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

Week of November 24, 2008

Chapter 12
Section 1: GDP, Identify the Key Terms, Answer 4 questions on page 308
Section 2: Business Cycles, Key Terms, Answer 4 questions on page 316
Profile: Andrew Carnegie, Answer questions 1+2 on page 317
Section 3: Economic Growth, Key Terms, Answer 4 questions on page 324
Real Life Case Study- Answer questions 1+2 on page 325

Week of November 3

WSJ, High School Edition 10 stories are to be summarized by Nov 13 (quiz grade) Thursday

Chapter 10
Identify vocabulary and answer 5 questions from the section review
10(1) page 248 Due Friday 11/7
10(2) page 256 Due Monday 11/10
10(3) page 264 Due Wednesday 11/12
Read Amadeo Gianni profile and answer question 1+2
Read Real life case study: Big Banks and Small answer questions 1+2

Quiz next week

Entrepreneur interviews due Friday, Oct. 17

Questions on sheet

Interview Subject
Business Name
What goods and services do they provide?

What types of investments do they have to make?
Human
Natural
Capital/Fixed cost
Unexpected/variable costs

Story of their entry to this business/ time needed for start-up

Their expectations of their players

Target Audience and how they reach them

Seasonal and Cyclical Nature of the business-

Role of government regulation in their business

Local
State
National

Their personal rewards in running the business

Words of wisdom for success

Week of October 6, 2008

Monday- Take home portion of Chapter 5 test due
Outline Mr. Heslin's interview
Your interview (take home test is due Wed. October 15)

Tuesday- Chapter 8 Business Organizations (p. 184-207)
Review Chapter 5 Test
Due Wed. - current event summary
E.C. Watch the debate tonight and summarize the action
What economic issues are discussed?

Due Thursday
1. 8(1) Sole proprietorships184-188
identify and explain the 6 key terms in the section-
answer questions 1-5 (choose 4) on page 188

2.Read the Jerry Yang profile- answer question 1+2 on page 189

3. 8(2) Partnerships p. 190-193
identify and explain 7 key terms
answer questions 1-7 (choose 5) on page 193

Due Monday-
8(3) Corporations, Mergers and Multinationals-
identify and explain the key terms
answer questions #1-8 (choose 5) on page 200

8(4) Other Organizations
identify and explain key terms on page 201
answer questions 1-8 on page 204

Real Life Case Study-
Answer questions 1+2 on page 205

Due Friday

Week of September 29

Monday- 15-5 Due from last week

Tuesday- Wanted posters due for Science/History grade

Wednesday- work on the History alive monument pictures for your assigned person for the age of exploration.
Thursday- Presentations for the explorers will continue in class (Quiz grade)

Friday- 11(1) Early civilizations of Africa p. 340-344
Complete the checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Answer questions #1+2 on page 345

Monday 11(4) Societies in Medieval Africa p. 357-361
Answer the checkpoint questions in complete sentences.