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War and Nation Building in Latin America/Crash Course World History

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Title:

War and Nation Building in Latin America/Crash Course World History

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Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Audio/Video

Overview:

Join host John Green to learn about nation-building and nationalism in Latin America. Sometimes, the nations of Latin America get compared to the nations of Europe and are found wanting. However, this comparison doesn't quite work as the rise of democratic, economically powerful nations in Europe came about under a very different set of circumstances than the way nations arose in Latin America. Naturally, the regions are very different. But why? John will explore ideas, including whether or not a lack of international war could have impeded Latin America's growth. On the surface, this may not sound plausible, but tune in to this episode of Crash Course to hear a lively discussion on the topic.

Content Standard(s):

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 12
Economics

1 ) Explain why productive resources are limited and why individuals, businesses, and governments have to make choices in order to meet needs and wants.

• Explaining scarcity as a basic condition that exists when unlimited wants exceed limited productive resources

• Explaining land (an example of a natural resource), labor (an example of a human resource), capital (an example of a physical or human resource), and entrepreneurship to be the factors of production

• Explaining opportunity cost as the next best alternative to relinquish when individuals, businesses, and governments confront scarcity by making choices

Unpacked Content

Strand: Economics

Course Title: Economics

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Calculate opportunity costs.
Make decisions based on the marginal costs and marginal benefits.
Categorize examples of productive resources.

Teacher Vocabulary:

scarcity
opportunity cost
trade-off
marginal analysis
marginal benefit
marginal cost
land
labor
capital
entrepreneurial ability

Knowledge:

Students know:

Scarcity forces us to choose.
All choices involve opportunity costs.
Resources are necessary to produce goods and services.
How marginal analysis leads to rational decisions.
How to classify resources.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Calculate opportunity costs.
Correctly determine whether a particular decision should be made based on the marginal costs and marginal benefits.
Categorize examples of productive resources.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Limited resources lead people to make choices.
Marginal analysis leads to optimal decision-making.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SS.E.AAS.12.1- Define scarcity, land, and opportunity costs; understand the concepts of resources and wants and needs; recognize that productive resources are limited and why individuals, businesses, and governments have to make choices in order to meet needs and wants.
SS.E.AAS.12.1a - Categorize examples of productive resources.

Tags:

entrepreneurship, human resource, natural resource

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Author:

Ginger Boyd

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War and Nation Building in Latin America/Crash Course World History