12th Grade Economics Class Syllabus
Texts
“Building Your Future: Banking, Financing, and Investing” by The Actuarial Foundation (“Banking”, “Financing”, or “Investing”)
"Economics: Concepts and Choices", McDougal Littell Publishing ("textbook")
"Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science" by Charles Wheelan ("Naked")
Class Rules
+ I do not accept late work unless you had an excused absence.
+ Check your grade on Harmony regularly; you need to pass this class to graduate.
Format
As this is a senior level course, there will be quite a bit of reading required. It will be difficult for you to succeed in this course if you
do not read.
Outside of class, the best way to reach me is via email. During the school week I will almost always respond within 24 hours -- usually
much faster. I usually check my email at the end of the school day on Friday and do not check it again until Monday morning.
I like to think that I'm pretty easy to get along with, but if you have an issue with the course or with me, please speak to me
personally and privately about it. I would strongly prefer to work out any problems in this manner rather than involve
parents/administration/etc.
Let's have fun and try to learn a little bit, too!
Mr. Clinton Burch
cburch@egreene.k12.in.us
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12th Grade Economics Class Syllabus
Introduction to Economics
+ What is Economics?
+ Scarcity
+ Utility and Opportunity Cost (Naked Ch. 1)
+ Incentives (Naked Ch. 2)
+ Markets (Naked Ch. 2)
+ Trade
+ How Government Helps the Economy (Naked Ch 3)
+ How Government Hurts the Economy (Naked Ch 4)
Microeconomics
+ Supply and Demand (Joy "Demand and Supply")
+ Elasticity of Supply and Demand (textbook pgs 116-120, 154-156)
+ Price Floors and Ceilings, Rationing (textbook 180-184)
+ Supply and Demand Quiz
Macroeconomics
+ Human Capital (Naked Ch 6)
+ GDP, GDP/capita
+ Understanding Money, Banking and the Federal Reserve (Naked Ch 10)
+ Inflation
+ How Government is Financed
+ Politics (Naked Ch 8)
Behavioral Economics
+ Why Do Good People Make Poor Decisions?
+ Cognitive Biases
+ Research Project
Mr. Clinton Burch
cburch@egreene.k12.in.us
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12th Grade Economics Class Syllabus
Personal Finance
Savings Accounts (Banking Ch 1)
Checking Accounts (Banking Ch 2)
Loans and Interest (Financing Ch 1)
Credit Cards (Banking Ch 3)
Home Loans (Financing Ch 2)
Auto Loans (Financing Ch 3)
Insurance (Financing Ch 4)
Taxes (Banking Ch 4)
Investing
What are Bonds? (Investing Ch 1)
What are Stocks? (Investing Ch 2)
Funds – Mutual, Exchange-traded, index (Investing Ch 3)
Risk and Diversification (Investing Ch 4)
Retirement Accounts – IRAs, 401ks, Roths
Marriage and Divorce
End-of-Life Planning
Mr. Clinton Burch
cburch@egreene.k12.in.us
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