Episode 42 of 60 · Financial Literacy: Cash Course
America's Economic Secret Sauce
Grades 6th+
Government — American Government · Government · Government — Contemporary World Issues · Economics — Modern World History · Economics — Economics & Financial Literacy · History · Government — Modern World History · Captions
About This Video
What makes America’s economy different from the rest of the world? Take your high school students on a journey through history to discover the unique recipe for America’s success: free enterprise, separation of powers, and Judeo-Christian values. These principles shaped the foundation of America’s prosperity and continue to make it a land of unparalleled opportunity.
Standards Met in Ohio
- 8.GO.22Grades 8thThe U.S. Constitution established a federal republic, providing a framework for a national government with elected representatives, separation of powers, and checks and balances.
- 9-12.MWH.25Grades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thEmerging economic powers and improvements in technology have created a more interdependent global economy.
- AMG.9-12.12.aGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thExplain ways the different people/groups in government can limit each other’s powers (e.g., checks and balances).
- AMG.9-12.5.aGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thExplain basic principles of government in the United States (e.g., separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism).
- CWI.9-12.8.bGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify basic rights in the United States (e.g., voting rights, property rights, First Amendment rights, rights relating to equal opportunity).
- EFL.9-12.4.cGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify an economic system.
- MWH.9-12.25Grades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thEmerging economic powers and improvements in technology have created a more interdependent global economy.
- MWH.9-12.6cGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify one of the Rights of Man.