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Unit 1: Economics Homework Assignments SSEF1: The student will explain why limited productive resources and unlimited wants result in scarcity, opportunity costs, and tradeoffs for individuals, businesses, and governments. Notecards Terms: Scarcity, Opportunity Cost, Tradeoffs, 4 Factors of Production, Land, Labor, Physical Capital, Human Capital, Entrepreneurship, Rational Decision Making, Marginal benefit, Marginal Cost, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, public goods & services, command economy, free/market economy, mixed economy, specialization, voluntary exchange, 3 basic economic questions, market failures, input, output, allocation of scarce resources, productivity, free-rider problem Concept Scarcity Task Why does scarcity always exist? Response p. 3 Factors of production Give examples of productive resources (factors of production) (e.g., land (natural), labor (human), capital (capital goods), entrepreneurship). p. 4-5 Land Labor Capital Entrepreneurship Scarce Resources Explain how individuals, businesses and society face tradeoffs. p. 8 Opportunity Cost If you decide to buy spend $3 dollars in the vending machine instead of $3 to purchase a school lunch, what is your opportunity cost of your vending machine purchase? p. 9 SSEF4 The student will compare and contrast different economic systems and explain how they answer the three basic economic questions of what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce. Concepts Task Response Economic Systems p. 23-27, 32, 52-55 Market: 1. How does each economic system answer the 3 basic economic questions? Command: Mixed: p. 23-27 1. List each system and explain how well each type of system answers the above goals. Goals: Economic freedom, security, equity, growth, efficiency, and stability Market Command Mixed SSEF5 The student will describe the roles of government in a market economy. Concept Task Response Government in a Market p. 62,68-70, 52, 64 Economy 1. Describe why government provides public goods and services. 2. Explain why government redistributes income. 3. Explain the importance of government’s protection of private property. 4. Explain how government can resolve market failures. Government Regulation and Deregulation 1. Give examples of government regulation and deregulation and their effects on consumers and producers. p. 54-55, 175 Regulation Deregulation SSEF2 The student will give examples of how rational decision making entails comparing the marginal benefits and the marginal costs of an action. Concept Task Response Production Possibilities 1. Draw a Production p. 13-18 Frontier (PPF) Possibilities model with Guns on one axis and Butter on the other 2. Draw a point on the line, inside the line and outside the line and explain each 3. What would cause the curve to shift to the left? 4. What would cause the curve to shift to the right? Marginal Benefits and 1. Define thinking at the p. 9-11 Costs margin 2. Explain what Karen has to give up for each hour of sleep. SSEF3 The student will explain how specialization and voluntary exchange between buyers and sellers increase the satisfaction of both parties. Concept Task Response Specialization p. 28-29 1. Give an example of how specialization is seen at Ex @ Kell High: Kell High 2. Give an example of how specialization is seen in the business world Ex in the business world: Voluntary Exchange p. 52-53 1. Explain how both parties (buyers and sellers) benefit from voluntary exchange SSEF6 The student will explain how productivity, economic growth, and future standards of living are influenced by investment in factories, machinery, new technology, and the health, education, and training of people. Concept Productivity Task Response p. 108 1. Give an example of how productivity can be increased by using fewer inputs to produce more outputs. Example: Capital Investments p. 4-5 1. Give illustrations of investment in equipment and technology and explain their relationship to economic growth and productivity. Investments in Human Capital p. 214 1. Give examples of how investment in education can lead to a higher standard of living.