🎓 GED · SOCIAL

GED® Social Studies: Markets, Money & Personal Finance

An Economics course on scarcity, opportunity cost, supply and demand, prices, budgets, credit, saving, interest, and personal financial decisions.

📚 4 sessions 📝 20 practice questions ⏰ Self-paced ✅ 100% Free
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Course Map

📚 Course Curriculum

4 sessions organized as a guided path, with 3 trial sessions open before enrollment.

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Economics begins with scarcity: people have unlimited wants but limited resources. Every choice has an opportunity cost, meaning the best alternative given up. The GED® …

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Demand shows how much buyers want at different prices. Supply shows how much sellers offer at different prices. Where supply and demand meet is equilibrium. …

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Money works as a medium of exchange, store of value, and unit of account. Saving earns interest; borrowing costs interest. Compound interest helps savers over …

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A budget compares income with expenses. Needs come before wants. Insurance manages risk. Diversification reduces investment risk by spreading money across assets. On GED® finance …

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Course Guide

Course Syllabus

This self-paced GED® Social Studies course follows a 4-lesson sequence. Work through the modules in order so that each skill supports the next.

Course sequence

Module 1 - Lessons 1-4

  • Scarcity, Choice, and Opportunity Cost
  • Supply, Demand, and Prices
  • Money, Banking, Saving, and Credit
  • Personal Finance Decisions

Practice and completion

  • Use worked examples and lesson practice to check understanding after each module.
  • Review incorrect answers, explain the correction, and repeat weak skills.
  • Complete the available mixed or final course practice to demonstrate readiness.
Learning Results

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  • Explain the important civic, historical, economic, or geographic ideas in Scarcity, Choice, and Opportunity Cost.
  • Analyze sources, evidence, and data related to Supply, Demand, and Prices.
  • Compare perspectives and draw supported conclusions about Money, Banking, Saving, and Credit.
  • Apply source-based reasoning to questions involving Personal Finance Decisions.
  • Use feedback and answer explanations to diagnose and correct mistakes.
  • Complete mixed, exam-style practice with clearer reasoning and greater independence.

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📝 Practice Questions

20 interactive questions with instant feedback and explanations.

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