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