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ECONOMICS

Instructor:Deb Broemer517-977-2138Concordia University - Portland

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Deb Broemer, MA Candidate,Concordia University - Portland

BS From Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI 1999

Hometown; Ontonagon, which is located on Lake Superior

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This is a 5 week survey course of an Introduction to Economics. A social science dealing with how societies allocate scarce resources for the purpose of fulfilling needs and wants.

Intended Learners•High School students needing a social studies credit (.5) for graduation. •Students looking to build personal finance skills.

Course Description

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Develop and or improve your ability to understand and make informed judgments on major economic questions.Understanding the most common economic questions (concepts), students will become more effective in making informed decisions as potential employees and employers, voters, college students, business people, home-owners, borrowers, renters, investors, politicians, members of civic organizations, and as you encounter other daily economic problems.To identify and analyze the effects of how we answer the economic questions from differing and often opposing viewpoints.Demonstrate the subjectivity of distinctions between needs and wants.

Learning Objectives

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Develop and improve your ability to understand and make informed judgments on major economic questions (concepts), such as: 1. The impact of government on the economy, and 2. The unemployment-inflation dilemma.

Course Goal

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Course ObjectivesUsing prior knowledge of concepts students already know to understand and remember Key Terms in each chapter to apply (or ‘use’) them.Arguing 2 or more sides of economic questions in written and oral form. Level 2- listing opposing sides. Level 3-explaining why the opposing argument is wrong and why you are correct. Searching and analyzing news or magazine articles that are examples of economic questions we discuss and read about in class.Learning to ‘read’, pull data from, analyze and create economic charts (graphs)Summarizing- explaining main points of complex issues in 12 words or lessIllustrate the concepts of trade offs and opportunity cost.

Course objectives

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Survival; Wants vs. Needs Community Building Activity Select what items left of your supplies

that you would use for survival and how, note if they are wants or needs.

Visuals ..\Desktop\capstone_lesson3_visual.txt

Record response on Voicethread. https://voicethread.com/share/5235409/ *This lesson is adapted from Lesson 6, 1989 Joint Council on Economic Education and Lesson 3, Capstone,National

Council on Economic Education.

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Outline of Course Assignments & Discussions

Week 1 Introduction-db Create a Voki introduction

of yourself to the class. Voki.com

Survival; Wants vs. Needs, Intro. To Economics, Invest in Yourself

978-1-56183-572-0_visuals.zip Human Capital Powerpoint

 ..\Desktop\human capital.pptx

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Outline of Course Assignments & Discussions

Week 2 Tucker Video- db question (see slides 13 &

14 for Discussion questions) Land, Labor, and Capital paper

 

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Outline of Course Assignments & Discussions

Week 3 Watch the powerpoint on Finding

Information Online then complete the stock market worksheets and stocks activity. Stock Market activity.

978-1-56183-572-0_visuals.zip Read and complete with a partner.

..\Desktop\Finding Info online.pptx

 

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Week 4 The Corporation –DB

DB question (p.12 & 13) Read The Notes on

http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/02/16/the-corporation-documentary-a-big-eye-opener/

Murktide Invasion

http://www.genirevolution.org/murktide/index_nofacebook.php

 

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  Week 5 Long-term wealth watch the Powerpoint

then complete the mission of your choice on Beyond the Mission ..\Desktop\long term_09.pptx

Beyond the Mission www.genirevolution.org

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Discussion BoardTucker: The Man & His Dream The Corporation

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Discussion Board

1)Think in terms of Trade-Offs in the two films Tucker and The Corporation.

List 3 trade offs from each film.

Discuss the opportunity costs for each film that stood out to you.

Scarcity Trade-Offs

Choices

Opportunity Costs Giving up one thing for another

http://theopenacademy.com/content/lecture-2-opportunity-cost

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Tucker Position Paper

Rubric

50 pts.

Click on the link to view the rubric.

Write 2-3 pages double- spaced typed word document.

Tucker Position Paper (11-12th grade)