Indiana Global Economics Standards Alignment
The state of Indiana’s Board of Education publishes a set of educational standards for Global Economics, which builds on the material from the state-required Economics standards. However, there is more emphasis on global trade and an international perspective, making it a popular optional course in larger schools (or merged with the Economics standards in accelerated classes).
Many districts in Indiana will include the Financial Literacy standards in their Economics courses, so our materials are flexible. Teachers can mix and match activities in our Economics curriculum with other activities from our Financial Literacy, Business, and Mathematics tracks to build customized classes that perfectly supplement existing lesson plans.
Activity Type Key:
Articles
Videos
Interactive Calculators
Comprehensive Tools
Includes Built-In Assessment
| Standard | Activity | Activity Type |
| Basic Economic Concepts | Why is there Scarcity? | |
| What is Opportunity Cost? | ||
| What are Incentives? | ||
| What is Economic Growth? | ||
| Major Economic Indicators (GDP, CPI, Jobs) | ||
| Gross Domestic Product | ||
| Economic Systems | Comparative Economic Systems – Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism | |
| Government impact on the economy | ||
| Fiscal Policy | ||
| Marketplace Structures | Labor and Productivity | |
| Supply and Demand Examples in the Stock Market | ||
| Benefits of Competition | ||
| What is Entrepreneurship? | ||
| The Business Cycle | ||
| World Trade | International trade | |
| Comparative Advantage | ||
| What is Specialization? | ||
| Money and Banking | What is the Federal Reserve? | |
| Fiscal Policy | ||
| How is Money Created? | ||
| What is Money? | ||
| Importance of Interest Rates | ||
| Banks, Credit Unions, and Savings and Loans | ||
| Major Economic Indicators (GDP, CPI, Jobs) | ||
| Monetary Policy | ||
| Government impact on the economy | ||
| Currencies and Foreign Exchange | What are Spots? | |
| Stock Game | ||
| Making Career Choices | Career Center |