Castle Learning Online

Economics

Castle Learning Online's Economics focuses on the principles, people, and events that play an important role in developing an awareness of local, national, and international economic structures. Features extensive use of political cartoons, graphs, charts, and other forms of data.

Units: (click to view Sections)

Introduction to Economics
Sections:
1. Basic Terms and Concepts
2. Scarcity
3. Economic Systems
4. Supply, Demand, and Price
Microeconomics
Sections:
1. Consumer in the Economy
2. Business in the Economy
3. Labor in the Economy
4. Agriculture in the Economy
Macroeconomics
Sections:
1. Money and Banking
2. The Federal Reserve System
3. Income, Spending, and Borrowing
4. Investments
The Government and National Economic Goals
Sections:
1. Unemployment, Inflation, and Recession
2. Measuring Economic Growth
3. Taxes and Financing Public Goods
4. The Federal Budget and National Debt
Global Economics
Sections:
1. International Trade
2. The United Stated and Developing Nations
3. Current Economic Issues

Themes:

Resources/scarcity
Trade-offs/Opportunity costs
Supply and Demand
Consumers/consumption
Producers/production
Competition
Economic markets/systems
Income and spending
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
National economic goals
Mechanization/technology
Interdependence
Economic Issues
Money and Monetary Policy

Attributes:

Table
Chart
Graph