EARLY COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL LESSON PLAN

2023 – 2024
th
7 Grade Social Studies
Virginia Hampton & Josh Storey

Weekly Date: September 4 – 8, 2023

Unit & Concept/Topic:

Unit 3 Core Economics Concepts

● Economic Systems Answer Economic Questions
● Factors of Economic Growth
● Specialization and Global Trade

Standards:

● SS7E1 A, B
● SS7E4 A, B
● SS7E7 A, B
● SS7E3 A, B, C, E
● SS7E6 A, B, C, E
● SS7E9 A, B, C, D, E

Essential Question(s)/Learning Goal(s):

● What is economics?
● How are people both consumers and producers?
● What are the three basics economic questions every country must ask?
● How does the literacy rate of a country affect its standard of living?
● Why do producers sometimes turn out a low supply of their services?

Vocabulary:

economics, consumer, producer, scarcity, traditional economy, command economy, market economy,
mixed economy. gross domestic product, natural resources, human capital, capital goods, entrepreneur,
literacy rate, specialization, opportunity cost, interdependence, trade barrier, tariff, quota, embargo,
currency, exchange rate
Monday: Holiday LABOR DAY

Opening
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Work-time
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Closing
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Tuesday:

Opening
● Routine & Rituals
● Essential Question

Work-time
● Video What is economics?
● Economics Vocabulary Terms

Closing
● Q&A

Wednesday:

Opening
● Routine & Rituals
● Q&A

Work-time
● Economics Vocabulary Terms

Closing
● Economics Vocabulary Activity

Thursday:

Opening
● Routine & Rituals
● Essential Question

Work-time
● Video Producers and Consumers
● Video Needs and Wants
● Handout Basics of Economics (ties into the videos)
Closing
● Q&A
Friday:

Opening
● Routine & Rituals
● Essential Question

Work-time
● Handout Types of Economies – chart, questions, economic continuum
● Video Types of Economic Systems

Closing
● Workbook pages 17 – 18 Economic Systems Answer Economic Questions