August 26 - 30

Monday:

1. Journal – What do you know about our how our nation’s economy is really managed?  Explain who makes the decisions that really affect it?
2. Unemployment Scenarios
3. Notes – Unemployment
4. Stossel Video – Unemployed Steel Workers (Macro)
5. Worksheet on Unemployment
6. Unemployment Scenario/Writing Assignment
7. DIGI Questions

Tuesday:

1. Journal – Is unemployment always bad?
2. DIGI Review
3. Bag of Mystery
4. Notes – Inflation
5. Video clips: “Inflation”
6. Inflation/Business Cycles
7. Economic Cartoons
8. DIGI Questions

Wednesday:

1. Journal - Why is inflation bad?
2. DIGI
3. World GDP Map
4. Notes – GDP
5. GDP/GDP Formula Worksheet
6. All About GDP
7. DIGI Questions

Thursday:

1. Journal – Explain how we can measure the “health” of a country’s economy.
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes – The Fed
4. Structure and Function of the Federal Reserve/Business Cycles
5. Chap 12 & 13 Crossword
6. DIGI Questions

Friday:

1. Journal - How is the Federal Reserve different than a “regular” bank?
2. DIGI Review
3. Creating Money Demonstration
4. Notes on Monetary Policy
5. Discuss/Hand Out/Federal Reserve Brochure Project
6. Worksheet on Monetary Policy
7. Worksheet on Monetary Policy and Macrostabilization
8. DIGI Questions