Supporting Questions:

• How do the microeconomic activities of households, firms, community groups, and governments combine to form a domestic/national economic system?
• How are resources allocated and distributed in a competitive market economy?
• How do economic indicators measure aspects of the domestic/national economy?
• How should the United States, as a domestic economy, respond to macroeconomic challenges?

Lesson 1: Introducing the Macroeconomic Perspective

Lesson 2: The Business Cycle

Lesson 3: Measuring Economic Growth-GDP

Lesson 4: Unemployment

• Econ EdLink Lesson: The Unemployment Game

Lesson 5: Inflation/Deflation

Lesson 6: Financial Markets

• Stock Market Game

The student handouts and texts associated with each lesson in the unit.

Financial Markets Performance