Intro to Economics- What's all the Hype? PPTs Full 13 Week Course

This resource includes a digital download of the full 13 week course: PPTs (FLEX independent video as well as the syllabus & teacher outline can be purchased separately or via bundle) aimed at enriching your learner’s understanding of Economics from the text: Whatever Happened to Penny Candy by Richard Maybury. Designed for companion or independent study, I provide 15-31 slides per lesson with text specific discussion questions, appropriate cultural literacy terms, supplemental videos, discussion topics, recommended literature for your use. Week thirteen is reserved for final presentations. We will be discussing the following-

Week One- Worldviews; Author Viewpoints & Beliefs What is Economics? Why Study Economics? Juris Naturalism; Principles of Economics: Supply and Demand

Week Two- Money: Its Origin and History, Clad Tokens vs. Coins Welfare vs. Subsidy Clipping Coins and Reeding, Gresham’s Law

Week Three- Inflation Characteristics of good money, Federal Reserve Notes vs. Silver Certificates, Legal Tender, Law/ Fiat Money, TANSTAAFL

Week Four- Governments, Economic Systems & Controls; Monopolies: Price Gouging; Reasons for Inflation- Democracy vs. Dictatorship; Revolutions; Beware the LIE

Week Five- Business Cycle, Recessions, Depressions, Deflation, Velocity and Demand for Money; Stages of Inflation, Hyper-inflation; Monopolies & Competition

Week Six- Seen/ Unseen in Economic Practices Today: Bastiat article; Minimum Wage, Labor Unions

Week Seven- Producers vs. Consumers, Types of Economic Systems/ Production; Developed vs. Developing Countries; Specialization of Labor, Opportunity Cost

Week Eight- Boom/ Bust Cycle, Investments, Assets and Liabilities, Scarcity Compound Interest, Fractional Banking

Week Nine- You can’t consume more than you produce: personal and national debt; debt ceiling/ deficit; Bankruptcy Law; Public Debt: Citizen vs. Taxpayer, Infrastructure

Week Ten- Private and Public Sectors; National Macroeconomic Objectives & Microeconomics; NAFTA

Week Eleven- Natural Law VS Roman Civil Law, Socialism & Statism, Government’s Legal System= Economic Prosperity, Cycle of Body Politic; ‘Each according to his need’; Kahoot Quiz

Week Twelve- Coronavirus Special Edition: Local, National, Global Impacts: Pandemic Outcomes, Seen & Unseen Consequences, Where Do We Go From Here?

Week Thirteen- Entrepreneurism/ innovation; Review Crossword; Student presentations of principles of economics/ concepts discussed- ie. create a visual presentation PPTX, perform a skit/ play and show it to us via video presentation, write an essay, create a mural or art project, etc.