| This is the Teacher Guide
book designed to go with the Economics: Concepts and Applications curriculum. The 24 page
Teacher's Guide book presents teaching strategies for each chapter in the student book.
For each chapter, the teacher is given the objective, new vocabulary words, vocabulary
activities, reading words, review words, pre-reading activities, post-reading activities,
and discussion questions. The Teacher's Guide also provides the Answer Key for all of the
review questions presented at the end of each chapter in the student textbook. The review
questions include vocabulary, comprehension, critical thinking, and skill building. You may also purchase the student textbook separately or purchase the complete set together.
Students read about all parts of the
economy. They learn what causes the economy to do well one year and not so well the next.
They read about the kind of economy we have in the United States compared to the economies
in other nations. They learn about banks and how they do business. They learn about money
and its role in the economy. Finally, they learn about how the economy of the United
States depends on economies in other nations.
Seven complete units, as listed below,
provide an overview of economic basics. Students gain valuable insights to help them
understand how money is used as an exchange system for goods and services. Recommended for
6th to 10th graders. 192 pages.
UNIT 1 - INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS
Chapter 1 - The Basics of Economics
Chapter 2 - Four Economic Systems
Skill Builder - Reading a Bar Graph
Focus on Economics - Life in a Traditional Economy
UNIT 2 - CAPITALISM, COMMUNISM,
AND SOCIALISM
Chapter 3 - Capitalism and Free Enterprise
Chapter 4 - The Free Enterprise System
Skill Builder - Comparing Line Graphs
Chapter 5 - Socialism and Communism
Focus on Economics - Communism Collapses in Eastern Europe
UNIT 3 - AMERICA AND FREE
ENTERPRISE
Chapter 6 - American Free Enterprise
Chapter 7 - Business in the Free Enterprise System
Skill Builder - Reading a Stock Market Report
Chapter 8 - Labor and Labor Unions
Focus on Economics - America's Grand Dame of Mexican Food
UNIT 4 - MONEY, BANKING, AND
INVESTMENT
Chapter 9 - Money and the Banking System
Chapter 10 - Saving Borrowing and Investing
Skill Builder - Reading A Table
Chapter 11 - The Federal Reserve System
Focus on Economics - Money in History
UNIT 5 - GOVERNMENT AND THE
ECONOMY
Chapter 12 - Government and the Economy
Chapter 13 - Government Pays It's Bills
Skill Builder - Using Energy Efficiency Ratings in Choosing Appliances
Focus on Economics - Government on Patrol: The Jungle
UNIT 6 - MEASURING ECONOMIC
PERFORMANCE
Chapter 14 - The Business Cycle
Chapter 15 - Economic Growth
Skill Builder - Comparing Costs of Items Using the Consumer Price Index
Chapter 16 - Weak Spots in the Economy
Focus on Economics - The Great S & L Mess
UNIT 7 - TRADE
Chapter 17 - International Trade
Skill Builder - Reading a Zero-Line Graph
Chapter 18 - Trade and the Economy
Focus on Economics - The Global Pencil |
