1. Teacher Contact Information
  2. Name: Ms. L. Mitat
  3. School #: (305) 836-0991
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  6. Class Website
  1. Course Overview

Economics is the basic principlesconcerning production, consumption, and distribution of goods and services in the United States and a comparison withthose in other countries around the world. Students examine the rights and responsibilities of consumers andbusinesses. Students analyze the interaction of supply, demand, and price and study the role of financial institutions in afree enterprise system. Types of business ownership and market structures are discussed, as are basic concepts ofconsumer economics. The impact of a variety of factors including geography, the federal government, economic ideasfrom important philosophers and historic documents, societal values, and scientific discoveries and technologicalinnovations on the national economy and economic policy is an integral part of the course. Students apply criticalthinkingskills to create economic models and to evaluate economic-activity patterns.

  1. Course Outline

1st six weeks: Introduction to Economics, What is

Economics?, Economic Systems, American Free

Enterprise, How Markets Work, Demand, Supply,

Prices

2nd six weeks: Market Structure, Business and Labor,

Business Organizations, Labor, Money, Banking, and

Finance, Money and Banking, Financial Markets,

Measuring Economic Performance, Gross Domestic

Product and Growth

3rd six weeks: Economic Challenges, Government and

the Economy, Taxes and Government Spending,

Fiscal Policy, The Federal Reserve and Monetary

  1. Method of Instruction

The method of instruction for this class will vary. Lectures, class discussions, films, library research, internet research, group projects, cooperative learning strategies, multimedia presentations, and oral presentations will supplement the textbook in the course. Students will be taught note-taking skills of class lectures and discussions, as well as of all textbook reading. The students will be assessed periodically at the end of each unit by chapter/unit tests, essay assignments, homework and classwork assignments, notebook checks, projects, oral presentations, and group work.

  1. Required Materials

The following materials are needed in class every day with no exceptions.

  1. 1 Three ring binder with two dividers (one inch binder)
  2. Notes
  3. Handouts/Reviews
  4. Lined Notebook Paper
  5. Composition Book
  6. Pencils or Pens (Blue or Black ink ONLY)
  7. Index Cards
  8. Highlighters (Multiple colors preferred)
  9. Independent Reading novel (No magazines or comic books)
  1. Academic Grades:

Grades in this class are earned not “given”. The grade the student receives is the grade the student has earned.

Grades are based on the following

Grading scale based on the set scale of Miami Dade County Schools. Grades for this class will include exams, quizzes, unit tests, homework assignments, class participation, essays, notebook checks and class assignments. There will be at least one major project every nine weeks. Students will receive a participation grade each nine weeks. Participation grades are calculated based on bringing one’s textbook every class, Reading Rocks participation, and class participation. Students will have something to do for HOMEWORK EVERYDAY.

NOTE: Some assignments might require students to conduct internet research.

Grades based on: / %
Assessments: Exams, Quizzes, Projects, etc. / 30%
Classwork and Homework / 40%
Participation: Bring Textbook, Reading, Reading Rocks, class participation, and etc. / 15%
Notebook Checks / 15%
  1. Conduct Grade

If a student chooses to talk excessively, misbehave, or disrupt the learning environment, the student’s conduct grade will be affected accordingly.