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)

1. Introduction to Economics
   
   Sections:
   

   1. Basic Terms and Concepts
   2. Scarcity
   3. Economic Systems
   4. Supply, Demand, and Price
2. Microeconomics
   
   Sections:
   

   1. Consumer in the Economy
   2. Business in the Economy
   3. Labor in the Economy
   4. Agriculture in the Economy
3. Macroeconomics
   
   Sections:
   

   1. Money and Banking
   2. The Federal Reserve System
   3. Income, Spending, and Borrowing
   4. Investments
4. 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
5. Global Economics
   
   Sections:
   

   1. International Trade
   2. The United Stated and Developing Nations
   3. Current Economic Issues

Themes:

1. Resources/scarcity
2. Trade-offs/Opportunity costs
3. Supply and Demand
4. Consumers/consumption
5. Producers/production
6. Competition
7. Economic markets/systems
8. Income and spending
9. Macroeconomics
10. Microeconomics
11. National economic goals
12. Mechanization/technology
13. Interdependence
14. Economic Issues
15. Money and Monetary Policy

Attributes:

1. Table
2. Chart
3. Graph