HISD Pacing Calendar — Economics and the Free Enterprise System
AU G U S T 2 0 1 4
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Units of Instruction
Unit 1: Personal Financial
Literacy –
Saving, Investing and
Borrowing
This two-part unit focuses on the
concepts of personal financial
literacy are critical so that students
can learn to make informed
decisions related to personal
financial
matters.
This
unit
explores the functions of financial
institutions for saving, investing
and borrowing.
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Exemplar Lessons are available
for this unit.
Early Dismissal Days (2 1/2 hours early)
Teacher Service Days
Teacher Preparation Days
Make up Days (if needed)
This document offers suggestions for
pacing instruction and does not replace
the HISD Planning Guides.
Unit 1: Personal Financial Literacy—Saving, Banking, and Investing
6 class periods (90-minutes each) or 12 class periods (45-minutes each)
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HISD Pacing Calendar — Economics and the Free Enterprise System
SEPTEMBER 2014
Sun
Units of Instruction
Mon
31
Unit 1: Personal Financial
Literacy—Saving, Investing,
and Borrowing (continued)
Unit 2: Personal Financial
Literacy –
Making Sound Personal
Economic Choices and
Business Organizations
This two-part unit examines the
costs and benefits of personal
financial choices and types of
business organization.
Tue
1
2
Thu
3
8
9
10
4
Sat
5
6
15
16
11
12
13
19
20
26
27
 Extend
 Review
 Assess
 Reteach
Unit 1: Personal Financial Literacy—Saving,
Banking, and Investing
14
Fri
Unit 1: Personal Financial Literacy—Saving, Banking, and Investing
Labor
Day
7
Wed
17
18
Unit 2: Making Sound Personal Economic Choices and Business Organizations
5 class periods (90-minutes each) or 10 class periods (45-minutes each)
21
22
23
24
25
Unit 2: Making Sound Personal Economic Choices and Business Organizations
5 class periods (90-minutes each) or 10 class periods (45-minutes each)
Early Dismissal Days (2 1/2 hours early)
Teacher Service Days
28
29
30
Teacher Preparation Days
Make up Days (if needed)
This document offers suggestions for
pacing instruction and does not replace
the HISD Planning Guides.
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HISD Pacing Calendar — Economics and the Free Enterprise System
O C TO B E R 2 0 1 4
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
1
Units of Instruction
5
6
7
12
Exemplar Lessons are available
for this unit.
19
13
14
Fall
Holiday
8
9
4
End of
1st Cycle
10
11
15
16
17
18
24
25
Unit 3: Fundamental Economic Concepts
5 class periods (90-minutes each) or 10 class periods (45-minutes each)
20
21
 Extend
 Review
 Assess
 Reteach
Early Dismissal Days (2 1/2 hours early)
3
Unit 3: Fundamental Economic Concepts
5 class periods (90-minutes each) or 10 class periods (45-minutes each)
Unit 4: Economic Systems
This two-part unit allows the
student to study the basic
characteristics and benefits of the
U.S. Free Enterprise system.
Teacher Service Days
Sat
2
 Extend
 Review
 Assess
 Reteach
Unit 2: Making Sound Choices
(continued)
Unit 3: Fundamental Economic
Concepts
In this three-part unit students
study the basic economic
concepts that form the basis for
the course, including the circularflow model of the economy.
Fri
26
27
22
23
Unit 4: Economic Systems
5 class periods (90-minutes each) or 10 class periods (45-minutes each)
28
29
30
31
Teacher Preparation Days
Make up Days (if needed)
Unit 4: Economic Systems
5 class periods (90-minutes each) or 10 class periods (45-minutes each)
This document offers suggestions for
pacing instruction and does not replace
the HISD Planning Guides.
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HISD Pacing Calendar — Economics and the Free Enterprise System
N OV E M B E R 2 0 1 4
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Units of Instruction
Unit 4: Economic Systems
(continued)
Unit 5: National Economic
Principles and Policies
This three-part unit examines
macroeconomic concepts such as
business cycle and economic
growth, money and monetary and
fiscal policy decisions. .
2
3
4
10
6
7
 Extend
 Review
 Assess
 Reteach
Unit 4: Economic Systems
9
5
11
8
End of
2nd Cycle
12
13
14
15
21
22
28
29
Unit 5: National Economic Principles and Policies
6 class periods (90-minutes each) or 12 class periods (45-minutes each)
16
17
18
19
20
Unit 5: National Economic Principles and Policies
6 class periods (90-minutes each) or 12 class periods (45-minutes each)
Early Dismissal Days (2 1/2 hours early)
Teacher Service Days
23
24
25
26
27
Teacher Preparation Days
Make up Days (if needed)
This document offers suggestions for
pacing instruction and does not replace
the HISD Planning Guides.
Unit 5: National Economic
Principles and Policies
Thanksgiving
Holiday
Thanksgiving
Holiday
Thanksgiving
Holiday
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HISD Pacing Calendar — Economics and the Free Enterprise System
DECEMBER 2014
Sun
Units of Instruction
Unit 6: Markets and Trade
This two-part unit helps students
examine the function of
competition and trade, including
free trade and trade barriers, in
domestic and foreign markets.
Mon
Tue
30
1
Wed
2
 Extend
 Review
 Assess
 Reteach
7
Thu
3
4
Sat
5
8
9
10
15
16
11
12
13
19
20
 Extend
 Review
 Assess
 Reteach
17
18
End of
3rd Cycle
Final Exams
21
22
Winter Break
Early Dismissal Days (2 1/2 hours early)
Teacher Service Days
28
6
Unit 6: Markets and Trade
3 class periods (90-minutes each) or 6 class periods (45-minutes each)
Unit 6: Markets and Trade
14
Fri
29
23
Winter Break
30
24
Winter Break
25
Winter Break
26
27
Winter Break
31
Teacher Preparation Days
Make up Days (if needed)
Winter Break
Winter Break
Winter Break
This document offers suggestions for
pacing instruction and does not replace
the HISD Planning Guides.
© Houston ISD Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment 2013-2014
HISD Pacing Calendar — Economics and the Free Enterprise System
J A N U A RY 2 0 1 5
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Unit 2: Personal Financial
Literacy –
Making Sound Personal
Economic Choices and
Business Organizations
This two-part unit examines the
costs and benefits of personal
financial choices and types of
business organization.
Early Dismissal Days (2 1/2 hours early)
Teacher Service Days
Teacher Preparation Days
Make up Days (if needed)
This document offers suggestions for
pacing instruction and does not replace
the HISD Planning Guides.
Sat
1
Units of Instruction
Unit 1: Personal Financial
Literacy –Saving, Investing and
Borrowing
This two-part unit focuses on the
concepts of personal financial
literacy are critical so that students
can learn to make informed
decisions related to personal
financial matters. This unit
explores the functions of financial
institutions for saving, investing
and borrowing.
Exemplar Lessons are available
for this unit.
Fri
Winter Break
4
5
6
7
2
3
Winter Break
8
9
10
16
17
23
24
Unit 1: Saving, Investing, and Borrowing
6 class periods (90-minutes each) or 12 class periods (45-minutes
each)
11
12
13
14
15
Unit 1: Saving, Investing, and Borrowing
6 class periods (90-minutes each) or 12 class periods (45-minutes each)
18
19
Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day
25
26
 Extend
 Review
 Assess
 Reteach
20
21
22
 Extend
 Review
 Assess
 Reteach
Unit 1: Saving, Investing, and Borrowing
27
28
29
30
31
Unit 2: Making Sound Economic Choices
5 class periods (90-minutes each) or 10 class periods (45-minutes each)
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HISD Pacing Calendar — Economics and the Free Enterprise System
F E B R U A RY 2 0 1 5
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Units of Instruction
Unit 2: Making Sound Economic
Choices (continued)
Unit 3: Fundamental Economic
Concepts
In this three-part unit students
study the basic economic
concepts that form the basis for
the course, including the circularflow model of the economy.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
13
14
Unit 2: Making Sound Economic Choices
5 class periods (90-minutes each) or 10 class periods (45-minutes each)
8
9
10
16
12
 Extend
 Review
 Assess
 Reteach
Unit 2: Making Sound Economic Choices
5 class periods (90-minutes
each) or 10 class periods (45minutes each)
15
11
17
18
End of
4th Cycle
19
20
21
27
28
Unit 3: Fundamental Economic Concepts
6 class periods (90-minutes each) or 12 class periods (45-minutes each)
Early Dismissal Days (2 1/2 hours early)
Teacher Service Days
22
23
24
25
26
Teacher Preparation Days
Make up Days (if needed)
This document offers suggestions for
pacing instruction and does not replace
the HISD Planning Guides.
Unit 3: Fundamental Economic Concepts
6 class periods (90-minutes each) or 12 class periods (45-minutes each)
 Extend
 Review
 Assess
 Reteach
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HISD Pacing Calendar — Economics and the Free Enterprise System
MARCH 2015
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Units of Instruction
Unit 3: Fundamental Economic
Concepts (continued)
Unit 4: Economic Systems
This two-part unit allows the
student to study the basic
characteristics and benefits of the
U.S. Free Enterprise system.
1
Exemplar Lessons are available
for this unit.
8
2
3
Unit 3: Fundamental Economic
Concepts
9
4
5
6
7
11
12
13
14
20
21
27
28
 Extend
 Review
 Assess
 Reteach
10
Unit 4: Economic Systems
6 class periods (90-minutes each) or 12 class periods (45-minutes each)
15
16
Spring
Break
22
17
Spring
Break
23
18
Spring
Break
24
19
Spring
Break
25
Spring
Break
26
Unit 4: Economic Systems
6 class periods (90-minutes each) or 12 class periods (45-minutes each)
Early Dismissal Days (2 1/2 hours early)
Teacher Service Days
Teacher Preparation Days
Make up Days (if needed)
29
30
31
Unit 4: Economic Systems
This document offers suggestions for
pacing instruction and does not replace
the HISD Planning Guides.
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HISD Pacing Calendar — Economics and the Free Enterprise System
APRIL 2015
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
1
Units of Instruction
Unit 5: National Economic
Principles and Policies
This three-part unit examines
macroeconomic concepts such as
business cycle and economic
growth, money and monetary and
fiscal policy decisions.
Thu
Fri
2
 Extend
 Review
 Assess
 Reteach
5
6
7
8
Sat
3
Spring
Holiday
9
4
End of
5th Cycle
10
11
17
18
24
25
Unit 5: National Economic Principles and Policies
7 class periods (90-minutes each) or 14 class periods (45-minutes each)
12
13
14
15
16
Unit 5: National Economic Principles and Policies
7 class periods (90-minutes each) or 14 class periods (45-minutes each)
19
20
21
22
23
 Extend
 Review
 Assess
 Reteach
Unit 5: National Economic Principles and Policies
7 class periods (90-minutes each) or 14 class periods (45-minutes
each)
Early Dismissal Days (2 1/2 hours early)
Teacher Service Days
Teacher Preparation Days
Make up Days (if needed)
This document offers suggestions for
pacing instruction and does not replace
the HISD Planning Guides.
26
27
 Extend
 Review
 Assess
 Reteach
28
29
30
Unit 6: Markets and Trade
6 class periods (90-minutes each)
or 12 class periods (45-minutes
each)
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HISD Pacing Calendar — Economics and the Free Enterprise System
M AY 2 0 1 5
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
8
9
15
16
Units of Instruction
Unit 6: Markets and Trade
This two-part unit helps students
examine the function of
competition and trade, including
free trade and trade barriers, in
domestic and foreign markets.
Unit 6: Markets and
Trade
3
4
5
6
7
Unit 6: Markets and Trade
6 class periods (90-minutes each) or 12 class periods (45-minutes each)
10
11
12
13
14
 Extend
 Review
 Assess
 Reteach
Unit 6: Markets and Trade
6 class periods (90-minutes each) or 12 class periods (45minutes each)
17
18
19
20
 Extend
 Review
 Assess
 Reteach
Early Dismissal Days (2 1/2 hours early)
Teacher Service Days
Teacher Preparation Days
Make up Days (if needed)
This document offers suggestions for
pacing instruction and does not replace
the HISD Planning Guides.
24
25
Memorial Day
21
22
23
29
30
Final Exams
26
Final Exams
27
28
End of
6th Cycle
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