World history: Focus on economics (Focus) (Focus on Economics) (Focus on Economics) - Softcover

Jean Caldwell; James Clark; Walter Herscher

9781561834907: World history: Focus on economics (Focus) (Focus on Economics) (Focus on Economics)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1561834904 ISBN 13: 9781561834907

Publisher: Economics America, National Council on Economic Education, 1996

By combining economics with world history lessons, students discover how people and nations developed as a result of making decisions based on maximizing local resources. Students learn how people satisfied their needs and wants through history and what forces caused some nations to prosper while other declined. Topics covered include:
* How the black death raised living standards in Europe
* Why the industrial revolution started in England
* The relationship between transportation and world trade
* Why the nomadic life shifted to settled agricultural societies
* Why some economies prospered while others failed
* The rebirth of Japan after WWII
* What choices helped or hindered economic growth
* The fall of communism

Also available:

Focus: Understanding Economics in U.S. History - ISBN 1561836249
Focus: International Economics - ISBN 1561834963

The Council for Economic Education envisions a world in which people are empowered through economic and financial literacy to make informed and responsible choices throughout their lives as consumers, savers, investors, workers, citizens, and participants in our global economy.

Some of the areas in K-12 education we publish in include:

- Establishing and building credit

- Managing personal finances

- Understanding economics on a local, national, and global level

- Using economics in other subject areas: Social Studies, Geography, History, etc.

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How did economics influence world history? Discover the decisive role that “scarcity” plays in shaping global events.

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