U.S. Government and Economics
Course Description
Students will study the purposes, principles, and practices of American government as established by the Constitution. Students will learn the structure and processes of the government of the state of Tennessee and local governments. Students will recognize their rights and responsibilities as citizens as well as how to exercise these rights and responsibilities at the local, state, and national level.
Students will examine the allocation of scarce resources and economic reasoning used by consumers, producers, savers, investors, workers, and voters. Students will explore the concepts of scarcity, supply and demand, market structures, the role of government, national economic performance, money and the role of financial institutions, economic stabilization, and trade. Finally, students will examine the key economic philosophies and economists who have and continue to influence economic decision-making.