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Monday, October 22. Activities: Factors Affecting the Business Cycle interactive lecture Practice Homework: Article #1 and relating statement due tomorrow! Computer lab SE 151 (by PLATO) on Thursday! Business cycle test on Friday! . Warm-up #8 What is the long-run trend for GDP?.
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Monday, October 22 • Activities: • Factors Affecting the Business Cycle interactive lecture • Practice • Homework: • Article #1 and relating statement due tomorrow! • Computer lab SE 151 (by PLATO) on Thursday! • Business cycle test on Friday! Warm-up #8 What is the long-run trend for GDP?
Tuesday, October 23 • Activities: • Turn in Article #1 and relating statement. Staple everything together (rubric, article and relating statement). • Finish practice. • Fiscal policy reading • Test review • Homework: • SSR tomorrow. • Computer lab (SE 151) on Thursday! • Business cycle test on Friday! Warm-up #9 If the economy is in a recession and aggregate demand increases, what will happen to the business cycle?
Wednesday, October 24 • Activities: • SSR • Catch-up: factors practice, fiscal policy reading • Test review • Homework: • Computer lab SE 151 tomorrow! • Business cycle test FRIDAY! • Article #2 and relating statement due Tuesday! No warm-up!
Thursday, October 25 Computer lab (return graded papers) Fiscal policy questions Test review Test tomorrow.
Friday, October 26 • Activities: • Business cycle test • Work on relating statement #2. • Homework: • Article #2 and relating statement due on Tuesday! No warm-up.
Monday, October 29 Activities: Money interactive lecture Homework: Article #2 and relating statement due tomorrow when you walk in! Warm-up #10 Brainstorm: What is money?
Tuesday, October 30 Activities: Turn in article #2, relating statement and rubric! Staple them together! Finish money interactive lecture. Start money video. Homework: Article #3 and relating statement due next Tuesday! Warm-up #11 Explain money’s use as a medium of exchange. Why is it necessary or important to advanced societies?
Wednesday, October 31 Activities: SSR Finish money video. Create your own currency activity Homework: Article #3 and relating statement due Tuesday! Warm-up #12 Spending is decreasing and unemployment is increasing. What phase of the business cycle is the economy heading to?
Thursday, November 1 • Activities: • Finish currency activity. You will only have 15 minutes to work on this tomorrow. • Homework: • Article #3 and relating statement due Tuesday! No warm-up.
Friday, November 2 (sub) • Activities: • 15 min. to finish currency activity • Federal Reserve Tutorial reading and questions • Homework: • Article #3 and relating statement due Tuesday! No warm-up.
Monday, November 5 • Activities: • Group evaluations • Finish Fed tutorial reading and questions. • Homework: • Article #3 and relating statement due TOMORROW! Warm-up #13 Briefly describe what the Federal Reserve is.
Tuesday, November 6 • Activities: • Turn in article #3, relating statement and rubric! Staple everything together. • Banking interactive lecture • Monetary policy interactive lecture • Homework: • Test next Tuesday! • Article #4 and relating statement due next WEDNESDAY! Warm-up #14 What happens if there is more money in the economy?
Wednesday, November 7 • Activities: • SSR • Monetary policy interactive lecture • Practice (if time) • Homework: • TEST ON TUESDAY! • Article #4 and relating statement due WEDNESDAY! Warm-up #15 List the phases of the business cycle in order. It does not matter where you start.
Thursday, November 8 • Activities: • Finish monetary policy notes. • Packet • Homework: • Article #4 and relating statement due WEDNESDAY! • TEST ON TUESDAY! Warm-up #16 (turn in today) If the economy is in a recession, how will the Fed use monetary policy to get the economy moving again?
Friday, November 9 (sub) • Activities: • Packet • Test review • Homework: • Test on Tuesday! • Article #4 and relating statement due WEDNESDAY!
Monday, November 12 • Activities: • Test review • Homework: • TEST TOMORROW! If you are absent tomorrow, you will take the test in class Wed! • Article #4 and relating statement due Wednesday! No warm-up.
Tuesday, November 13 • Activities: • TEST • Homework: • Article #4 and relating statement due tomorrow! No warm-up!
Wednesday, November 14 • Activities: • YOU NEED A TEXTBOOK! • Turn in Article #4 and relating statement …you know the drill! • Absent people – test • SSR • International Trade Assignment • Homework: NONE! No warm-up.
Thursday, November 15 • Activities: • If you have not taken the test, you will take it in class today! • International trade assignment – due at the end of the period! • Homework: • Final Current Events project due FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30! No warm-up.
Friday, November 16 • Activities: • Turn in trade assignment. Absent people – finish it. • Video – “The People’s Republic of Capitalism: Joined at the Hip.” • Homework: • Final Current Events project due FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30! No warm-up.
Monday, November 26 (sub) • Activities: • Go over video questions. • International Institutions Activity • Homework: • CURRENT EVENTS FINAL PROJECT DUE ON FRIDAY! Do you want to graduate???
Tuesday, November 27 (sub) • Activities: • Video • Homework: • CURRENT EVENTS FINAL PROJECT DUE ON FRIDAY!
Wednesday, November 28 • Activities: • SSR • Finish international institutions activity. • Homework: • CURRENT EVENTS FINAL PROJECT DUE ON FRIDAY! Warm-up #17 Why do countries trade with one another?
Thursday, November 29 (sub) • Activities: • Basis of Trade interactive lecture • Homework: • CURRENT EVENTS FINAL PROJECT DUE TOMORROW!
Friday, November 30 • Activities: • I will call you up to turn in your project. • Exchange Rates interactive lecture • Value of Trade questions • Homework: • NONE! Warm-up #18 Assume that Alpha and Beta have the same amount of resources. Alpha gives up 3 pencils for each notebook produced. Beta gives up 5 pencils for each notebook produced. Who has the comparative advantage in notebooks?
Monday, December 3 • Activities: • Late projects – wait until I call for them! Do NOT just put them on my desk. • Outsourcing video • Homework: • We are starting a group project tomorrow! You will be in groups of 3-4 people. Think carefully about who you want in your group. Warm-up #19 It takes more Canadian dollars to buy American dollars. Which currency has appreciated?
Tuesday, December 4 • Activities: • Trade barriers interactive lecture • Start trade group project. • Homework: Warm-up #20 Alpha requires Beta to pay $60 for each truck imported into Alpha in order to protect Alpha’s truck producers. What type of trade barrier is this?
Wed, Dec. 5 and Thurs., Dec. 6 • Computer lab to work on project.
Friday, December 7 • Activities: • Finish and turn in group project. • Homework: • International trade quiz on Tuesday! No warm-up.
Monday, December 10 • Activities: • Peer evaluations • International trade quiz review • Homework: • Trade quiz and SSR tomorrow! Warm-up #21 Explain one argument in support of protectionism.
Tuesday, December 11 • Activities: • International trade quiz • SSR • Homework: • None! No warm-up.
Wednesday, December 12 • Activities: • Personal finance packet – due by the end of the period tomorrow! • Homework: • None! Warm-up #22 Explain one argument in favor of free trade.
Thursday, December 13 • Activities: • Personal finance packet – due at the end of the period. • Homework: • None! Warm-up #23 Which nation is the biggest trading partner of the U.S.?
Friday, December 14 • Activities: • Credit card video • Distribute final exam review. • Homework: Warm-up #24 (turn in today) What are you going to do in order to prepare for the final exam?
EXAM REVIEW (DEC. 17-18) • Work on your exam review. It is worth up to 15 points extra credit on your exam. • STUDY for your exam – for many of you, this will make you or break you! • BRING A PENCIL, PAPER AND COMPLETED REVIEW TO THE EXAM! • EXAM SCHEDULE: • Tuesday: 1, 2 and 7 exams – NO EARLY RELEASE – you go to all classes except 6th! • Wednesday – 3 and 4 exams – EARLY RELEASE at 11:25. • Thursday – 5 and 6 exams – EARLY RELEASE at 11:25.
FINAL EXAM • Make sure your name is on your review and turn it in NOW! • Find a pencil and blank paper! • Do NOT write on the exam! • NO TALKING!