 9: "America Flat Broke"
Lesson 10: "Investing"
Culminating Project: "Wizard of Wall Street"
Unit Three
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Lesson 1: "Gross Domestic Product"
Lesson 2: "Living on Minimum Wage"
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"30 Days: Living on Minimum Wage"
Lesson 3: "Unemployment"
Lesson 4: "Business Cycle"
Lesson 5: "Inflating Inflation"
Lesson 6: "Taxes"
Lesson 7: "Federal Spending"
Lesson 8: "Fiscal and Monetary Policy"
Unit Four
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Lesson 1: "Business Organization"
Lesson 2: "The High Cost of Low Prices"
Lesson 3: "The Source of Outsourcing"
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"30 Days: Outsourcing"
Lesson 4: "Free Trade"
Lesson 5: "Comparative vs. Absolute"
Lesson 6: "Protectionism"
Lesson 7: "How To: Foreign Exchange"
Lesson 8: "Measuring Development"
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