Economics
Virginia SOL 3.10
Explain basic economic principles.
What students need to be able to do
- Define production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
- Understand different cultures and the natural, human, and capital resources they use in the production of goods and services.
- Recognize that because people and regions cannot produce everything they want, they specialize in what they do best and trade for the rest.
- Identify examples of making an economic choice and explain the idea of opportunity cost.