Sharyland High School
Pre-AP ECONOMICS
Fall 2014
MTWRF 2:28 p.m. – 3:58 p.m.
Room 165
Ruben G. Flores, MPA, MBA, Ph.D. (c)
Sharyland ISD Govt Dual Enrollment Instructor
STC Adjunct Faculty – Political Science Department
Office: SHS Room 165
Office phone: (956) 580-5300 ext. 1392
Email: rflores@sharylandisd.org
Office hours:
Tuesday 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Tutoring Schedule
Monday 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Course Description
This course is comprised of the rights and responsibilities of businesses in the U.S.
free enterprise system. The right to own, use, and dispose of private property. The
basic principles of the U.S. free enterprise system. The concepts of scarcity and
opportunity costs, supply and demand, role of financial institutions, business
ownership, economic systems, and consumer economics.
Student Learning Outcomes
The students will understand the rights and responsibilities of consumers in the
U.S. free enterprise system.
The students will understand the rights and responsibilities of businesses in the
U.S. free enterprise system.
The students will understand the concepts of scarcity and opportunity costs.
The students will understand the interaction of supply, demand, and price.
The students will understand the role of financial institutions in saving, investing,
and borrowing.
The students will understand types of business ownership and types of market
structures.
The students will understand the traditional, command, and market economic
systems.
The students will understand the basic concepts of consumer economics.
Class Policies
Please refer to the “Government DE Classroom Procedures” PowerPoint posted on
my webpage on the Sharyland ISD website.
Course Requirements
1.
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3.
4.
Attend class.
Participate in class discussions.
Read assigned materials by due dates.
Completion of three (3) exams, 5 (5) short quizzes and a cumulative final
examination (see schedule below).
5. Completion of written paper on chosen political topic.
6. Additional guidelines and procedures will be disseminated in class.
The three (4) scheduled exams assigned in the syllabus are 60% of the final grade.
The five (5) short quizzes will be unannounced, will focus on current course reading
assignments and will be 40% of the final grade. If you miss a quiz, exam or
assignment it is your responsibility to arrange for a make-up with me. Makeups will
either be done through appointment with me. The course grading scale is:
A
B
C
D
F
90-100
80-89
70-79
60-69
59 and below
As mentioned above there will be short objective quizzes consisting of short answer
and multiple-choice questions. The quizzes will be for the purpose of testing you on
your reading assignments.
There will be three exams comprised of objective, multiple-choice, short-answer and
essay questions. The final exam will be cumulative in nature, in other words, it will
test you on all the material that we will have covered in the semester.
Required Textbook
Clayton, Gary E., Economics: Principles & Practices, New York, NY: Glencoe
McGraw-Hill, 2003. ISBN#0-07-828562-3.
Course Outline
(All dates are tentative and subject to change)
Class Date
Oct.
20
21
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22
23
23
24
27
28
29
29
30
31
Nov. 3
4
4
5
6
6
7
10
10
11
12
13
14
17
18
19
Day
M
T
T
W
R
R
F
M
T
W
W
R
F
M
T
T
W
R
R
F
M
M
T
W
R
F
M
T
W
Class Topic
Scarcity and Basic Eco Concepts
Economic Choices and Decision Making
Module 01-1 Money Management
Eco Systems & Evaluating Eco Perf
Capitalism and Eco Freedom
Module 01-2 Smart Goals
Forms of Bus Org/ Bus Growth
Other Organizations
What is Demand?
Elasticity of Demand
Module 01-3 Decisions
Review for Exam
Exam#1, Chapters 1-4
What is Supply? / Theory of Production
Cost, Revenue, & Profit
Module 02-1 Using Credit
Prices/ Price System at Work
Social Goals v. Market Efficiency
Module 02-2 Credit Costs
Competition & Market, Market Failures
Role of Government
Module 02-4 Borrowing
Labor Movement
Labor/Employment Trends
Module 02-5 Identity Fraud
Review for Exam
Exam#2, Chapters 5-8
Taxation/Federal Tax System
State & Local Taxes
Assignment/Due Date
Chp 1 Sec 1,2 10/20
Chp 1 Sec 3
10/21
N/A
N/A
Chp 2 Sec 1,2 10/22
Chp 2 Sec 3
10/23
N/A
N/A
Chp 3 Sec 1,2 10/24
Chp 3 Sec 3
10/27
Chp 4 Sec 1,2 10/28
Chp 4 Sec 3
10/29
N/A
N/A
N/A
10/30
10/31
Chp 5, Sec 1,2 11/03
Chp 5, Sec 3
11/04
N/A
N/A
Chp 6, Sec 1,2 11/05
Chp 6, Sec 3
11/06
N/A
N/A
Chp 7, Sec 1,2 11/07
Chp 7, Sec 3
11/10
N/A
N/A
Chp 8, Sec 1,2 11/11
Chp 8, Sec 3,4 11/12
N/A
N/A
N/A
11/14
11/17
Chp 9, Sec 1,2 11/18
Chp 9, Sec 3,4 11/19
Class Date
Day
Class Topic
Assignment/Due Date
19
W
Module 03-1 Invest in Self
N/A
N/A
20
R
Government Spending
Chp 10, Sec 1,2 11/20
21
F
State & Local Govt Spending
Chp 10, Sec 3,4 11/21
21
F
Module 03-2 Job Benefits
N/A
N/A
*************************THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY November 24-28, 2014 *************
Dec. 1
M
Evolution of Money/Banking
Chp 11, Sec 1,2 12/01
2
T
Development of Modern Banking
Chp 11, Sec 3 12/02
2
T
Module 03-3 Pay and Taxes
N/A
N/A
3
W
Savings/ Investment
Chp 12, Sec 1,2 12/03
4
R
Investing
Chp 12, Sec 3 12/04
5
F
Module 04-01/02 Savings & Investment N/A
N/A
8
M
Exam Review
N/A
12/08
9
T
Exam Review
N/A
12/09
10
W
Economics Video
N/A
12/10
11
R
Exam#3, Chapters 9-12
12/11
12
F
Economics Video
N/A
12/12
15
M
Final Exam Review
N/A
12/15
16
T
Comprehensive Final Exam
N/A
12/16
17
W
Economics Video
N/A
12/17
18
R
Economics Video
N/A
12/18
19
F
Economics Video
N/A
12/19
Program Learning Outcomes
This class contributes to the following program learning outcomes:
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Students will identify the topics studied in the American politics subfield of
political science and the tools used to study those topics.
Sharyland High School is requiring that you write and expository essay and a
persuasive essay.
Students with an excused absence from school (including off-campus suspension)
will have the opportunity to make up missed work at the rate of one day for one day
missed, with a maximum of five days. Students who are absent but had prior notice
of a major or minor assignment must complete the assignment on the first day back
to school. Students will receive a zero for any major or minor assignment not made
up within the allotted time. It is the student’s responsibility to make arrangements
to take any missed assignments not the teacher’s nor the counselor’s responsibility.
Students with an unexcused absence may not make up missed work; however, if the
unexcused absence is determined to be caused by an extenuating circumstance,
makeup work may be allowed, but the grade for the makeup work will be no higher
than a grade of 70.
Students will be given up to three additional school days to redo a failing major
assignment, which in this course is one of the four exams, but the grade will be no
higher than a grade of 70.
Students will be given 3 additional days to make up a major assignment, which in
this course is one of the four exams, but the grade will be no higher than a grade of
70.
If 50% or more of students in a class fail a major assignment, which in this course is
one of the four exams, the entire class will receive reteaching of the content using a
different instructional strategy from the original presentation. All students will be
given an alternative major assignment. The students will receive the higher of the
two grades earned.
There will be no extra credit assignment offered.