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E1
1.1
1.1.1
The Market Economy
Individual, Business, &Government Choices
Scarcity, Choice, Opportunity Costs, &
Comparative Advantage – Using examples,
explain how scarcity, choice, opportunity costs
affect decisions that households, businesses, &
governments make in the market place & explain
how comparative advantage creates gains from
trade.
Entrepreneurship – Identify the risks, returns &
other characteristics of entrepreneurship that bear
on its attractiveness as a career.
Competitive Markets
Business Structures – Compare & contrast the
functions & constraints facing economic
institutions including small & large businesses,
labor unions, banks, & households.
Price in the Market – Analyze how prices send
signals & provide incentives to buyers & sellers
in a competitive market.
Investment, Productivity & Growth – Analyze
the role investments in physical & human capital
play in increasing productivity & how these
influence the market.
Prices, Supply, & Demand
Law of Supply – Explain the law of supply and
analyze the likely change in supply when there
are changes in prices of the productive resources,
or the profit opportunities available to producers
by selling other goods or services, or the number
of sellers in a market.
Law of Demand – Explain the law of demand &
analyze the likely change in demand when there
are changes in prices of the goods or services,
availability of alternative (substitute or
complementary) goods or services, or changes in
the number of buyers in a market created by such
things as change in income or availability of
credit.
Price, Equilibrium, Elasticity, & Incentives –
Analyze how prices change through the
interaction of buyers & sellers in a market
including the role of supply, demand,
equilibrium, elasticity, & explain how incentives
(monetary & non-monetary) affect choices of
households & economic organizations.
Role of Government in the Market
Public Policy & the Market – Analyze the
impact of a change in public policy (such as an
increase in the minimum wage, a new tax policy,
or a change in interest rates) on consumers,
producers, workers, savers, & investors.
1.1.2
1.2
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.3
1.3
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3
1.4
1.4.1
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1.4.2
Government & Consumers – Analyze the role
of government in protecting consumers &
enforcing contracts, (including property rights),
& explain how this role influences the incentives
(or disincentives) for people to produce &
exchange goods & services.
Government Revenue & Services – Analyze the
ways in which local & state governments
generate revenue & use that revenue for public
services
Functions of Government – Explain the various
functions of government in a market economy
including the provision of public goods &
services, the creation of currency, the
establishment of property rights, the enforcement
of contracts, correcting for externalities & market
failures, the redistribution of income & wealth,
regulation of labor, & the promotion of economic
growth & security.
Economic Incentives & Government – Identify
& explain how monetary & non-monetary
incentives affect government officials & voters &
explain how government policies affect the
behavior of various people including consumers,
savers, investors, workers, & producers.
The National Economy of the U.S.A.
Understanding National Markets
Income – Describe how individuals & businesses
earn income by selling productive resources.
Circular Flow & the National Economy –
Using the concept of circular flow, analyze the
roles of & the relationships between households,
business firms, financial institutions, &
government & nongovernment agencies in the
economy of the U.S..
Financial Institutions & Money Supply –
Analyze how decisions by the Federal Reserve &
actions by financial institutions regarding
deposits & loans, impact the expansion &
contraction of the money supply.
Money Supply, Inflation, & Recession –
Explain the relationships between money supply,
inflation, & recessions.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) & Economic
Growth – Use GDP data to measure the rate of
economic growth in the U.S. & identify factors
that have contributed to this economic growth
Unemployment – Analyze the character of
different types of unemployment including
frictional, structural, & cyclical.
Economic Indicators – Using a number of
indicators, such as GDP, per capita GDP,
unemployment rates, & Consumer Price Index,
analyze the characteristics of business cycles,
including the characteristics of peaks, recessions,
& expansions.
1.4.3
1.4.4
1.4.5
E2
2.1
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.1.6
2.1.7
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2.1.8
Relationship Between Expenditures &
Revenue (Circular Flow) – Using the circular
flow model, explain how spending on
consumption, investment, government & net
exports determines national income; explain how
a decrease in total expenditures affects the value
of a nation’s output of final goods & services.
American Economy in the World – Analyze the
changing relationship between the American
economy & the global economy including, but
not limited to, the increasing complexity of
American economic activity generated by the
expansion of the global economy.
Role of Government in the U.S. Economy
Federal Government & Macroeconomic Goals
– Identify the three macroeconomic goals of an
economic system (stable prices, low
unemployment, & economic growth).
Macroeconomic Policy Alternatives – Compare
& contrast differing policy recommendations for
the role of the Federal government in achieving
the macroeconomic goals of stable prices, low
unemployment, & economic growth.
Fiscal Policy & its Consequences – Analyze the
consequences – intended & unintended –of using
various tax & spending policies to achieve
macroeconomic goals of stable prices, low
unemployment, & economic growth.
Federal Reserve & Monetary Policy – Explain
the roles & responsibilities of the Federal
Reserve System & compare & contrast the
consequences – intended & unintended – of
different monetary policy actions of the Federal
Reserve Board as a means to achieve
macroeconomic goals of stable prices, low
unemployment, & economic growth.
Government Revenue & Services – Analyze the
ways in which governments generate revenue on
consumption, income & wealth & use that
revenue for public services & social welfare.
The International Economy
Economic Systems
Major Economic Systems – Give examples of &
analyze the strengths & weaknesses of major
economic systems (command, market & mixed),
including their philosophical & historical
foundations.
2.1.9
2.2
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.2.5
E3
3.1
3.1.1
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3.1.2
Developing Nations – Assess how factors such
as availability of natural resources, investments
in human & physical capital, technical assistance,
public attitudes & beliefs, property rights & free
trade can affect economic growth in developing
nations.
International Organizations & the World
Economy – Evaluate the diverse impact of trade
policies of the World Trade Organization, World
Bank, or International Monetary Fund on
developing economies of Africa, Central
America, or Asia, & the developed economies of
the U.S. & Western Europe.
GDP & Standard of Living – Using current &
historical data on real per capita GDP for the
U.S., & at least three other countries construct a
relationship between real GDP & standard of
living.
Comparing Economic Systems – Using the
three basic economic questions, compare &
contrast a socialist (command) economy (such as
North Korea or Cuba) with the Capitalist as a
mixed, free market system of the U.S..
Impact of Transitional Economies – Analyze
the impact of transitional economies, such as in
China & India, on the global economy in general
& the American economy in particular.
Economic Interdependence – Trade
Absolute & Comparative Advantage – Use the
concepts of absolute & comparative advantage to
explain why goods & services are produced in
one nation or locale versus another.
Domestic Activity & World Trade – Assess the
impact of trade policies (i.e. tariffs, quotas,
export subsidies, product standards & other
barriers), monetary policy, exchange rates, &
interest rates on domestic activity & world trade.
Exchange Rates & the World Trade – Describe
how interest rates in the U.S. impact the value of
the dollar against other currencies (such as the
Euro), & explain how exchange rates affect the
value of goods & services of the U.S. in other
markets.
Monetary Policy & International Trade –
Analyze how the decisions made by a country’s
central bank (or the Federal Reserve) impact a
nation’s international trade.
The Global Economy & the Marketplace –
Analyze & describe how the global economy has
changed the interaction of buyers & sellers, such
as in the automobile industry.
Personal Finance
Decision Making
Scarcity & Opportunity Costs – Apply
concepts of scarcity & opportunity costs to
personal financial decision making.
3.1.3
3.1.4
3.1.5
3.1.6
3.2
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.2.5
E4
4.1
4.1.1
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4.1.2
Marginal Benefit t & Cost – Use examples &
case studies to explain & evaluate the impact of
marginal benefit & marginal cost of an activity
on choices & decisions.
Personal Finance Strategy – Develop a personal
finance strategy for earning, spending, saving &
investing resources.
Key Components of Personal Finance –
Evaluate key components of personal finance
including, money management, saving &
investment, spending & credit, income,
mortgages, retirement, investing, & insurance.
Personal Decisions – Use a decision-making
model to evaluate the different aspects of
personal finance including careers, savings &
investing tools, & different forms of income
generation.
Risk Management Plan – Develop a risk
management plan that uses a combination of
avoidance, reduction, retention, & transfer.
4.1.3
4.1.4
4.1.5
4.1.6
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