Introducing economics : a critical guide for teaching /
Make economics resonate to high school students. This practical handbook will help economics and social studies teachers foster critical thinking by introducing students to the real-life dimensions of the major controversies in contemporary economics. Filled with useful teaching tips and user-friend...
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Armonk, N.Y. :
M.E. Sharpe,
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Table of Contents:
- List of activities and resources
- Acknowledgments
- pt. 1. Overview
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Why are we teaching economics? : the history of economics in high schools
- 3. Where did this idea come from? : a primer on major schools of economics
- pt. 2. TEaching economics, chapter by chapter
- 4. What is economics?
- 5. Economic systems
- 6. Supply and demand
- 7. Competition and monopoly
- 8. Consumer education
- 9. Business education
- 10. Labor and the distribution of wealth and income
- 11. Gross domestic product
- 12. Roles of government
- 13. Unemployment and inflation
- 14. Money, banking, and the federal reserve
- 15. Fiscal and monetary policy
- 16. Economic growth
- 17. Global economics and trade
- pt. 3. Resources
- 18. Resource materials
- Index
- About the authors.