Chrysalis Academy Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 What have you used and liked for a (secular) economics course? I'm in CA which requires .5 credit in Econ. Online, video, text recommendations are great. I'd be fine with pulling together a course using Teaching Company and/or Kahn Videos, but probably need some kind of text as a spine to make sure I cover it all. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 We incorporated the following into DD's 0.5 credit economics course: 1. Ten publications related to economics offered free from the Federal Reserve Bank - these are comic book style and serve as a gentle introduction into a topic many people find dry and boring. 2. Economics for Dummies by Sean Masaki Flynn - This is a solid book on economics but written in a style that isn't arduous to read. DD actually liked it pretty well. 3. Series of lectures on microeconomics from Khan Academy - they also have some on macroeconomics but we didn't include those. 4. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner - the subtitle is A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything and it is a very interesting and sometimes humorous read We finished it off with a comprehensive final that I found online from a college level economics course. Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freerange Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 The cartoon guide to economics was a huge hit here. dd2 was inspired to draw an economics poster IN HER FREE TIME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Thinkwell has an econ course. http://www.thinkwell.com/student/product/economics Homeschoolbuyers coop often has codes for reduced prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I taught economics in a co=op and used the Sean Flynn Masaki book, Economics for Dummies. I also included weekly discussions of financial or economic news stories, tracking a stock throughout the time, and also reading a book about economics or business and writing and presenting a report on said book. Every time I taught the class, at least one student chose Freakanomics and one time, one chose Freakanomics and another chose Super Freakanomics. I also would suggest the Teaching Company courses and also it was either a Frontline or Nova show last year on experimental economics- very enlightening. I have a BA in economics from Univ. of Chicago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted June 16, 2012 Author Share Posted June 16, 2012 Thank you all so much - these resources look great! A lot better than the econ texts I was looking at . . . made my eyes cross! :D Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Kathy in Richmond posted this for me the other day. It is an Econ course that she put together for her kids at the AP level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissi Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Another option would be to use Teaching Company's Economics course by Prof. Timothy Taylor. My son's AP Econ. class used this. You could use this along with a book like Naked Economics or Sowell's Basic Economics. You should be able to find the TC lectures used. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Given that the topic is Economics, here's a joke from The Burning Platform: A mathematician, a statistician and an economist are interviewing for a job. The interviewer asks the mathematician, "what's 2+2?", to which the mathematician replies, "four". The interviewer asks the statistician, "what's 2+2", to which the statistician responds, "4, plus or minus 10%". Finally the interview asks the economist, "what's 2+2?". The economist walks across the room and shuts the door, walks over to the windows and draws the blinds, sits back down and responds, "what would you like it to be?" Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 Given that the topic is Economics, here's a joke from The Burning Platform: A mathematician, a statistician and an economist are interviewing for a job. The interviewer asks the mathematician, "what's 2+2?", to which the mathematician replies, "four". The interviewer asks the statistician, "what's 2+2", to which the statistician responds, "4, plus or minus 10%". Finally the interview asks the economist, "what's 2+2?". The economist walks across the room and shuts the door, walks over to the windows and draws the blinds, sits back down and responds, "what would you like it to be?" Regards, Kareni :lol::lol::lol: Maybe that's why I'm having a hard time getting my mind around it - I tend to think like a statistician! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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