25x: Economics For High School Students: 25 Introductory Mini-Lessons Answering The Question: "Why Are We Learning Economic

Bys: Hunt, John and Eyerman, Lee

WORKBOOK + ANSWER KEY + LECTURE NOTES
WORKBOOK ONLY ALSO AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.

This workbook is HUGE, 471 pages of economic material for classroom or home use

Aligned to Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics

Engage your students with 25x: Economics, a valuable resource that provides a solid start in economics. This workbook contains 25 introductory mini-lessons that not only explain fundamental economic concepts, but also provides relevance to students' lives through real-world examples and statistics.

Articles, guided notes, hypotheticals, and reflection questions provide excellent material to engage students in class discussions. With interactive activities like crossword puzzles and word searches, students can reinforce their knowledge and improve fluency with the terminology. Use these lessons in-class as an introduction to the topic, as homework, or as reinforcement after teaching concepts.

Each chapter includes:
- Article written for students
- Guided notes
- 3 High-level reflection questions
- 2 Hypotheticals
- 10 Key terms to define
- A crossword puzzle and
- Word search for reinforcement
- Lecture Notes

Economic Topics Covered:

X. What is Economics?

Unit 1: Fundamentals of Economics
1. Introduction to Scarcity and Choice (Standard 1: Scarcity)
2. Economic Decision Making and Opportunity Cost (Standard 2: Decision Making)
3. Production Possibilities Frontier (Standards 1: Scarcity & 2: Decision Making)
4. Economic Systems and Resource Allocation (Standard 3: Allocation)
5. Incentives and Their Role in Economics (Standard 4: Incentives)

Unit 2: Markets and Price Mechanisms
6. Trade and Specialization (Standard 5: Trade & 6: Specialization)
7. Markets and Prices: Supply and Demand (Standard 7: Markets and Prices)
8. The Role of Prices in the Economy (Standard 8: Role of Prices)
9. Market Structures and Competition (Standard 9: Competition and Market Structure)
10. Economic Institutions and Money (Standard 10: Institutions & 11: Money and Inflation)

Unit 3: Microeconomic Concepts
11. Interest Rates and Financial Markets (Standard 12: Interest Rates)
12. Income Distribution and Labor Markets (Standard 13: Income)
13. Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Standard 14: Entrepreneurship)
14. The Role of Government in the Economy (Standard 16: Role of Government and Market Failure)
15. Market Failure and Government Intervention (Standard 16: Role of Government and Market Failure)

Unit 4: Macroeconomic Concepts
16. Economic Growth and Productivity (Standard 15: Economic Growth)
17. Economic Fluctuations and Business Cycles (Standard 18: Economic Fluctuations)
18. Unemployment: Types, Causes, and Policies (Standard 19: Unemployment and Inflation)
19. Inflation: Causes, Effects, and Monetary Policy
(Standard 11: Money and Inflation & 19: Unemployment and Inflation)
20. Fiscal and Monetary Policy (Standard 20: Fiscal and Monetary Policy)

Unit 5: Global and Contemporary Economics
21. The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy (Standard 20: Fiscal and Monetary Policy)
22. International Trade and Exchange Rates (Standard 5: Trade)
23. Globalization and Economic Interdependence (Standard 5: Trade & 6: Specialization)
24. Government Failure and Public Choice (Standard 17: Government Failure)
25. Contemporary Economic Issues: Technology, Environment, and Inequality
(Standard 15: Economic Growth, 16: Role of Government and Market Failure, & 18: Economic Fluctuations)

Written and created by an award-winning Economics teacher with over a decade of classroom experience teaching economics to high school students.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CXHVJVMX
• ISBN13: 9798883996411
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.0"