Monday:
1. Review for Test
2. Finish Notebooks
Tuesday:
1.
Test on Unit 4
Notebooks Due
Wednesday:
- Journal
– Why do you think most of the money in the world looks generally the
same?
- Notes
on Money
- Look
at Security Features on Money
- Death
to Pennies (CGP Grey)
- Hand
out Money Project
- Banking
Today/History of American Banking
- DIGI Questions
Thursday:
- Journal
– Are checks money? Explain why or
why not?
- DIGI
Review
- Notes
on Credit and Interest
- John
Stossel Video on “Debt and Responsibility” (Stossel 2009)
- Credit
and Debit/Credit Card Payments
- DIGI Questions
Friday:
- Journal
– Explain how a credit card works?
- DIGI
Review
- Notes
on Saving, Investing, Insurance
- Saving
and Investing/Personal Finance Vocab
- Notebook
Check Sheet
- DIGI
Questions
Monday:
- Journal – Explain the difference between National Debt and National Deficit. Which is worse?
- DIGI Review
- Notes on Federal Spending and State Taxes
- Stossel Video on Pork Barrel Spending (Stossel Macroeconomics)
- Video on Budget Cuts Visualization
- Federal Spending/State Taxes Worksheet
- Review/Cartoon Worksheet
- DIGI Questions
Tuesday:
- Journal – Explain what the Federal Government spends most of its budget on. Is that a good thing?
- Work on Fed Brochure Project
Wednesday:
- Journal
– Explain what the Federal Government spends most of its budget on. Is that a good thing?
- DIGI
Review
- Fiscal vs Monetary Policy Quiz
- Notes
on Absolute/Comparative Advantage
- Stossel
Video “Does Outsourcing Hurt the U.S.” (Stossel Macroeconomics)
- International
Trade: Criticisms and Responses (Stossel – Making Econ Come Alive)
- Worksheet
on Absolute/Comparative Advantage
- Learning
to Trade Worksheet
- DIGI Questions
Thursday:
- Journal
- What is the difference between comparative and absolute advantage?
- DIGI
Review
- Notes
on Trade Barriers
- Win-Win
Trading Game
- Stossel
Video on “Boycotts of Sweatshop Products” (Stossel Macroeconomics)
- Economics
of Trade Deficits (Stossel – Making Econ Come Alive)
- Worksheet
on Trade Barriers
- DIGI Questions
Friday:
- Journal
– How are trade barriers good? How are they bad?
- Vocab
Quiz
- DIGI
Review
- Notes
on Exchange Rates
- Worksheet
on Exchange Rates
- Chap
17 Review Worksheet
- Notebook
Checksheet
- Study
Guide
- DIGI Questions
Monday:
- Journal
– What are the main tools of Monetary Policy?
- DIGI
Review
- Work
on Fed Brochure Project
- Review for Test
Tuesday:
- Test on
Unit 3
- Notebooks
Due
Wednesday:
- Journal
– Explain the two tools that the Fed uses to maintain the economy.
- Notes
on Fiscal Policy
- Video
clip on Fiscal Policy
- Stossel
Video “Broken Windows” (Macro)
- Worksheet
on Fiscal Policy
- DIGI Questions
Thursday:
- Journal
– Explain what Fiscal Policy is and how it works.
- DIGI
Review
- Notes
– Taxes
- Stossel
Video: Is Government Too Big (Macro)
- Stossel
Video: Government Growth (Macro)
- Schoolhouse
Rock: Tax Man Max
- Worksheets
on Taxes
- Yes, I
Love Taxes Reading
- DIGI
Questions
Friday:
- Journal – Explain where the federal government gets most of its revenue. Is this a good thing?
- DIGI Review
- Debt vs. Deficit
- Stossel Video: Federal Spending (2009)
- Are We Heading Toward a Debt Crisis (Stossel – Making Econ Come Alive)
- Debt Work
- DIGI Questions
Monday:
Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday:
- Journal
– Explain how we can measure the “health” of a country’s economy.
- DIGI
Review
- Notes
– The Fed
- Structure and Function of Federal
Reserve/Business Cycles
- Chap
12 & 13 Crossword
- DIGI Questions
Wednesday:
- Journal
- How is the Federal Reserve different than a “regular” bank?
- DIGI
Review
- Creating
Money Demonstration
- Notes
on Monetary Policy
- Video
clip on Monetary Policy
- Discuss/Hand
Out/Federal Reserve Brochure Project
- Worksheet
on Monetary Policy
- Worksheet
on Monetary Policy and Macrostabilization
- DIGI Questions
Thursday:
Monetary Policy Game
Friday:
- Journal
– What are the main tools of Monetary Policy?
- Vocab
Quiz
- Work
on Fed Brochure Project
