Mrs. Tonissen

“Economics is a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life” 

-  19th-century economist, Alfred Marshall



Economics and Personal Finance is a new course designed to provide students the opportunity to engage in intensive application of the skills, concepts, processes, and knowledge gained in previous social studies courses and prepare them to be college, career, and civic ready. 

My goal is to help you understand the world in which you live, make you a more astute participant in our economy, consider your responsibility as a member of society.

We will be using Google Classroom. See the codes below.

 Google Classroom Links

1st Block: 76oxku4

2nd Block: 6t52jxq

3rd Block: pyeozmh


Remind Codes

1st Block: @ 

2nd Block: @ 


3rd Block: @ 


School Supply List

–Wish List:

•Tissues

•Colorful Post-It Notes


​–REQUIRED supplies:

•3-ring binder with lined paper

•pencils & pens

•your AK agenda 


–Additional, but Optional supplies:

•highlighters

•colored pencils or markers

•spiral notebook or bullet journal


About me

I am a native Charlottean. I attended South Meck (before AK existed) and Appalachian State University. I've been teaching for 17 years. I taught at Mallard Creek High School before coming to AK. I've also taught in DC and Raleigh. I met my husband at Mallard Creek and we got married in 2012. We have two daughters, Kate and Elise. They are pretty darn cute, but they don't let me sleep much.


I love watching sports on tv and in person, especially the NFL, NHL, and college basketball. My fav teams include the Panthers, Mountaineers, Hornets, Hurricanes, Checkers, Charlotte Knights, and of course, our AK Knights. My dad, younger brother, and I go to a Panthers away game every year with the goal of visiting every stadium. So far we've been to Green Bay, Atlanta, DC, Buffalo, Cincy, Dallas, New Orleans, Chicago, Cleveland, and Seattle. In that order. 


Needless to say, I am a history nerd. I love all things social studies and have taught Civics and Economics, US History, APUSH, and World History, but I'm super excited to teach the new EPF course because it's fun to teach and it's SOO important for young adults like you to learn about our economy and to function successfully in it. Economics might not seem super social studiesish, but it includes so much about government, history, psychology, sociology. And even though there's a little math, it's not hard. Trust me. I'm not good at math, and yet I'm pretty good at this stuff.