Description
Ask most seventeen-year-olds what an apartment costs and you get a guess. Ask one who has finished this class and you get a budget, with insurance in it.
That is the cost-of-living project, and it is the heart of this live online economics class for high school. Students find a job, build a budget on that salary, and work out what independent life will actually cost them at twenty-three, rent, insurance and everything else that comes with it, then present their findings to the class.
The second project is a stock market challenge: every student is given an amount of money to invest, and the class competes to see whose choices prove wisest.
Natasha Jones builds the semester on Whatever Happened to Penny Candy, A Bluestocking Guide to Economics and The Money Mystery, and runs it as a practical, project-based introduction rather than a lecture course. Students come away with the history of economics and some sense of why the country and the world sit where they do.
They also get an answer to a question they have been asking for years, because economics is the practical application of all that algebra they keep insisting they will never use.
Natasha Jones holds a history degree from UNLV and has taught high school English, geography, theology and speech alongside twelve years homeschooling.
“My daughter took this course last semester, and she truly enjoyed it! The interaction and being able to discuss what was being read is a wonderful addition to the content of the class. She even came to me with things I was unaware of. The instructor for this course was great at meeting students where they are and helping them gain knowledge and understanding. We will be back next semester for more courses through True North.”
— Samantha Riley, on Civics
Class details
– Teacher: Natasha Jones
– Day and time: Mondays, 12:45-1:45 p.m. CST
– Term: one semester, spring 2027
– Grades: 10-12
– Credit: 0.5 high school credit
– Prerequisites: none stated
– Materials: Whatever Happened to Penny Candy; The Money Mystery
– Live, small-group class on Zoom
Add it to your student’s spring 2027 schedule. True North Academy is Cognia-accredited, so the half credit is recorded without any work on your part.
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