Economics Principles in Action Essential Questions Journal C2010

Content Accessible

Designed for students reading near a sixth grade level.

• Foundations Series: Economics curriculum is aligned with Prentice Hall Economics.
• Embedded reading support: Explicit reading strategies, vocabulary support, and a carefully written and designed student page make this a book students can read.
• Essential Questions: Instruction and assessment are organized around an Essential Question that explores the big ideas of Economics.
• Economics Online Student Center: Students access both on-line textbooks, plus rich media learning tools that include downloadable audio and video resources.
• Economics Online Teacher Center: All teaching resources are conveniently organized online and include interactive presentation tools, editable teacher resources, assessments, and instructional management tools.
• Engaging Personal Finance Handbook: Students prepare to become responsible economic decision makers in their personal lives. This handbook in the Student Edition is supported by full lesson plans, worksheets, tests, Web Quests, and motivating real-life illustrations.
• Differentiated teaching resources: Teachers can quickly choose from multiple levels of worksheets and assessments found on the Online Teacher Center and on the Resource Library CD-ROM.

NEW See how Pearson Economics Programs incorporate UbD and Essential Questions

With online sampling for Economics you can review the program on your schedule and at your pace.

Prentice Hall Economics is a multi-dimensional program designed around the Essential Questions in order to help students of all abilities achieve fundamental understanding of core economic principles. Key concepts based on the twenty content standards of the National Council of Economic Education (NCEE), are developed throughout the program-through text, interactive graphics and animations, transparencies, videos, and online resources--and supported by a variety of activities to help students apply their new knowledge to the real world

- Written around Grant Wiggin's Essential Questions
In each Unit and Chapter, students explore Essential Questions, with additional activities in the Essential Question Journal.

- Partnership with The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition
Fosters economic literacy with enriching and authoritative content that focuses on today's high school students.

- More ways to access content in print and online
Print and online features such as Economics and You, How the Economy Works, Visual Glossary, Action Graphs and Quick Study Guides facilitate a deeper understanding for economics.

- Engaging Personal Finance Handbook
Print and online Personal Finance Handbook is supported by full lesson plans, worksheets, tests, WebQuests, and engaging illustrations.

Student Resources:

• Economics Online Student Center
  Students connect to 21st Century learning with rich digital assets that include two Online Student Editions, downloadable audio and video resources, and interactive assessments.
• The Economics Essential Question Journal
  Print consumable that accompanies the Prentice Hall Economics Textbook for students to answer the Essential Questions in graphic, chart, question and essay formats.
• Economics on the Go Video
  Unique videos are developed and created by students. The nineteen videos will bring a student perspective to the principles of economics that will connect to today's learners.

Teacher Resources:

• Economics Online Teacher Center
  All teaching resources are conveniently organized online and include interactive presentation tools, leveled editable teacher resources and assessments, instructional management tools which include:
  1. assigning content
  2. tracking student's progress
  3. accessing student's learning
  4. generating reports for administration, students and parents.
• Teacher's All-in-One Resources with Editable Worksheets on CD-ROM
  CD-ROM includes Teacher's Edition and a wide range of on-level and Foundations lesson plans, worksheets, and assessments. This built-in differentiation allows teachers to pick and choose among the resources that meet the needs of all students

Pearson introduces two new programs designed to make economics more engaging and accessible for all students. Based on the same core content, these two economics programs are designed to address the needs of both on-level and struggling readers.

For On-Level Learners

Prentice Hall Economics (c)2010 is a multidimensional, comprehensive high school economics program designed to help students achieve an understanding of key economic principles and their application in the real-world by using Essential Questions, Personal Finance topics and cutting edge technology.

• Prentice Hall Economics curriculum is aligned with Foundations Series: Economics.
• Essential Questions: Instruction and assessment are organized around an Essential Question that explores the big ideas of Economics.
• Economics Online Student Center: Students access both on-line textbooks, plus rich media learning tools that include downloadable audio and video resources.
• Economics Online Teacher Center: All teaching resources are conveniently organized online and include interactive presentation tools, editable teacher resources, assessments, and instructional management tools.
• Engaging Personal Finance Handbook: Students prepare to become responsible economic decision makers in their personal lives. This handbook in the Student Edition is supported by full lesson plans, worksheets, tests, Web Quests, and motivating real-life illustrations.
• Differentiated teaching resources: Teachers can quickly choose from multiple levels of worksheets and assessments found on the Online Teacher Center and on the Resource Library CD-ROM.

NEW See how Pearson Economics Programs incorporate UbD(R) and Essential Questions

Prentice Hall Economics explores Essential Questions to help students of all abilities achieve fundamental understanding of core economic principles. Key concepts based on the 20 content standards of the National Council of Economic Education (NCEE) are developed throughout the program. Through an engaging narrative, interactive graphics, animations, videos, and the Personal Finance Handbook, students will apply their new knowledge to the real world and build lifelong skills.