Economics
Course Syllabus
by Carol Braun
August 17, 2007
Syllabus-Business Economics
Teacher Information
Name: Mr. Ringen
Position: Social Studies Teacher at Southern High School
Room: 205
Email: mringen@esu5.org
Education: Peru State College
Certification: Nebraska Department of Education
Recent Workshops: Technology in the Classroom; Classroom Management; From L
to J
Coaching: Assistant Track
Sponsorship: Junior class.
Mr. Ringen’s Daily Schedule
Before School- Arrive at 7:15-7:45 (earlier if any students need help)
Period #1- History of Culture and Society
Period #2- Senior Studies
Period #3- World History
Period #4- World History
Lunch- 11:38-12:05
Period #5- Economics
Period #6- History of Culture and Society
Period #7- Planning
After School 3:32-4:00- Student help/meetings/detentions.
After School 4:00-6:00- Track and prom set-up (spring).
Textbook
Economics: Today and Tomorrow
1991 Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Educational Division
Quarter Grading
Tests- 60-70% of your grade
Homework & Quizzes- 20-30% of your grade
Review Homework- 6-10% of your grade
Tests will be 3 times the actual grade. Ex. 50/60=83% on a test would really be 150/180=83%.
Homework and review sheets will be based on total points. Ex. 16/20=80% for that homework assignment.
Semester Tests
Semester tests will count for 10% of a students overall semester grade.
Semester Grade
Quarter #1=45% of grade
Quarter #2=45% of grade
Semester Test=10% of grade
More on Homework
Only 8-12 regular homework assignments will be collected each quarter. Any assignment might be collected…even notes. This does not include review worksheets. Preference might be given to reading responses and larger worksheets.
Honesty
Practice academic honesty!
Therefore…
- Do not copy others work.
- Do not allow others to copy your work.
Late Assignments
- Late homework will result in a 10% deduction off of the total assignment grade for the first day of being late.
- Any homework late after the first day will result in an additional 5% (added to the 10%) for each day thereafter.
- Special projects/make-up work may fall under a different type of deduction determined by the teacher for the specific circumstance.
Missed Work due to Absences
Whenever a student has not been able to attend class (excused or unexcused), it is the STUDENT’S responsibility NOT THE TEACHER’S to seek make-up work from the teacher. Please do this before or after school (not during class!).
Assigned Reading
Reading assignments will be given often in this class. The textbook is a great tool that we will utilize throughout the year for this task. Whenever reading is assigned, it is the student’s responsibility to have read. Please keep on top of this.
Note taking
Almost every section covered in this class will have some sort of hard copy notes provided for the student. Sometimes this will be in the form of a worksheet or quiz; which can be used as notes for that section (after it is handed back). Other times this will occur in the form of regular note taking.
Required Materials
- Textbook (supplied by school).
- Notebook (for notes).
- Another notebook OR folder (for vocabulary).
- Writing utensils.
- 3 ring binder (for organization).
Here are just a few areas this class will study more closely
*****This schedule/areas of study is only tentative and may see changes throughout the year.
Introduction/What is Economics?
- Basic terminology.
- Trade-offs.
- Role of economists.
Economic Systems
- 4 questions for economic systems.
- Types of systems.
- United States’ Economy
The Consumer (Buyer)
- Consumption and Income.
- Consumer strategies.
- Consumerism.
Debt
- Credit (cost, applying for, etc…).
- Loans.
- Charge accounts and credit cards.
- Government regulation of credit.
Buying the Necessities
- Shopping for food.
- Clothing choices.
- Housing (needs and wants, buying, renting).
- Transportation.
Saving and Investing
- What it means to save.
- Investing- Risking business with savings.
- Special savings plans.
Supply and Demand
- Elastic and inelastic demand.
- Changes in demand.
- The law of supply.
- Changes in supply.
Business Organizations
- Starting a business.
- Sole proprietorship.
- Partnership.
- Corporations.
- Other business organization forms.
Competition and Monopoly
- Perfect competition.
- Pure monopoly.
- Oligopoly.
- Monopolistic competition.
- Government policies.
Trading with Other Nations
- Benefits of world trade.
- Financing world trade.
- Restrictions of world trade.
- Opposition to free trade.
Other Nation’s Economic Systems
- Socialism vs. capitalism.
- Beginnings of socialism.
- Communism.
- Democratic socialism.
Economic Growth in Developing Nations
- Developing nations characteristics.
- The process of economic development.
- Obstacles to growth in developing nations.
Economics
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