Summary of Ga. Council on Economic
Education Seminar February 22nd, 2011
Presented by Dr. Glen Blankenship
How will the 2010-2011 CRCT be
different for Social Studies???
For 6th graders:
For 7th graders:
History - 29%
History- 20%
Geography- 31%
Geography – 35%
Government- 15%
Government- 20%
Economics- 25%
Economics- 25%
GA Schools have been told to teach Social Studies this way:
Kindergarten- symbols
1st grade- American Heroes
3rd grade- US Democratic Heritage
2nd grade- Your GA
4th grade- US History to 1860
5th grade- US History 1860 to present
6th grade- Modern World (Latin America, Canada, Europe, Oceania)
7th
grade- Modern World (Middle East, Asia, Africa)
8th grade- Georgia History
US History
American Government
World History
6th and 7th grade SS is
the only time students
get world history or
economics before HS
Economics
6th grade
countries to
focus on.
Latin
Geography Civics/Gov't. Economics
America
Bolivia
x
Brazil
x
x
x
Colombia
x
Cuba
x
x
x
Haiti
x
Mexico
x
x
x
Panama
x
Venezuela
x
Oceania
Australia
Geography Civics/Gov't. Economics
Canada
Canada
Geography Civics/Gov't. Economics
x
x
x
x
x
x
Europe
Belgium
France
Germany
Italy
Poland
Russia
Spain
Ukraine
United
Kingdom
Geography Civics/Gov't. Economics
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
These are the countries 7th
graders should focus on.
Middle
East
Afghanistan
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Geography Civics/Gov't. Economics
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Asia
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
North Korea
South Korea
Vietnam
Africa
Dem. Rep.
of Congo
Egypt
Kenya
Nigeria
South Africa
Sudan
Geography Civics/Gov't. Economics
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Geography Civics/Gov't. Economics
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
There are only 3 Economic Topics
to know in 6th and 7th grades !!!
Economic Systems
Trade
Traditional
What is it?
Command
Why have it?
Market (free market)
What restrictions are there on it?
How has trade affected our world?
How does it affect us now?
Economic Growth
How do we measure it? (GDP)
What slows it down? (environ. Issues, war, etc…)
How do you promote economic growth? (human capital and capital goods/tools)
There are major Economics vocabulary words
and terms that 6th and 7th graders should know.
Capital Resource
Command Economy
Human Resource
Natural Resource
Traditional Economy
Tariff
Gross Domestic Product
Globalization
Export
Barriers
Income
Surplus
Deficit
Currency
Embargo
Market Economy
Trade
Opportunity Cost
Import
Per Capita
Exchange Rate
Quota
Specialization
Scarcity
Interdependence
Productivity
Supply/Demand
Market
Trade Balance Entrepreneurship
WHAT IS ECONOMICS??? “Because, apparently, you have to know a lot about
it.”
ECONOMICS (teacher talk)
– making decisions about allocating limited resources in order to acquire our
unlimited wants
ECONOMICS (student talk)
– There’s only so much stuff out there. Deciding who gets what, when, where,
how and how much is what economics is all about.
Globalization???
Globalization refers to increases in how different
national economies (from different countries) work
together.
Used to describe all of the ways national
economies are connected internationally
-Like the buying and selling of goods, services and
ideas between different nations.
-How international travel has allowed for people and
resources ,used to produce goods and services, to be
moved faster and more efficiently between countries.
-How governments have worked to create policies to
maximize (or slow down) international trade
cooperation and the sharing of ideas between
countries.
What does OPPORTUNITY COSTS mean?
When you choose to do something, you give up doing something else.
Most of us have a scarcity of time, money or resources. Yet, we choose to do things
everyday.
OPPORTUNITY COSTS are the next best alternative that’s available, when you
make a decision.
In student talk, its your 2nd choice.
Your time is limited. You chose to use it, by improving your
education (that’s human capital, by the way). You came to
school today.
Or, you could have stayed
home and eaten ice cream.
You didn’t
though…..that’s your
opportunity costs