Do you remember your first bank account? So much fun having that little bank book to update on those old printers.

Outcome: The Bank of Canada, created in the 1930s, promotes Canada’s economic and financial welfare by regulating banking and the monetary system, such as in Canada’s first banks: the Bank of Montreal, the Bank of Nova Scotia, the Laurentian Bank of Canada, the National Bank of Canada, the Royal Bank of Canada, The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

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Outcome: Banks can influence the GDP by facilitating access to capital for producers

Things are getting serious here in this curriculum. Today we are talking GDP – quite the topic for kids

Outcome: The GDP can influence banking by affecting the demand for financial services.

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Outcome: Regional economies based on extraction and manufacturing of natural resources, such as wheat and oil, reflect the importance of natural resources to Canada’s economy.

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Outcome: Economic inequalities between Canada’s regions are minimized through taxation and equalization payments.

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Outcome: Regional economies contribute disparately to the economic output of a country, which is measured by gross domestic product, or GDP.

Did someone say free?!

Outcome: Free trade agreements allow producers to sell goods without paying tariffs, giving consumers more choice.

Circling back… a common occurrence, you’ll see, in this draft.

Outcome: Sir John A. MacDonald, Canada’s first prime minister, implemented the National Policy, which introduced tariffs on imported goods to protect industry in Canada’s regional economies and to promote consumption of Canadian products.

This curriculum likes to jump around. Kind of reminds me of the song from the 90s.

Outcome: Expansion west after Confederation contributed to changes in regional economies in the Dominion of Canada.

Talking economics. I love teaching economics. Students have so much fun learning about it and we always have fun exploring.

Outcome: Economies can change and diversify over time in response to world events, government policies, and technological advancements.