The Academy · Grade 12 · Government and Economics
Grade 12 Government and Economics
Senior year of social studies. Across 36 weeks you learn the US constitutional system, how government actually works, civil rights and landmark cases, the political process, state and local government, microeconomics (markets), macroeconomics (the whole economy), and international relations. By year's end you have the framework to read the news, vote with understanding, and participate in civic life.
Foundations of Government and Economics
- Week 1 - What government does. US Constitution. Federalism. Elections.
- Week 2 - Three branches: Congress, Executive, Judicial. Checks and balances.
- Week 3 - Civil rights and civil liberties. Bill of Rights. 14th Amendment. Landmark cases.
- Week 4 - Political process. Parties. Campaigns. Voting. Media. Interest groups.
- Week 5 - State and local government. Comparative government.
- Week 6 - Microeconomics. Supply and demand. Market structures. Market failures.
- Week 7 - Macroeconomics. GDP. Inflation. Unemployment. Fiscal and monetary policy.
- Week 8 - International relations and trade. Comparative advantage. Security.
- Week 9 - Civic participation + Q1 synthesis at 85% mastery.
Deepening Government and Economics
- Public policy: how policy is actually made and implemented.
- Bureaucracy and the administrative state.
- Money, banking, and financial markets.
- Labor markets and inequality in depth.
- Federalism in practice.
Historical and Comparative
- US political history: from Founding to modern era.
- Comparative government in depth: democracies and authoritarianism.
- Economic history and development.
- Civil rights movements over time.
Contemporary Challenges and Synthesis
- Polarization and democratic resilience.
- AI and the political economy.
- Climate policy.
- Healthcare, education, housing in the 21st century.
- Year synthesis - one interactive sequence reviewing the year (no paper).
Self-paced and self-checked. Every activity is auto-graded by the runner; there is no human or AI grader. Mastery is reached when you can do the tap-mechanics for a week reliably.
See something off? Report it. Resolutions are tracked on Corrections.