September 10 - 14

Monday:

1. Journal – What are the main tools of Monetary Policy?
2. DIGI Review
3. Work on Fed Brochure Project
4. Review for Test

Tuesday:

1. Test on Unit 3
2. Notebooks Due

Wednesday:

1. Journal – Explain the two tools that the Fed uses to maintain the economy.
2. Notes on Fiscal Policy
3. Video clip on Fiscal Policy
4. Stossel Video “Broken Windows” (Macro)
5. Worksheet on Fiscal Policy
6. DIGI Questions

Thursday:

1. Journal – Explain what Fiscal Policy is and how it works.
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes – Taxes
4. Stossel Video: Is Government Too Big (Macro)
5. Stossel Video: Government Growth (Macro)
6. Schoolhouse Rock: Tax Man Max
7. Worksheets on Taxes
8. Yes, I Love Taxes Reading
9. DIGI Questions

Friday:

1. Journal – Explain where the federal government gets most of its revenue.  Is this a good thing?
2. DIGI Review
3. Debt vs. Deficit
4. Stossel Video: Federal Spending (2009)
5. Are We Heading Toward a Debt Crisis (Stossel – Making Econ Come Alive)
6. Debt Work
7. DIGI Questions