Economics - 12th Grade
Full Curriculum Bundle
The curriculum is a living bundle that includes Google Drive access for the full semester of Economics! Intended for 11th and/or 12th grade. I detail all days for the entire year, and include FULL descriptions of all content and concepts with new teachers in mind. You won’t have to lift a finger!
The curriculum is uniquely designed to progressively teach students the economic history and typical economic concepts together. As students learn about each new economic theory, practice, or institution, they learn how to apply the micro and macroeconomic principles. I have found it provides a far stronger foundation for student comprehension and long-term memory.
OVERVIEW (see INDIVIDUAL UNITS section for more detail)
- Works independent of a textbook!
- Access to all curriculum updates for life!
- Access to the Classroom Economy Game!
- Pacing for regular and block schedule classes
- 10 Classroom Gallery Walk Activities
- 10 Group Jigsaw Activities (introducing key terms)
- 15 Crash Course Economics Question Sheets
- 4 ESCAPE ROOM Classroom Activities
- 3 SCAVENGER HUNT Activities
- 3 RIDDLE RACE Games
- 4 TRADE AND PRODUCTION SIMULATION ACTIVITIES
- A DIGITAL AGE BUSINESS SURVIVAL Game
- Men Who Built America, Episode 4: Blood is Spilled – Question Sheet
- 10 Research Projects featuring Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram
- 16 Primary Source Analysis Sheets
- 20 personally-crafted PowerPoint Presentations + Lecture Notes
- Innovative in-class currency system to engage and motivate students!
- A set of print-and-go Substitute Teacher activities
- Explanations of ALL lecture information and activities for each Mini-Unit!
- Detailed video tutorials on how to use the bundle and its contents
- Student short answer and long essay models
- Fun classroom review games to engage students and reinforce learning
Assessments
- 8 editable multiple-choice quizzes + keys
- 2 multiple-choice tests + keys (includes Midterm and Final)
- 8 short answer questions + keys
- 6+ essays to choose from + keys
- Simplified essay and project rubrics
Review
- Comprehensive Review Timeline
- Personalized Review Games
- Profile information for Quizlet
- PDF on how I teach writing, content, grade, structure the class, and review
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Content Covered in Unit 1
- The historical emergence & development of Pre-Modern Economics
- Trade and barter
- Classical economic innovations
- Post-Classical economic innovations
- Command economies
- Caste systems & peasant agriculture
- Common land
- Tariffs, imports, & exports
- The historical emergence & development of Early-Modern Economics
- Joint stock investing
- Corporations
- Venture capitalism
- Modern banking systems
- The multiplier effect
- Proto-industrialization
- The emergence of private property & economic liberty
- Commercialization
- The Enclosure Movement
- Real economic growth
Unit 1 Materials
- 2 group jig-saw activities
- 3 Crash Course Economics Question Sheets
- Gallery Walk: Early Economic Systems and Practices
- Mercantile Trade Simulation
- Scavenger Hunt Activity: Early Economic Practices
- Twitter Group Activity: Early Economic Systems
- Gallery Walk: Early-Modern Economic Innovations
- Protoindustrial Production Simulation
- TikTok Group Activity: Economic Legal Entities
- Escape Room 1: Pre-Modern Economics
- 4 Primary Sources + Question Sheets and key
- 4 PowerPoint Presentations
- A PDF of topics covered
- 2 Instruction Guides with Lecture Notes for the unit
- 2 quizzes + keys
- 2 short-answer questions + keys
Content Covered in Unit 2
- The historical emergence of Modern Economics
- Explanation market economy fundamentals: competition, market pricing, free trade, and the Invisible Hand
- Supply & Demand
- Laws of Supply and Demand
- Microeconomic Graphing, Interpretation, & Calculation
- Shortage, Surplus, & Equilibrium
- Determinants of Demand
- Changes in Supply & Demand
- Price Factors
- Marginal Utility
- Opportunity Cost
- Factors of Production
- Cost of Production
- The historical emergence of the Industrial Revolution
- Absolute Advantage
- Comparative Advantage
- Calculating Trade Advantage
Unit 2 Materials
- 3 group jig-saw activities
- 4 Crash Course Economics Question Sheets
- Gallery Walk: Free Markets and Microeconomics
- Scarcity and Trade Project
- Riddle Race: Capitalism and Microeconomics
- Instagram Group Activity: Capitalism
- Online Business Project: Part 1 of 3
- Gallery Walk: Elasticity and Demand Determinants
- Free Trade Simulation
- TikTok Group Activity: Determinants of Demand
- Scavenger Hunt Activity: Price Factors and Elasticity
- Digital Age Business Survival Activity
- Gallery Walk: Factors of Production and Trade
- Escape Room 2: Free Market Economics
- Twitter Group Activity: Factors of Trade
- 4 Primary Sources + Question Sheets and key
- 6 PowerPoint Presentations
- A PDF of topics covered
- 3 Instruction Guides with Lecture Notes for the unit
- 2 quizzes + keys
- 2 short-answer questions + keys
- 1 MCQ Unit Test + key
- 3 essay questions + keys
Content Covered in Unit 3
- Early Free Market Issues (cronyism, monopolies, etc.)
- Economic Downcycles
- Speculation & Deflation
- Great Depression causes & remedy attempts
- The Historical Emergence of Interventionism
- Keynesian Economics / Demand-Side Economics
- The New Deal & Impact
- Labor Union Rise & Decline
- Macroeconomic Concepts
- GDP & GNP
- Real and Nominal Data
- Fiscal Policy
- Monetary Policy
- The Welfare State
- Price Controls (price ceilings & price floors)
- Nixon’s Gold Standard Removal
- Unemployment (cyclical, structural, etc.)
- The Great Society & Impact
- Social Reforms
Unit 3 Materials
- 3 group jig-saw activities
- 5 Crash Course Economics Question Sheets
- Gallery Walk: Issues With the Free Market
- Men Who Built America, Episode 4: Blood is Spilled – Question Sheet
- Riddle Race: Free Market Issues
- Instagram Group Activity: Corruption and Cronyism
- Online Business Project: Part 2 of 3
- Gallery Walk: Market Downturns and Intervention
- TikTok Group Activity: Panic, Recession, and Depression
- Escape Room 3: Downturn and Intervention
- Gallery Walk: Stagflation and Monetarism
- Scavenger Hunt Activity: Intervention and Neoliberal Reform
- Twitter Group Activity: Intervention Policies
- Online Business Project: Part 2 of 3
- 4 Primary Sources + Question Sheets and key
- 6 PowerPoint Presentations
- A PDF of topics covered
- 3 Instruction Guides with Lecture Notes for the unit
- 2 quizzes + keys
- 2 short-answer questions + keys
Content Covered in Unit 4
- The Oil Crisis of 1973
- Stagflation
- Neoliberalism and Austerity
- Supply-Side Economics
- Chicago School of Economic Thought
- Milton Friedman and Monetarism
- The Federal Reserve System
- The Age of Information
- Globalization and Anti-Globalization
- The Great Recession
- The Knowledge Economy
Unit 4 Materials
- 2 group jig-saw activities
- 3 Crash Course Economics Question Sheets
- Gallery Walk: Supply-Side Economics and the Federal Reserve
- Escape Room 4: Macroeconomics: Fiscal and Monetary Policy
- Instagram Group Activity: Macroeconomics
- Online Business Project: Part 3 of 3
- Gallery Walk: Globalization and the Digital Age
- TikTok Group Activity: The Global Economy
- Riddle Race Activity: Globalization and the Digital Age
- 4 Primary Sources + Question Sheets and key
- 4 PowerPoint Presentations
- A PDF of topics covered
- 2 Instruction Guides with Lecture Notes for the unit
- 1 quiz + key
- 1 short-answer question + key
- 1 MCQ Unit Test + key
- 3 essay questions + keys
