1st
Semester Economics:
Economics may be the most exciting and relevant course your
high school student ever takes! The Economic principles that
will be explained to the student through instructional and
discussion oriented.
Prosperous societies vs. those who remain in poverty
Job creation and innovative products and
services
Failing government
programs and policies
Economics flows from common sense observations and insights
into everyday life. The core textbook, Common Sense Economics,
is an easy to understand book that explains economic
principles using everyday language and easy to understand
illustrations and examples. It also determines today´s social
and political landscape, and students who understand these
principles are well-positioned to take on leadership in
business, government and society.
16
week Economics Curriculum:
Common Sense Economics, by
Gwartney, Stroup, Lee
Planning for Freedom, by Ludwig von
Mises
The Law, by Frederic Bastiat
Great Myths of the
Great Depression, by Lawrence W. Reed
Eight Economic
Principles, DVD lecture by Russel Sobel
ECONOMICS IN A BOX
Student Study Guide, by Pamela Cooper
Whatever happened to
Penny Candy? By Richard Maybury
Penny Candy Bluestocking
Guide workbook
2nd
Semester: Personal Finance
The
goal of teaching Personal Finance is to provide the student
with all the insights of their own financial life.
Each student will gain a broader knowledge of the
different aspects of how the financial world operates and how
to manage personal finances.
Business people from the community will also visit our
class to give a perspective. In 2006 the
Texas
legislature passed a bill requiring public high school
students to be taught the following 12 topics:
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Balancing a Checkbook
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Renting to Buying Transition
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Understanding Credit
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Understanding Insurance
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Bankruptcy
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Starting a Small Business
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Home Ownership
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Types of Loans
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Saving for Retirement
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Investment Options
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Types of Accounts
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Giving to Charities
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16
week Personal Finance Curriculum:
A syllabus for this course will be available on Mrs.
Heinzman’s class website for the entire 16 week course (There
will be no cost for student curriculum; only a materials fee
for projects.)
www.caia-heinzman.webs.com
Students/Parents will want to sign up for the class emails and
assignments on this website.
Class is offered for
Grades 10th -12th
Class
Time: 1 1/2 hours. This is a 2 semester / 16 -week per
semester class.
Biography:
Before
marrying her husband, Gregg in 1992, Sherri developed her ability to connect
with her students by serving in full-time children and youth ministries. These
ministries included: Missionary to Mexico, and in the U.S. positions as
Children’s Pastor & Youth Pastor.
Sherri worked 14 years in the banking, accounting, and finance industry with
Banks, Savings and Loans, a Finance Company, and the Oil & Gas Leasing
Industry before staying home to care for and teach Sara and Leah.
As a devoted home school mom and leader for 10 years, the Lord has given Sherri
a talent and love for teaching; and to help students and parents alike to learn
how to be godly stewards in Education, math, Financing, Banking, Investments,
and Economics.
Equipping them with
the knowledge and tools of how to be a good steward of the blessings God is
giving them.
Over the last 7 years, Sherri
has worked with Dr. Miles Jones and taught all the levels of Super Math, Super
Reading, and Matrix Math/Reading.
As
of the 2008 fall semester, she has returned to teaching with the Super Math
Group at “Center for Home Education.”
Sherri has also been working with an educational foundation to teach financial
literacy for High School students. She has been asked to work with the
educational foundation to develop criteria on which to base a scholarship for a
deserving homeschooled student.
Schedule