Economics
A high school economics course covering microeconomics, macroeconomics, personal finance, policy, trade, and data-informed economic reasoning.
5 units and 22 lessons, for Grade 11 to Grade 12. Free on Slate.
Unit 1: Economic Thinking
Learn the core concepts economists use to explain choices, scarcity, and incentives.
- Scarcity and Opportunity Cost (10 min)
- Economic Systems (10 min)
- Markets and Prices (10 min)
- Economic Data Literacy (10 min)
Unit 2: Microeconomics
Analyze supply, demand, market structures, firm decisions, and market failures.
- Demand (10 min)
- Supply (10 min)
- Market Equilibrium (10 min)
- Market Structures (10 min)
- Market Failures (10 min)
Unit 3: Macroeconomics
Study national economic performance, growth, unemployment, inflation, and stabilization policy.
- GDP and Economic Growth (10 min)
- Unemployment and Inflation (10 min)
- The Business Cycle (10 min)
- Fiscal Policy (10 min)
- Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy (10 min)
Unit 4: Global Economics
Analyze trade, exchange rates, development, and economic interdependence.
- Comparative Advantage (10 min)
- Trade Barriers and Trade Policy (10 min)
- Exchange Rates (10 min)
- Development and Inequality (10 min)
Unit 5: Personal Finance
Apply economics to budgeting, saving, credit, investing, insurance, taxes, and career decisions.
- Budgeting and Saving (10 min)
- Credit and Debt (10 min)
- Investing, Risk, and Return (10 min)
- Taxes, Insurance, and Careers (10 min)