Description

Four sessions on the policy question where real people clearly win and real people clearly lose.

Corbin Falls considers raising its minimum wage. Your student reads the labor supply and demand schedule, applies the price-control mechanics from Unit 1, then traces who is helped and who is not — to named people in the town rather than to totals.

The closing argument is the hardest in the course, built so that both cases are genuinely strong. The rubric marks whether each side was given its strongest form, not which side your student picked.

If you have a settled view on this one, argue the other side. It is the most useful thing you can do.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

•Parent Guide with session pacing and a suggestion about arguing against yourself
•Lesson 1: The Labor Market — reading a labor supply and demand schedule
•Lesson 2: a wage floor, and what the mechanics predict
•Lesson 3: who is helped and who is not, traced to named people
•The hardest both-sides argument in the course, with a scoring rubric
•Answer key with every calculation worked
•Hours & Work Record for logging time and filing portfolio evidence

Written by a licensed K-12 business teacher with more than thirteen years in the classroom. Built to be taught by a parent with no background in the subject.

Public Policy | Trade-Offs Economics | Homeschool Edition

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WorldviewFaith-neutral
AgesAges 13–18
SubjectBusiness & Economics — Economics
Resource typeUnit study
ApproachUnit study, Eclectic
Works forOne student, Co-op / group
Per session30–60 min
Days a weekFlexible
Total lengthOne week
Parent prepOpen-and-go
Who teachesParent-guided
ReuseReusable, some consumable pages
FormatPrintable PDF
RecordsIncludes assessments, Hour logging, Portfolio samples
Keywordseconomics, trade-offs, unit study, high school, homeschool economics, public, policy