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Economic freedom, political freedom: Their meaning, their results

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A lesson plan for Grade 10 Social Studies

Provider: National Council on Economic Education

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Students will analyze the concepts of economic freedom and political freedom, identify ways to measure economic freedom and political freedom and explore the relation between measures of economic freedom, political freedom and social well-being and between measures of economic freedom and political freedom.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 10 — Economics and Civics

  • Goal 1: The learner will investigate the foundations of the American political system and explore basic values and principles of American democracy.
    • Objective 1.07: Evaluate the extent to which the Bill of Rights extended the Constitution.
    • Objective 1.08: Compare the American system of government to other forms of government.
  • Goal 2: The learner will analyze how the government established by the United States Constitution embodies the purposes, values, and principles of American democracy.
    • Objective 2.01: Identify principles in the United States Constitution.
    • Objective 2.03: Explain how the United States Constitution grants and limits the authority of public officials and government agencies.
  • Goal 8: The learner will analyze features of the economic system of the United States.
    • Objective 8.01: Compare characteristics of command, market, traditional, and mixed economies.
  • Goal 10: The learner will develop, defend, and evaluate positions on issues regarding the personal responsibilities of citizens in the American constitutional democracy.
    • Objective 10.06: Discuss the consequences and/or benefits of the freedom of economic, legal, and political choices.