Economics curriculum

A microeconomics and macroeconomics sequence with personal finance, data interpretation, and AP-style graph reasoning.

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High school economics / AP Micro-Macro / intro college

Economics curriculum

A microeconomics and macroeconomics sequence with personal finance, data interpretation, and AP-style graph reasoning.

Pacing

8 units, 20-30 weeks self-paced

Units

8 unit sequence

Practice

16 checked answers

Support

Self-paced or tutor-guided

Outcomes

Explain tradeoffs, incentives, markets, and policy with graphs and evidence.
Use microeconomic and macroeconomic models without treating them as magic.
Connect economic theory to personal finance and civic decision-making.

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Unit sequence

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01
Economic thinking
- Use scarcity, opportunity cost, incentives, and marginal analysis.
- Read production possibilities models.
Practice: Analyze a real decision using costs, benefits, and tradeoffs.
Original practice checks
Answer in PeerTutor, then use the explanation or bring the miss to a tutor.
2 checked answers
Unit readiness
Which target best matches the Economics unit "Economic thinking"?
Model equilibrium, shifts, elasticity, and surplus.Analyze price controls and taxes.Read production possibilities models.Use scarcity, opportunity cost, incentives, and marginal analysis.
Practice artifact
Which practice artifact should you produce for "Economic thinking" before asking a tutor for help?
Analyze a real decision using costs, benefits, and tradeoffs.Skip the unit and start a new subject.Memorize vocabulary without checking any examples.Watch videos without writing or solving anything.
02
Supply, demand, and markets
- Model equilibrium, shifts, elasticity, and surplus.
- Analyze price controls and taxes.
Practice: Explain a current price change with a supply-demand diagram.
Original practice checks
Answer in PeerTutor, then use the explanation or bring the miss to a tutor.
2 checked answers
Unit readiness
Which target best matches the Economics unit "Supply, demand, and markets"?
Read production possibilities models.Analyze price controls and taxes.Use scarcity, opportunity cost, incentives, and marginal analysis.Model equilibrium, shifts, elasticity, and surplus.
Practice artifact
Which practice artifact should you produce for "Supply, demand, and markets" before asking a tutor for help?
Memorize vocabulary without checking any examples.Watch videos without writing or solving anything.Skip the unit and start a new subject.Explain a current price change with a supply-demand diagram.
03
Firms and competition
- Use costs, revenue, profit, and market structures.
- Compare perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly, and monopolistic competition.
Practice: Classify a real industry and defend the classification.
Original practice checks
Answer in PeerTutor, then use the explanation or bring the miss to a tutor.
2 checked answers
Unit readiness
Which target best matches the Economics unit "Firms and competition"?
Model equilibrium, shifts, elasticity, and surplus.Use costs, revenue, profit, and market structures.Read production possibilities models.Use scarcity, opportunity cost, incentives, and marginal analysis.
Practice artifact
Which practice artifact should you produce for "Firms and competition" before asking a tutor for help?
Watch videos without writing or solving anything.Memorize vocabulary without checking any examples.Classify a real industry and defend the classification.Skip the unit and start a new subject.
04
Market failure and policy
- Explain externalities, public goods, information problems, and inequality.
- Evaluate policy tradeoffs.
Practice: Write a policy memo with benefits, costs, and unintended consequences.
Original practice checks
Answer in PeerTutor, then use the explanation or bring the miss to a tutor.
2 checked answers
Unit readiness
Which target best matches the Economics unit "Market failure and policy"?
Model equilibrium, shifts, elasticity, and surplus.Use scarcity, opportunity cost, incentives, and marginal analysis.Read production possibilities models.Evaluate policy tradeoffs.
Practice artifact
Which practice artifact should you produce for "Market failure and policy" before asking a tutor for help?
Watch videos without writing or solving anything.Memorize vocabulary without checking any examples.Write a policy memo with benefits, costs, and unintended consequences.Skip the unit and start a new subject.
05
Macroeconomic measurement
- Use GDP, inflation, unemployment, and real vs nominal values.
- Read economic data carefully.
Practice: Interpret one macro data series and explain its limits.
Original practice checks
Answer in PeerTutor, then use the explanation or bring the miss to a tutor.
2 checked answers
Unit readiness
Which target best matches the Economics unit "Macroeconomic measurement"?
Read production possibilities models.Use scarcity, opportunity cost, incentives, and marginal analysis.Use GDP, inflation, unemployment, and real vs nominal values.Model equilibrium, shifts, elasticity, and surplus.
Practice artifact
Which practice artifact should you produce for "Macroeconomic measurement" before asking a tutor for help?
Memorize vocabulary without checking any examples.Skip the unit and start a new subject.Interpret one macro data series and explain its limits.Watch videos without writing or solving anything.
06
Aggregate demand and supply
- Model business cycles, shocks, fiscal policy, and monetary policy.
- Explain short-run and long-run adjustments.
Practice: Draw and narrate an AD-AS response to a shock.
Original practice checks
Answer in PeerTutor, then use the explanation or bring the miss to a tutor.
2 checked answers
Unit readiness
Which target best matches the Economics unit "Aggregate demand and supply"?
Model equilibrium, shifts, elasticity, and surplus.Read production possibilities models.Use scarcity, opportunity cost, incentives, and marginal analysis.Explain short-run and long-run adjustments.
Practice artifact
Which practice artifact should you produce for "Aggregate demand and supply" before asking a tutor for help?
Skip the unit and start a new subject.Draw and narrate an AD-AS response to a shock.Watch videos without writing or solving anything.Memorize vocabulary without checking any examples.
07
Money, banking, and international trade
- Explain interest rates, central banking, exchange rates, and trade.
- Use comparative advantage.
Practice: Solve a comparative advantage problem and connect it to trade policy.
Original practice checks
Answer in PeerTutor, then use the explanation or bring the miss to a tutor.
2 checked answers
Unit readiness
Which target best matches the Economics unit "Money, banking, and international trade"?
Use scarcity, opportunity cost, incentives, and marginal analysis.Model equilibrium, shifts, elasticity, and surplus.Read production possibilities models.Explain interest rates, central banking, exchange rates, and trade.
Practice artifact
Which practice artifact should you produce for "Money, banking, and international trade" before asking a tutor for help?
Solve a comparative advantage problem and connect it to trade policy.Skip the unit and start a new subject.Watch videos without writing or solving anything.Memorize vocabulary without checking any examples.
08
Personal finance and capstone
- Use budgeting, credit, investing, insurance, and tax basics.
- Apply economic reasoning to a personal or civic problem.
Practice: Build a personal finance plan or policy analysis project.
Original practice checks
Answer in PeerTutor, then use the explanation or bring the miss to a tutor.
2 checked answers
Unit readiness
Which target best matches the Economics unit "Personal finance and capstone"?
Apply economic reasoning to a personal or civic problem.Use scarcity, opportunity cost, incentives, and marginal analysis.Model equilibrium, shifts, elasticity, and surplus.Read production possibilities models.
Practice artifact
Which practice artifact should you produce for "Personal finance and capstone" before asking a tutor for help?
Watch videos without writing or solving anything.Build a personal finance plan or policy analysis project.Skip the unit and start a new subject.Memorize vocabulary without checking any examples.