Social Studies

D. Economics: 2. The student understands the characteristics of different economic systems and institutions.: 6-8: The student...

SS.D.2.3.1 Add Website - Add Activity

understands how production and distribution decisions are determined in the United States economy and how these decisions compare to those made in market, tradition-based, command, and mixed economic systems.

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understands that relative prices and how they affect people's decisions are the means by which a market system provides answers to the three basic economic questions: What goods and services will be produced? How will they be produced? Who will buy them?

Instruct http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/RSE/RSEyellow/gnb.html Interactive Stock Market

SS.D.2.3.3 Add Website - Add Activity

knows the various kinds of specialized institutions that exist in market economies (e.g., corporations, labor unions, banks, and the stock market).