Mission, Vision, Competencies, Standards, and Benchmarks

‣ Compare/contrast the concepts of individual and aggregate supply and demand,
government involvement, and market structure within traditional, command, and
market economies, and understand how a scarcity of resources leads to economic
choices made by individuals living in these systems.
‣ Explain the use of a budget in making personal economic decisions and planning
for the future.
‣ Explain why incomes will differ in the labor market depending on supply and
demand for skills, abilities and education levels
‣ Describe the role of individuals as consumers, producers, savers,
workers, investors;
‣ Explain the consequences of the economic choices made by individuals and the
tools which they use to manage their financial resources including budgets,
savings, investments, credit, and philanthropy.
‣ Describe and calculate how interest rates affect savers and borrowers
Geography
‣ Utilize geographic resources to find absolute and relative location, to discover and
identify patterns of change and to understand the results of
environmental interaction.
‣ Understand the role geography plays in historical events, development of regions,
cultural changes economic independence and geopolitical forces at play in the
world.
‣ Explain the unique diversity of the American society including immigration,
migration, naturalization, discrimination, and affirmative action, and understand the
consequences of specific geographic features.
Theological Integration
‣ Think critically and apply his/her own knowledge of historical events to
understand the causes of current events and conflicts in the global community
and evaluate responses to these events as to their congruence with a theological
perspective and Christian citizenship.
Core Competencies
‣ Students demonstrates: civic literacy, financial and economic literacy, problem
solving, communication, media literacy, global awareness and leadership.
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