Download Semester Outline Economics Grade 9 Semester I 2011 – 2012

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Semester Outline
Economics
Grade 9
Semester I 2011 – 2012
Teacher: Diah Agung Nurdiani, BA, M.Pd
I.
Semester Outline
1. Basic Economic Problem: Relationship between choice and scarcity
Students will define and analyze basic economic problems, and describe
specialization and exchange.
2. The Allocation of Resources in the Market
Students will learn money and its characteristics, define the economic
system and market structure, and describe how prices are determined.
3. The Main Economic Activities
Students will
distribution.
study
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production,
consumption,
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4. The Firm as Producer, Consumer, Borrower, and Employer
Students will recognize different types of business organizations as well as
various financial institutions.
5. The Roles of Individuals as Producer, Consumer, and Borrower
Students will identify the factors, which affect an individual’s choice of
occupation and wages, and analyze the motives for spending, saving, and
borrowing.
6. The Role of Government in an Economy
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Students will recognize the government objectives and policies, and identify
the public sector finance.
II. Lesson Objectives
1. Basic Economic Problem: Relationship between choice and scarcity
Through this course, students will be able to:
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define the nature of the economic problem (finite resources and unlimited
wants).
define opportunity cost and analyze particular circumstances to illustrate
the concept.
evaluate the implications of particular courses of action in terms of
opportunity cost. Understand what is an economy
define and classify the factors of production (land, labour, capital,
enterprise);
describe specialization and the need for exchange
explain why the benefits of specialization could not be maximized without
a generally acceptable medium of exchange called money
2. The Allocation of Resources in the Market
Through this course, students will be able to:
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list the main functions and characteristics of money
describe the main forms of money in existence today
describe the allocation of resources in market and mixed economic
systems;
demonstrate the principle of equilibrium price
analyze simple market situations with changes in demand and supply;
describe the causes of changes in demand and supply conditions and
analyze such changes to show effects in the market;
define price elasticity of demand and supply and perform simple
calculations;
demonstrate the usefulness of price elasticity in particular situations such
as revenue changes, consumer expenditure;
describe the concept of market failure and explain the reasons for its
occurrence;
evaluate the merits of the market system;
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3. The Main Economic Activities
Through this course, students will be able to:
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define the concepts of various economic activities: consumption,
production, and distribution
describe the definition of consumption and types of goods consumed by
students and families
identify the positive and negative aspects of consumptive behaviour.
identify the factors that influence consumption
describe the definition of production and economic resources.
identify factors of production
classify the economic resources.
distinguish the efforts of intensification and extensification to improve the
quantity and quality of production (in industry and agriculture)
describe and define the purpose of distribution.
classify the distribution system
conduct an activity that illustrates an example of distribution activity.
4. The Firm as Producer, Consumer, Borrower, and Employer
Through this course, students will be able to:
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describe the type of business organization in the public and private
sectors: sole proprietors,
partnerships, private companies, public companies, multi-nationals, cooperatives, public corporations;
define what is meant by unlimited liability and limited liability
recognize different types of business organization according to how they
are controlled, owned, and financed
distinguish between a sole trader, partnership, and joint stock company
and list their advantages and disadvantages
describe and evaluate the effect of changes in the structure of business
organizations
explain what is meant by multinational and evaluate the costs and benefits
to an economy hosting a multinational.
describe the functions of central banks, stock exchanges, commercial
banks;
distinguish between different types of bank and the financial services they
provide
understand how companies raise finance from the sale of shares
understand how a stock exchange works, and the role of brokers and
market makers
evaluate the role of a central bank in an economy, in managing the
government’s monetary policy and maintaining a stable currency
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5. The Roles of Individuals as Producer, Consumer, and Borrower
Through this course, students will be able to:
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identify the factors affecting an individual’s choice of occupation (wage
factors and non-wage factors);
describe likely changes in earnings over time for an individual;
describe the differences in earnings between different occupational groups
(male/female; skilled/unskilled; private/public; agricultural/manufacturing
/services);
describe the benefits and disadvantages of specialization for the
individual;
Analyze the motives for spending, saving and borrowing
describe how and why different income groups have different spending,
saving, and borrowing patterns
6. The Role of Government in an Economy
Through this course, students will be able to:
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describe the government as a producer of goods and services and as an
employer;
describe the aims of government policies, such as full employment, price
stability, economic growth, redistribution of income, balance of payments
stability;
identify the types of taxation (direct, indirect, progressive, regressive,
proportional) and the impact of taxation;
describe the government’s influence , such as regulation, subsidies, taxes
on private producers.
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III. Weekly Planning
Week
1-2
Topics
Subtopics
5-6
 Finite resources & unlimited
wants
 Opportunity cost
 Factors of productions
 Specialization and Exchange
The Allocation of Resources  Money
 Supply & demand
in the Market
 Price elasticity
 Market failure and system
Review & Formative 1
7-8
The Main Economics
3-4
Basic Economics Problem
Activities
 Consumption
 Production
 Distribution
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Review
10
Midterm test
12 - 13
The Firm as Producer,  Business organization
Consumer, Borrower, and  Financial institutions
Employer
14 - 15
The Roles of Individuals as  Occupation & wage
Producer, Consumer, and  Spending, saving, and borrowing
Borrower
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17 - 18
Review and Formative 2
The Role of Government in  Government policies
an Economy
 Fiscal and monetary policies
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Reinforcement
20
Final Exam
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IV.
Course Expectation
Students are expected to:
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Class Materials
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attend all classes and to take responsibility for materials/information
presented during the class activities.
be fully prepared with all necessary materials e. g. stationary and
notebooks to participate in individual, group, and whole class activities.
complete all reading and written assignments in a timely fashion in order
to be fully prepared to participate in each class meeting.
submit all assignments completely, as required and on time in order not
to receive a reduced grade.
Minimum 80% of attendances are required for final test.
Text book
Worksheets
Note book
Stationeries
Short clips/films about the topic
Power point presentation
A3 paper
PC set (computer, sound system, projector)
Chalk + chalkboard
Markers
News articles/clippings
Grading Criteria
Daily progress 1 (30%):
Test
12%
Written assignment
6%
Performance assignment
5%
Project
4%
Effort
3%
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Midterm test
(20%)
Daily progress 2 (30%)
Final Exam
(20%)
Assignments
: Worksheets and exercises
ongoing topics.
based on the
Projects
: Based on the ongoing special event and
field trip activities.
Remember
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You may receive a reduced grade for poor,
incomplete, or late assignments.
IV.
Resources
Economics: A complete course for IGCSE and O level. Dan Moynihan & Brian
Titley. Oxford University Press. 2007.
Economics: Principles & Practices. Gary E. Clayton. McGraw-Hill Companies.
2001.
Buku Ekonomi SLTP kelas VII
Buku Ekonomi SLTP kelas VIII
Buku Ekonomi SLTP kelas IX
IV.
Information
Please feel free to contact me within working hours.
Diah Agung Nurdiani
Phone number: 0818 992 958
Email account: [email protected]
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