CKHG: Civics and Economics in U.S. History
Focus:
From its founding, the United States has been influenced by principles of civics and economics. Decisions about citizenship, distribution of power, and access to rights helped shape the country’s government. Similarly, decisions about the production of goods and services, money, and trade helped shape the country’s economy.
Civics and Economics in U.S. History Student Volume contains eleven chapters (six in Civics in U.S. History, five in Economics in U.S. History). The Student Volume provides traditional narrative text and high-quality images that recount important concepts in civics and economics and related events in U.S. history, including:
- Governments come in many different forms, but they always serve the same purposes.
- The Articles of Confederation created an ineffective first government of the United States, so they were replaced by the U.S. Constitution.
- The U.S. Constitution built on ideas from American colonial history, British history, and the European Enlightenment.
- The Constitution separated powers among three branches of government and included a system of checks and balances.
- The amendment process has allowed the Constitution to change over time.
- The Bill of Rights explicitly protects individual rights.
- Other amendments expanded the definition of citizenship and the right to vote.
- Citizens have both rights and responsibilities.
- People use natural resources, human resources, and capital resources to produce goods and services.
- Economies are shaped by interactions between consumers and producers.
- Scarcity, opportunity costs, and incentives all influence economic decision-making.
- Prices are largely influenced by the principles of supply and demand.
- A budget can be a helpful decision-making tool.
- Goods and services can be exchanged by barter, money, or credit.
- Anywhere—real or virtual—where people buy, sell, or trade goods and services is a marketplace.
These materials are designed for a full year with the Civics and Economics in U.S. History units are an optional addition to the two-volume Middle School U.S. History program. A total of fifteen days has been allocated to the Civics and Economics in U.S. History units. You may choose to implement these units in a fifteen-day block or spread the content throughout the year, as time allows. However, we recommend that you do not exceed this number of instructional days to ensure that you have sufficient instructional time to complete all of the U.S. History curriculum.
Number of Lessons: 11
(Civics: 6 Lessons; Economics: 5 Lessons)
Instruction Time:
45 minutes
(The time is for each lesson. Each lesson may be divided into shorter segments.)
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