New Mexico
9th-12th Grade
State Standards
Look below to see how Banzai's courses, worksheets, activities, and games align with the Social Studies Standards for 9th-12th Grade. Use the filters to change the location, set of standards, and grade level. Note, any one activity listed will satisfy the associated competency.
5: Economics/Personal Financial Literacy 5. Economic Decision Making
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9-12.Econ.13: Apply understanding of economic concepts and systems to analyze decision making and the
interactions between consumers, business, government, and societies.
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9-12.Econ.14: Gather and evaluate sources to explain the relationship between economic decisions and
environmental consequences.
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9-12.Econ.15: Use cost-benefit analysis and marginal analysis to evaluate an economic issue.
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9-12.Econ.16: Evaluate how economic principles influence choices and can produce varied outcomes for
different individuals or groups.
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9-12.Econ.17: Evaluate the market value of income earned through wages and other activities associated with
saving and investing.
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7: Economics/Personal Financial Literacy 7. Economic Systems and Models
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9-12.Econ.18: Analyze the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
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9-12.Econ.19: Evaluate economic theories for their compatibility with democracy.
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9-12.Econ.20: Compare the advantages and disadvantages of major economic systems found around the world.
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9-12.Econ.21: Critique inequalities that exist in economic systems.
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9-12.Econ.22: Use economic data to evaluate the positive and negative aspects of U.S. capitalism in
relationship to other economic systems.
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9-12.Econ.23: Analyze how national and global economic trends, practices, and policies impact the state and
local economies in New Mexico.
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9-12.Econ.24: Critique the impact of globalization on New Mexico and its citizens.
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9-12.Econ.25: Evaluate the impact of environmental externalities in New Mexico’s communities.
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9-12.Econ.26: Evaluate opportunities for economic diversification that can significantly impact state
and local conditions.
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8: Economics/Personal Financial Literacy 8. Money and Markets
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9-12.Econ.27: Explain how buyers and sellers interact to create markets and market structures.
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9-12.Econ.28: Evaluate how a variety of factors and conditions in a market determine price and the allocation of scarce goods and resources.
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9-12.Econ.29: Evaluate the role played by competition in the market.
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9-12.Econ.30: Evaluate the role of financial institutions in a market economy
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9-12.Econ.31: Analyze the role of money in the economy.
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9-12.Econ.32: Critique specific government policies or regulations initiated to improve market outcomes and the
consequences, both intended and unintended, experienced by individuals, businesses, communities, and states.
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9-12.Econ.33: Generate possible explanations for a government role in markets when market inefficiencies exist.
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9-12.Econ.34: Evaluate the causes and implications of market failures.
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9-12.Econ.35: Explain how governments establish the rules and institutions in which markets operate at the
local, state, tribal, national, and international levels.
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9-12.Econ.36: Use economic indicators and data to analyze the health of the U.S. economy in relation to other countries
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9-12.Econ.37: Evaluate how fiscal and monetary policy choices have economic consequences for different
stakeholders in a variety of economic conditions
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9-12.Econ.38: Evaluate foreign and domestic issues related to U.S. economic growth over time.
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9-12.Econ.39: Explain the effect of advancements in technology and training on economic growth and
standards of living across diverse groups and circumstances.
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9: Economics/Personal Financial Literacy 9. Global Economy
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9-12.Econ.40: Explain how current globalization trends and policies affect economic growth, labor, markets, rights of citizens, the environment, and resource and income distribution in different nations.
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9-12.Econ.41: Explain how economic conditions and policies in one nation increasingly affect economic
conditions and policies in other nations.
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9-12.Econ.42: Evaluate how geography, demographics, industry structure, and the rules of economic
institutions influence a nation's economic development.
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9-12.Econ.43: Analyze why a country might participate in global trade.
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9-12.Econ.44: Connect how trade agreements between nations have short- and long-term effects.
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9-12.Econ.45: Construct an argument about how global interdependence impacts individuals, institutions, and
societies based on documented evidence.
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10: Economics/Personal Financial Literacy 10. Personal Financial Literacy
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9-12.Econ.46: Explain how and why people make choices to improve their economic well-being.
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9-12.Econ.52: Evaluate options for payment on credit cards and the consequences of each option.
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9-12.Econ.47: Compare the costs and benefits of saving, using credit, and or making certain types of
financial investments.
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9-12.Econ.48: Evaluate how and why individuals choose to accept risk, reduce risk, or transfer risk to others.
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9-12.Econ.49: Investigate ways that personal information is fraudulently obtained.
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9-12.Econ.50: Identify voluntary (e.g., retirement contributions) and involuntary deductions (e.g., payroll
taxes) and how they impact net income
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9-12.Econ.51: Prepare a budget or spending plan that depicts varying sources of income, a planned saving
strategy, taxes, and other sources of fixed and variable spending.
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6.9: Global Economy
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9-12.WH.13: Evaluate the impact of global interconnectedness on international economic stability and growth.
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9-12.WH.14: Analyze how national and global economic trends and policies impact New Mexico's state and local economies.
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9-12.NMH.29.: Discuss the sequence of events that led to the Great Depression and the implementation of
New Deal programs in New Mexico, including the efficacy of the programs for different communities.
9-12.NMH.34.: Summarize how the United States and the Soviet Union emerged from World War II as
superpowers and articulate the difference between communism and capitalism.
9-12.NMH.40: Analyze the private and public industries that have impacted New Mexico's economy.
9-12.NMH.41: Evaluate the main sources of income for Indigenous populations and how they might be different.
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