Economics, Finances, & Business: One Credit High School Course in Bloomington, MN

Let's Learn Economics with Living Books!
Is it time for that dreaded required high school course on Economics? Don't panic! This just might be one of the best classes you experience in high school. Economics is not as hard as you might think, especially if you are learning it in an interesting and practical way. The author loves teaching this book because it is a life-changing course that students come back and thank her for years later.
Written from a Christian, free-market perspective, this course covers the basics of economics, managing personal finances, and starting your own business. Students learn about economics by reading living books like "Wealth of the Nations," and "Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?" Students learn to manage personal, household, and business finances, as well as how to buy a car, be a wise consumer, choose a career, and plan for college. Students do an apartment project where they find, furnish, and budget for an apartment.
Hands-on, fun activities include cartooning, playing stock market game, drafting a personal mission statement, practicing interviewing, creating logos, making a business plan, and running your own business.
You will need to purchase or borrow the following books:
Wealth of the Nations by Adam Smith
Using Your Money Wisely: Biblical Principles under Scrutiny by Larry Burkett
Economics in One Lesson by Harry Hazlet
Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
Business by the Book by Larry Burkett
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy by Richard Maybury (an Uncle Eric Book)
The Money Mystery by Richard Maybury (an Uncle Eric Book)
Uncle Eric Talks about Personal, Career, & Financial Security by Richard Maybury
The Clipper Ship Strategy by Richard Maybury (an Uncle Eric Book)
Money Matters for Teens Workbook by Larry Burkett
The Myth of the Robber Barons by Forest MacDonald
Consumer Mathematics I Lifepac 8: Business Services by Alpha Omega Publishing
DVD: "The Ultimate Gift"
Students Will...
Write Book Reviews & Essays
Budget
Make a Detailed Plan to Move Out into Your Own Apartment
Cartoon
Create Slogans & Logos
Take Career Assessment Tests
Investigate Careers
Give an Economic Speech
Create Logo & Mission Statement for Own Business
Make a Business Plan
Start Your Own Business