Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Okay, we've started. Here's what you've missed:

Okay so lately, we've been having meetings every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. We've only covered Economics. This is the breakdown:

Economics

Standards Background

The National Council on Economic Education (NCEE), in partnership with the National Association of Economic Educators and the Foundation for Teaching Economics, has outlined a set of curriculum standards based on the essential principles of economics. This document, titled Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics, includes twenty content standards, each of which were developed by a panel of economists and economic educators

USAD and the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics

USAD’s 2011–2012 economics curriculum addresses all twenty of the NCEE’s Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics:

STANDARD 1: Scarcity
STANDARD 2: Marginal Cost/Benefit
STANDARD 3: Allocation of Goods and Services
STANDARD 4: Role of Incentives
STANDARD 5: Gain from Trade
STANDARD 6: Specialization and Trade
STANDARD 7: Markets – Price and Quantity Determination
STANDARD 8: Role of Price in Market System
STANDARD 9: Role of Competition
STANDARD 10: Role of Economic Institutions
STANDARD 11: Role of Money


There are 9 more standards though, we'll cover them on Monday.
And Next Meeting is Monday, October 3, 2011. Bring your Heart of Darkness book, preferably read. Cool, Thanks.