| Objective D: Learners will develop a working
knowledge of significant concepts in economics. |
- Free enterprise system
- Supply and demand
- Competition
- Monopoly
- Role of the consumer, money management, investment, and insurance
- Consumer budgeting, crediting, and contracts
- Government's role in the economy, taxes and other sources of
revenue
- Government expenditures, national debt, balancing the budget
- Consumer protection and education
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| Objective E: Learners will acquire a working
knowledge of key concepts relating to political systems and how they
function. |
- Principles of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S.
Constitution
- U.S. political process including the political party system,
nominations and elections, and the role of an active citizen
- National executive branch including the offices and powers of the
President and Cabinet
- National legislative branch including the Senate, House of
Representatives, and legislative powers and processes
- National judicial branch including the importance of law and the
legal system, the role of the Supreme Court, and civil liberties and
civil rights
- State governments including financing state governments and
relations between federal and state governments
- Local governments including financing local governments and
responsibilities of local governments such as road systems, transit
systems, sanitation, water systems, and education
- The U.S. in today's world including U.S. foreign policy and the
U.S. and international organizations such as the United Nations and
NATO
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