Exploring Economics
by Ray Notgrass Author
Economics is relevant everywhere, from political speeches to the daily decisions students make. Give teens the education to understand what's going on in the world around them with this important one-semester high school elective. Emphasizing faith in God and trusting His Word, students will learn how being knowledgeable about economics will help them become a better steward of the money God provides as well as a valuable, informed contributor to the economy on the personal, household, local, national, and international level. Exploring Economics reasserts the importance of the free market system, providing a clear explanation of terms and concepts. Students will read 75 lessons. Unit introductions give a brief overview of the unit, the lessons in that unit, and a suggestion for a project that is relevant to that unit. Students should complete one project per week; they can choose to do either a writing assignment or a hands-on project. High School. The full course provides one half-year of credit in economics and an optional one half-year of credit in English.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Textbook
- ISBN
- 9781609990947
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 75
- Pages
- 471
- Suggested Grades
- 10th - 12th
- Publisher
- Notgrass Company
- Copyright
- 2016
- URL
- http://www.notgrass.com
Chapters
- 1 Getting a Grasp of Economics: What Would You Do with Five Hundred Dollars?
- 2 Big Topics in Economics
- 3 More Big Topics
- 4 Superstars of Economics
- 5 More Big Names
- 6 God's Economics, Part 1: The Lord Provides
- 7 Rich and Poor in Ancient Israel
- 8 The Righteous Will Flourish
- 9 God Owns It All
- 10 The Radical Economics of Jesus
- 11 God's Economics, Part 2: To Each as Any Had Need
- 12 Economics in Church History, Part 1
- 13 Economics is Church History, Part 2
- 14 Economics for Today's Christian
- 15 The Love of Money
- 16 A Brief Economic History of the United States: From Exploration to Confederation
- 17 Money and the New United States
- 18 War and Panics
- 19 Prosperity and More Panics
- 20 The Economy As We Know It
- 21 Choices: Chocolate or Vanilla?
- 22 Economic Choices
- 23 Producers Choose
- 24 We Choose
- 25 Uncle Sam Chooses
- 26 Markets: How Markets Work
- 27 Supply and Demand
- 28 How Much Does It Cost?
- 29 When Markets Change
- 30 When Markets Fail
- 31 Money: What Is Money Worth?
- 32 How Banks Work
- 33 Wise Investing
- 34 Inflation (Not Our Friend)
- 35 What Is the Fed?
- 36 Trade: Trade is Good
- 37 Restrictions on Trade
- 38 The Case for Free Trade
- 39 Have We Been Exported
- 40 Money Changes Clothes
- 41 Business: Building Blocks of Business
- 42 Small Business, Big Dreams
- 43 So You Want To Start a Business?
- 44 It Comes Down to Profit and Loss
- 45 The Economy-Go-Round
- 46 Labor: Now Hiring
- 47 Workers and Their Jobs
- 48 Unions
- 49 Income
- 50 Out of Work
- 51 Government: Government Departments and Agencies
- 52 Government Policies
- 53 Regulations, Regulations
- 54 Taxes, Taxes
- 55 Making and Breaking the Budget
- 56 Measuring the Economy: What's Gross About the Domestic Product?
- 57 A Few Important Numbers
- 58 What Goes Up Must Come Down
- 59 What's a Recession?
- 60 Rich and Poor
- 61 Economic Issues, Part 1: The Business of Health Care
- 62 Social Security and Medicare
- 63 Energy
- 64 On the Road Again
- 65 O Give Me a Home
- 66 Economic Issues, Part 2: Old MacDonald Had a Farm
- 67 The Environment
- 68 Productivity and Growth
- 69 What Happened in the Great Depression?
- 70 What Happened in the Great Recession?
- 71 ME-conomics: The Ultimate Microeconomy: What Difference Can One Person Make?
- 72 What Should I Do?
- 73 Me and My Money
- 74 When I Grow Up
- 75 "Seek Ye First..."
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