 Support arguments for both sides of an issue using civil discourse  Understand and explain the need for governing laws  Understand and explain the importance of becoming an engaged and responsible citizen

 Humans are born with certain rights.  Interpretation of governing documents reflects societal change.  Individual rights are necessary in sustaining a democracy.  Governing documents affect all of our lives.  Democracy fails without each citizen’s involvement.  Every side of an issue has a valid argument.

 Why should we care about individual rights?  How do governing and legal documents affect our lives today?  Does interpretation of governing and legal documents matter to us?  Does it matter if we understand another’s position on an issue?  Why is it important to be an engaged and responsible citizen?

 The reason for the Bill of Rights  The structure and the rationale for the Constitution  The First and Fourth Amendment  Vocabulary – amendment, democracy, republic, Bill of Rights, Constitution, precedent, argument, counter argument, supporting argument

 Communication (Public speaking, Persuasion, Defending a position, Supporting both sides of an issue)  Analysis and application of legal cases, governing documents, and legal documents  Using data to support a position  Recognizing and understanding other points of view

 develop an economic way of thinking and problem solving useful to manage one's financial resources effectively for lifetime financial security.

 Economic trends affect everyone.  Investing in stocks is worth the risk.  Successful investors rely on research, diversification and trends.  Charitable donations are important to maintain a society.  Investors believe in the work of the companies they invest in.

 Why invest?  How do economic trends affect your life?  How do current events affect economic trends?  How does the economic cycle affect your investment choices?  What is the value of risk?  How does supply and demand affect price?  Why is philanthropy important?

 Investment research methods  The mathematical steps to determine the true cost of a stock  Strategies for stock selection (for example, following trends, changes in technology, avoiding obvious risk, diversification)  The history of the stock market (Crash of 1929, 2008)  The process of a stock purchase/sale (mutual funds, bonds, short sell, buying on margin)  The process of an IPO (Initial Public Offering)  Vocabulary associated with investments (savings account, stock, share, mutual fund, bond, short sell, margin, risk, broker, invest, profit and loss, IPO, economic trend, economic indicators, bankrupt, diversification, 52 week high/low, ticker, dividend, yield, P/E ratio, close, net change, portfolio, NYSE, NASDQ, Dow, industrial average, trade, crash, unemployment, fee/commission, collectibles, commodities, emerging markets, index funds, Wall Street, stock split, supply and demand, bear market, bull market, philanthropy)

● Researching investments ● Analyzing data ● Calculating the gains and losses of trades ● Evaluating the gains and losses of trades ● Making connections between the different components of an economic system (including the ability to invest, evaluate risks, profit and loss) ● Managing an investment portfolio ● Reading