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Week of May 4

Chapter 7 Market Structures 150-

Identify the vocab of the key terms
7-1
7-2
Profile of Bill Gates # 1-3 on page 165
Vocab of the key terms
7-3
7-4
Regulating Cable TV p. 177 #1+2
questions 9-19 on page 179, choose 5

Week of April 27

Chapter 6 Prices

Section 1: Combining Supply and Demand (124 -131)
Identify the key terms in your own words
Questions 1-7 on page 131, complete 5

Section 2: Changes in Market Equilibrium (133-137)
Identify the key terms in your own words
Complete questions 1-5 n page 137

Profile: Michael Dell (138) answer questions 1+2

Section 3: The Role of Prices (139-144)
Identify the key terms in your own words.
Complete 5 of 6 questions on page 144.

Real Life Case Study: Beanie Babies
Answer questions 1+2 on page 145

Week of March 23, 2009

Presentations on Rethinking America continue this week.

Due Tuesday- reaction to Mall story in the Globe.
What are the supply and demand problems at the mall.

Due Thursday
18-1 p. 470-476
Complete 5 of the 7 questions on 476.

Profile, W. Arthur Lewis, p. 477 answer question #1+ 2

18-2 Issues in Development p.478-483
Complete 5 of 9 questions on page 483

Due Friday
18-3 Financing Development 485-488, Complete 5 of 7 questions on 488

18-4 Transitons to Free Enterprise
p. 489-494 Complete 5 of 9 questions on p. 494

Case Study, The World Bank and Economic Assistance, p. 495 answer questions #1+2

Week of March 16, 2009

Your chapter review on Rethinking America is due this week.

This project will be graded as a 50 point test

25 points- Presentation. Make sure you explain the significance of the chapter.
10 points include a visual to explain you point- overhead, powerpoint, poster...
5 points- Ask 5 questions to check on the students knowlege of the material.
Make sure you know the answer.

10 points- your participation and knowledge of other presentations.

Week of March 9, 2009

Due Thursday-
Chapter 17 International Trade
17-1 Why nations trade. 440-447
Identify the key terms. Complete 5 of 7 questions on page 447.

17-2 Trade Barriers and Agreements
Identify the key terms. Complete 5 of 8 questions on page 456

Carla Anderson Hills, p. 457. Answer questions 1-3.

Due Friday
17-3 Measuring Trade p. 458-464
Identify the key terms. Answer 5 of 7 questions on page 464

NAFTA: Is Free Trade a Good Idea?
Answer questions 1+ 2 on page 465.

Fill in the Blank. Answer questions 1-7 on page 466.

Week of February 23, 2008

Due Tuesday-
Summary and reaction to the Fed article handed out in class on Monday.

Chapter 16 should have been completed before vacation.
Due Wednesday:
Chapter 16 Assessment- p. 436 #1-7, write the one word answer
p. 437 Answer 3 of 5 questions (#9-13)
Answer 2 0f 3 questions (#14-16)
Read skills for life exercp (437) Answer questions # 20, 21, 22

Test on Chapter 16 on Thursday

Due Fri-
3 separate current events dealing with economic issues today.
Make sure you reference the source and explain their significance.

Week of February 9, 2009

Chapter 16: The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy
Due Wednesday:
16-1 The Federal Reserve system p. 414-418 answer questions 1-6 on page 418

16-2 Federal Reserve Functions p. 420-423 answer questions 1-6 on page 423

Profile- Alan Greenspan p. 424 answer questions 1+2

Due Thursday:
16-3 Monetary Policy Tools: answer questions 1-6 on page 429
bonus points question 7+8

16-4 Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic Stabilization p. 430-434
Answer questions 1-6 on page 434

Case Study: Banking, Monetary Policy, and the Great Depression pl 435
Answer questions 1+2 on page 435
Does the banking bailout of 2008 have any correlation to the problems that caused the Great Depression. Explain your answer.

Week of February 2,2009

Chapter 15 should have been completed


This week complete chapter 14 All questions are due by Friday (2/6/09)

14-1 What are taxes? 359-363
list the vocabulary from the section.

14-2 Federal taxes 365-369
list the vocabulary from the section.

Profile of Henry J. Aaron (not the baseball player) p. 370
Answer questions 1+2

14-3 Federal Spending p. 371-374
Answer questions 1-6 on page 374, you choose 5 of 6 to answer

14-4 State and local taxes and spending pl 375-380
Answer questions 1-6 on page 380, you choose 5 of 6 to answer

The Bush Tax Cuts p. 381
Answer questions 1+2

Week of January 20, 2009

Week of January 20, 2009

Chapter 15 Fiscal Policy
Section 1 Understanding Fiscal Policy, 386-393
Answer 5 of the 7 questions on page 393

Section 2 Fiscal Policy Options , 395-401
Answer 5 of the 6 questions on page 401

Profile: John Maynard Keynes answer 2 of 3 questions on page 402

Section 3: Budget Deficits and the National Debt, 403-408
Answer 5 of 7 question on page 408

Real Life Case Study "Will Social Security Survive?"
Answer 1+2 on page 409

January 12, 2009

Monday- list the benefits and drawbacks of life in Norway.
Would you want to live there? Explain why or why not.

This week's homework which is all due by Friday:
3(1) The Benefits of Free Enterprise ( 50-55)
Answer 5 of 6 questions on page 55

Alice Rivlin (p. 56) answer #2

3(2) Promoting Growth and stability 57-60
Answer 6 of 8 questions on page 60

3(3) Providing Public Goods (62-66)
Answer 5 of 7 questions on page 66

3(4) Providing a Safety Net (67-70)
Answer 5 0f 6 questions on page 70

Government and the Interstate Highway System (p.71)
Answer questions 1+2 on page 71

Be ready for a quiz on Friday on the material covered this week.

Week of January 5, 2009

Chapter 2 Economic Systems
2(1) Answering the Three Economic Questions (p. 23-27)
answer 6 of the 8 questions on page 27

2(2) The Free Market (p.28-32)
answer 7 of the 10 quetions on page 32

Profile Adam Smith (p.33)
Answer #1+2 on page 33

2(3) Centrally Planned Economy ( p 34-38)
Answer the 6 questions on page 38

Real Life Case Study p. 39 (1991 Russia)
Answer questions #1+2 on page 39

Section 4 Modern Economies (p.40-44)
Answer 5 questions on page 44