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Tess Lee and Mark Striplin
Winter 2013
Secondary Dual Educator
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Concept Map
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The Unit Organizer
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NAME
DATE
BIGGER PICTURE
xx
1
Senate Meeting
8
UNIT SCHEDULE
5
CURRENT UNIT
UNIT MAP
What are the basic
principals of the
U.S. Economy and
how do people
participate in it?
xx
xx
xx
3
U.S. Economy
12/30 {retest
xx
Inflation in
the market
due to
There
are
xx
xx
xx
Economic understanding
is essential to a secure
personal financial future
And
Resulting in
xx
xx
2013
xx
/Experience
2
February
Different ways you can use your
money in the U.S. to avoid losing
money.
( stocks, bonds, CD, investing,
savings account )
Investing in
homeownership
People investing in the
stock market ( high risk/
low risk stocks)
xx
xx
7
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Explain
List
Compare and contrast
Cause and effect
UNIT
1. What is inflation, and what effects does it have on the
economy?
2. What types of savings are there?
3.What is stock and how does the stock market work?
4.Why does the U.S. real estate and housing market have large
effects on the economy?
RELATIONSHIPS
UNIT SELF-TEST
QUESTIONS
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Unit questions/relationships
1. What is an economy, and what are its
functions?
2. What is inflation, and how does it effect
your money?
3. How to manage personal financial
resources effectively for financial security?
( budget, savings)
4. How does the stock market work?
5. Why does the U.S. real estate and
housing market have large effects on the
economy?
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Unit Objectives
• Students will explain what an economy
is and it’s functions in the US.
• Students will explore the effects of
inflation on US currency and indentify
ways of investing money to deter loss of
money.
• Students will calculate simple interest
and compound interest to compare and
contrast benefits and disadvantages.
Secondary Dual Educator
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Unit Objectives
• Students will explore the U.S. stock
market and will explain the concept of
supply and demand, the difference
between high and lower risk stock and
how investors rate and choose stock.
• Students will explore U.S. real estate and
define mortgages, equity, collateral, while
investigating why homeownership is apart
of the American dream.
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Standards & benchmarks
• 8.23. Describe how industrialization
changes production and how it creates
shifts in the market.
8.27. Examine the various characteristics,
causes, and effects of an event, issue, or
problem
• 6-8.RH.8 Distinguish among fact, opinion, and
reasoned judgment in a text.
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