| Overview
and Standards |
| Integrating
the Game With Your Curriculum |
| Setting up the Game |
| Quarter 1 -- Learning to Play |
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Concepts: Price, Competition, Entrepreneur, Profit |
| Quarter 2 -- Getting the Hang of It |
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Concepts: Supply and Demand, Markets, Equilibrium Prices, Corporations |
| Quarter 3 -- Adding Some Curves |
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Concepts: Gov't Spending, Tech Breakthrough, Unions, Incentives |
| Quarter 4 -- Year-End Accounting and Setting the Tax Rate |
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Concepts: Profit and Loss, Tax Policy (Graduated v. Flat Taxes) |
| Quarter 5 -- Paying Taxes |
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Concepts: Intro to Fed. Budget, Fiscal Policy, Nominal and Real GDP |
| Quarter 6 -- Macro Econ. The Government's Role in the Economy |
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Concepts: Monetary Policy, The Fed, Interest Rates, More Fiscal Policy |
| Quarter 7 -- Introducing Trade |
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Concepts: Foreign Trade, Tariffs |
| Quarter 8 -- More Trade, Foreign Currency |
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Concepts: Foreign Currency and Trade |
| Wrapping UP |
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Nominal and Real GDP cont. Accounting and Taxes |
| Student Instructions and "The Rules" |
| Forms (examples) |
Bank
Forms: (loan contract, checks, loan payment checkoff)
Incorporation and Partnership Forms
Tax Forms (Simplified 1040, Schedule C, 1120—Corporate) |