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