In order to best prepare you for all the possible topics on which you will be tested, this course will be taught strictly according to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (NCSCS). In this course, I expect each of you to be responsible for your education and learning. By examining the decision-making process we will be better able to understand the economic system of the United States, and then how that system affects the way we make decisions. Although they may not be major decisions, they are decisions nonetheless. Each of us is confronted with decisions we must make everyday. Economics not only involves money, it is basically a study of decision-making. Just as with government, we are impacted by economics daily.

Second, this course will also examine how and why people make decisions, the function and operation of the United States’ economic system, and how individual’s work within the economics system. We will be able to clarify rumors and possible misconceptions about how government operates and works.

We will pull information from your prior knowledge of US Government, US History, North Carolina Government and History and World History in order to get a more complete picture of the government of the United States. But beyond that, it is important to know how YOU impact government as well – in more ways than you realize. The fact that you are here at school today is evidence of that. Everyday we are impacted by our government, in more ways than we realize. First, this course examines Government of the United States, its origins, how it works, how it has changed, and an individual’s role in government. This course is divided into two parts that are both distinct and intertwined. That is, it deals with many concepts about government and economics that relate in many ways to many different historic events (not to mention events yet to come in your lifetime). It is a conceptual course as well as a historical course. (Remind links only appear on this Main Civics and Economics Page.) What is Civics & Economics?Ĭ&E is probably the most useful of your required Social Studies courses because it deals with topics that effect you everyday. The third is a link to the Remind page for each Civics and Economics Class. I will be doing my best to keep the list updated as we go along. The second lists the handouts associated with the unit. The first lists the Goals and Objectives according to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (NCSCOS) for each unit. On the right are three important sections. This site will continue to grow as I add new things, discover new links, and create items that will be useful for learning Civics & Economics. Here you will find information, links, activities, tools, handouts, and objectives for each unit in Civics & Economics. Thanks for visiting the Civics & Economics Page.

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