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Class Schedule
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1st Semester
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2nd Semester
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Economics
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038
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Economics
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038
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Personal Finance
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038
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Economics
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038
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Plan
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038 or Gym
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Economics
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038
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Team Sports
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Gym
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Gym
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GRADING POLICY
Exams will be conducted and projects assessed. There will be a Stock Market project, Financial Fitness for the Future, Developing a Nation, Commodities, Entrepreneur, Consumer Inquiry, Supply and Demand, and Business. Notebook will be 75% of the Final Exam.
Your final grade will come from the following:
1. Article Work
2. Board Work
3. You will have a test on Chapters in Units 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6.
4. Homework Assignments
5. Pop Quizzes
6. Weekly Participation Points: Doing what you are supposed to do:
Be on time; Listen; Do your work; etc. If you do not do the things you are supposed to be doing
each week.
7. Commodities Project: You will get a chance to earn Extra Credit on your prediction and will write a
very small paper
8. Projects
93-100 A Exams/Quizzes 50%
85-92 B Participation/Homework 15%
75-84 C Projects 20%
70-74 D Final Exam 15%
< 70 F
SYLLABUS FOR ECONOMICS
Course Instructor: Mr. Ellis
Weeks 1-3
Unit 1: Introduction to Economics (Chapters 1-2) Cooper’s Point Project
Unit 6: The International Scene (Chapters 18-20) Developing a Nation
Week 4
Unit 2: Practical Economics- How Theory Works for You (Chapters 3-6)
Projects Entrepreneur Project, Consumer Personal Finance Inquiry, Stock Market
Weeks 5-7
Unit 3: Microeconomics- Market, Prices, and Business Competition (Chapters 7-9)
Project: Business
Weeks 8 – 9
Unit 5: Macroeconomics- The Nation’s Economy (Chapters 13-17)
Project: Economic Indicators and Fiscal Policy
Final Exam
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