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POD/Economics Class



The Central High School POD/Economics Class is designed to challenge students to think and act upon the problems of democracy.  Students will be re-introduced to topic such as: the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and Civil Rights, the three branches of government and their roles, voting, as well as other topics dealing with the United States Government.  The economics section of the course will introduce the students to the world of finance and business, both on a micro and a macro level.  Students will be introduced to such topics as: how the stock market works, supply and demand curves, personal finance, developing and running a business, as well as other topics.  Starting in the 2008-2009 school year, Mr. Logan will be utlizing the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace for the Next Generation program in conjunction with his regular economics class.  The FPNG program is an exciting and dynamic, true-to-life representation of the economic real world that students will be facing when they graduate from Central.

Each semester, Mr. Waite and myself take our POD/Economic and AP Government classes to New York City on a very educational and informative trip.  The cost of the trip is covered by the students who choose to attend this trip.

In the Files Section Below Syllabus, Expectations and Consequences, Prescriptions by Chapter, Project Outlines and other class related materials.

In the Project Section Below:   Outlines, Rubrics and Project summaries.  Graduation Project related materials and worksheets are provided as well.  

In the Webquest Section Below: Webquests that are concerned with topics in Government and Economics.



Problems of Democracy Documents

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PODEconSyl.doc 7/7/2008
Expectations and Consequences.doc 7/12/2008
POD Chapter 1.doc 9/18/2008
POD Chapter 1 Study Guide.doc 9/18/2008
POD Chapter 3.doc 10/23/2008
Chapter 3 Study Guide.doc 10/23/2008
POD Chapter 4.doc 11/8/2008
New Society Simulation.doc 9/20/2008
POD Chapter 6 and 7 Political Paper.doc 9/20/2008

Financial Peace for the Next Generation

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Business Project

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Business Simulation Cover.doc 6/18/2008
Money Matters.doc 6/18/2008
Site Information.doc 6/18/2008
Business Equipment.xls 6/18/2008
Income Equipment.xls 6/18/2008
Expenditure Information.xls 6/18/2008
Total Cost.xls 6/18/2008

Stock market Simulation

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Stock Market Simulation Activity.doc 6/18/2008
Daily Portfolio Performance Log.xls 6/18/2008
Daily Log.doc 6/18/2008
Purchases Chart.doc 6/18/2008
Secondary Purchases Chart.doc 6/18/2008
Sellings Chart.doc 6/18/2008
Secondary Sellings Chart.doc 6/18/2008
Helpful Web Pages for the Stock Market Simulation.doc 6/18/2008
Stock Market Simulation Closing Activities 2.doc 6/18/2008

Election Simulation

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Election Simulation.doc 6/18/2008

POD and Economics Webquests


Webquest Description Corresponding Chapter Link
Bill of Rights 4 http://www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/webquest/social/billofrights.html
Equal Protection 4 http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/supremecourt/
Examining Civil Rights  5 http://www.primarysourcelearning.org/teach/lq/020/crindex.htm
Civil Rights 5 http://zunal.com/webquest.php?user=3257
Civil Rights 5 http://zunal.com/webquest.php?user=3955
Civil Rights 5 http://zunal.com/webquest.php?user=7668
Civil Rights 5 http://zunal.com/webquest.php?user=2890
Political Parties 6 http://questgarden.com/46/47/8/070208172527/
American Government 9 http://copland.udel.edu/~mgutierr/Teacher.html
Democracy and Iraq 9 http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/constitution/
Japanese-Americans in World War 2 16 http://questgarden.com/46/54/6/070210123705/
Advertising and Consumers 18 http://www.primarysourcelearning.org/teach/lq/027/index2.htm
Renewable Energy 18 http://lone-eagles.com/ehnert.htm
Basics of Buying and Selling 18 http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/westridge/wood/WebQuests/Economics%20ccoIV/intro.html
Immigration and Economics 18 http://webquest.waltoncollege.uark.edu/Kathy/usmeximmigrate.html#intro
Democracy and the National Debt 19 http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/democracy/debtquest.html
Making Your Own Money 20 http://mail.nvnet.org/~cooper_j/money/
The Federal Reserve 20 http://questgarden.com/46/47/8/070208172527/


Online Activites


National Budget Simulation
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In this lesson students serve as an Economic Advisor to the President, who must increase military spending out of political necessity, but needs also to reduce spending in other programs to limit the deficit. Conflicting goals create a need for compromise and tradeoffs to create a national budget, while trying to remain under deficit limits.



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