Exploring Economics

Exploring Economics Curriculum Package

Your teen hears about inflation, recessions, taxes, markets, and "the economy" all the time—on the news, online, and probably during more than a few family conversations. Exploring Economics helps him understand what those terms actually mean and how they affect everyday life.

Designed as a Christian homeschool economics curriculum, this one-semester course explores economic principles through a Biblical worldview while connecting them to history, government, personal decision-making, and real-world events. Rather than drowning students in technical jargon, it focuses on helping them understand how economic choices shape families, businesses, communities, and nations.

The course includes 75 daily lessons divided into 15 manageable units. Students explore topics such as supply and demand, free markets, government policies, stewardship, economic systems, and the relationship between faith and economics. Along the way, they discover that economics isn't just about money—it's about the countless choices people make every day.

The companion reader, Making Choices, brings additional depth through writings from historians, economists, business leaders, and other influential thinkers. These readings help students see how economic ideas have shaped societies throughout history and continue to influence the world around them.

One of the course's strengths is its practicality. Teens quickly begin recognizing connections between the material and real life. Suddenly, headlines make more sense. Conversations about jobs, prices, taxes, or business decisions become easier to follow. Economics stops feeling like an abstract subject and starts feeling surprisingly relevant.

Students earn one-half high school credit in Economics upon completion of the course. Those who complete the optional literature assignments, essays, and Student Review Pack can also earn an additional one-half credit in English.

Whether your teen is headed for college, business ownership, the trades, or simply adulthood, Exploring Economics provides a valuable framework for understanding how people make choices, how economies function, and why those ideas matter long after the course is finished.