Friday, September 20, 2019

Sept 30 - Oct 4

Monday:
  1. Journal – Why do you think most of the money in the world looks generally the same?
  2. Notes on Money
  3. Look at Security Features on Money
  4. Death to Pennies (CGP Grey)
  5. Hand out Money Project
  6. Money/Checks Worksheet
  7. DIGI Questions
Tuesday:
  1. Journal – Are checks money?  Explain why or why not?
  2. DIGI Review
  3. Notes on Credit and Interest
  4. John Stossel Video on “Debt and Responsibility” (Stossel 2009)
  5. Credit Report/Credit Card Payments
  6. DIGI Questions
Wednesday:
  1. Journal – Explain how a credit card works?
  2. DIGI Review
  3. Notes on Saving, Investing, Insurance
  4. Saving and Investing/Personal Finance Vocab
  5. Notebook Check Sheet
  6. DIGI Questions
Thursday:
  1. Journal - Explain how the terms Saving/Investing and Risk/Reward are related.
  2. Vocab Quiz
  3. Unit 5 Station Activity
Friday:
  1. Unit 5 Test
  2. NB’s Due

Friday, September 13, 2019

Sep 16 - 20

Monday:
  1. Journal – Explain what the Federal Government spends most of its budget on.  Is that a good thing?
  2. DIGI Review
  3. Notes on Absolute/Comparative Advantage
  4. Stossel Video “Does Outsourcing Hurt the U.S.” (Stossel Macroeconomics)
  5. Worksheet on Absolute/Comparative Advantage
  6. Learning to Trade Worksheet
  7. DIGI Questions
Tuesday:
  1. Journal - What is the difference between comparative and absolute advantage?
  2. DIGI Review
  3. Notes on Trade Barriers
  4. Win-Win Trading Game 
  5. Stossel Video on “Boycotts of Sweatshop Products” (Stossel Macroeconomics)
  6. Worksheet on Trade Barriers
  7. DIGI Questions
Wednesday:
  1. Journal – How are trade barriers good? How are they bad?
  2. Vocab Quiz
  3. DIGI Review
  4. Notes on Exchange Rates
  5. Worksheet on Exchange Rates
  6. Chap 17 Review Worksheet
  7. Notebook Checksheet
  8. Study Guide
  9. DIGI Questions
Thursday:
  1. Review for Test
  2. Finish Notebooks
Friday:
1. Test on Unit 4
2. Notebooks Due

Friday, September 6, 2019

Sep 9-13

Monday:
  1. Journal – Explain the two tools that the Fed uses to maintain the economy.
  2. Notes on Fiscal Policy
  3. Stossel Video “Broken Windows” (Macro)
  4. Worksheet on Fiscal Policy
  5. DIGI Questions
Tuesday:
  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. Worksheets on Taxes
  7. Yes, I Love Taxes Reading
  8. DIGI Questions
Wednesday:
  1. Journal – Explain what Fiscal Policy is and how it works
  2. Fiscal vs Monetary Policy Quiz
  3. Talk about old test questions
  4. Work on Fed Brochure Project
Thursday:
  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
Friday:
  1. Journal – Explain the difference between National Debt and National Deficit.  Which is worse?
  2. DIGI Review
  3. Notes on Federal Spending and State Taxes
  4. Stossel Video on Pork Barrel Spending (Stossel Macroeconomics)
  5. Video on Budget Cuts Visualization
  6. Federal Spending/State Taxes Worksheet
  7. Review/Cartoon Worksheet
  8. DIGI Questions

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Sep 2 - 6

Monday:

Labor Day Holiday

Tuesday:
  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
Wednesday:
  1. Journal – What are the main tools of Monetary Policy?
  2. Vocab Quiz
  3. Work on Fed Brochure Project
Thursday:
  1. Journal – What are the main tools of Monetary Policy?
  2. DIGI Review
  3. Work on Fed Brochure Project
  4. Review for Test
Friday:
  1. Test on Unit 3
  2. Notebooks Due