Economics
(Note: Standards are calendared in two-semester blocks - Fall and Spring - & repeat each semester)
Quarter 1 and 3 Standards
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HS.SS.E2.01: I can explain how scarcity effects economic decisions, and evaluate the impact of scarcity on individuals, institutions, and societies.
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HS.SS.E2.02: I can explain how incentives impact choices for individuals, institutions and society.
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HS.SS.E2.03: I can use cost-benefit analysis and/or marginal analysis to evaluate an economic issue.
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HS.SS.E3.01: I can explain how buyers and sellers interact to create markets and market structures.
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HS.SS.E3.02: I can evaluate how numerous factors and conditions influence market prices.
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HS.SS.E3.03: I can evaluate the role of government in regulating market places.
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HS.SS.E3.04: I can explain the distinct types of business organizations and analyze the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in a market economy.
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HS.SS.G4.01: I can take an active stance on a geographic issue reflecting its scale.
Quarter 2 and 4 Standards
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HS.SS.E1.01: I can evaluate how and why people make choices to improve their economic well-being.
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HS.SS.E1.02: I can analyze the factors that influence how and why people make budgeting and saving choices.
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HS.SS.E1.03: I can evaluate the cost and benefits of using credit.
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HS.SS.E1.04: I can compare the costs and benefits of several types of investments.
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HS.SS.E1.05: I can evaluate the ways insurance may minimize personal financial risk.
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HS.SS.E4.01: I can use economic data to analyze the health of a national economy.
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HS.SS.E4.02: I can evaluate the economic conditions that lead to fiscal and monetary policy choices and explain their impact on households and businesses.
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HS.SS.E4.03: I can explain how institutions work in a market economy.
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HS.SS.E4.04: I can explain how human capital (new technologies and training) and resources have an effect on economic growth and standards of living.
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HS.SS.E5.01: I can evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of global trade.
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HS.SS.E5.02: I can evaluate how interdependence impacts individuals, institutions, and societies.
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HS.SS.E5.03: I can explain why nations choose to trade and how trade is regulated.
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HS.SS.E5.04: I can explain how national economies influence trade.
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HS.SS.G4.02: I can analyze patterns of global power and influence in respect to trade, demographics, politics, and resource availability and use.
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HS.SS.G4.03: I can analyze patterns of interdependence.
Yearly Standards (taught throughout the school year)
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HS.SS.G3.02: I can evaluate the impact of economic activities and political decisions on spatial patterns within and among urban, suburban, and rural regions.