Monday:
- 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
- Money/Checks Worksheet
- DIGI Questions
Tuesday:
- 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 Report/Credit Card Payments
- DIGI Questions
Wednesday:
- 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
Thursday:
- Journal - Explain how the terms Saving/Investing and Risk/Reward are related.
- Vocab Quiz
- Unit 5 Station Activity
Friday:
- Unit 5 Test
- NB’s Due
Monday:
- Journal
– Explain what the Federal Government spends most of its budget on. Is that a good thing?
- DIGI
Review
- Notes
on Absolute/Comparative Advantage
- Stossel
Video “Does Outsourcing Hurt the U.S.” (Stossel Macroeconomics)
- Worksheet
on Absolute/Comparative Advantage
- Learning
to Trade Worksheet
- DIGI Questions
Tuesday:
- 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)
- Worksheet
on Trade Barriers
- DIGI Questions
Wednesday:
- 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
Thursday:
- Review for Test
- Finish Notebooks
Friday:
1. Test on Unit 4
2. Notebooks Due
Monday:
- Journal
– Explain the two tools that the Fed uses to maintain the economy.
- Notes
on Fiscal Policy
- Stossel
Video “Broken Windows” (Macro)
- Worksheet
on Fiscal Policy
- DIGI Questions
Tuesday:
- 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)
- Worksheets
on Taxes
- Yes, I
Love Taxes Reading
- DIGI
Questions
Wednesday:
- Journal
– Explain what Fiscal Policy is and how it works
- Fiscal
vs Monetary Policy Quiz
- Talk
about old test questions
- Work on Fed Brochure Project
Thursday:
- 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
Friday:
- 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
Monday:
Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday:
- Journal - How is the Federal Reserve different than a “regular” bank?
- DIGI Review
- Creating Money Demonstration
- Notes on Monetary Policy
- Discuss/Hand Out/Federal Reserve Brochure Project
- Worksheet on Monetary Policy
- Worksheet on Monetary Policy and Macrostabilization
- DIGI Questions
Wednesday:
- Journal
– What are the main tools of Monetary Policy?
- Vocab
Quiz
- Work
on Fed Brochure Project
Thursday:
- Journal
– What are the main tools of Monetary Policy?
- DIGI
Review
- Work
on Fed Brochure Project
- Review for Test
Friday:
- Test on
Unit 3
- Notebooks
Due