Mar 2 - 6

Monday:

1. Journal – How are trade barriers good? How are they bad?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes on Exchange Rates
4. Worksheet on Exchange Rates
5. Chap 17 Review Worksheet
6. Notebook Checksheet
7. Study Guide
8. DIGI Questions

Tuesday:

1.     Test on Unit 4

2.   Notebooks Due

Wednesday:

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

Thursday:

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

Friday:

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

Feb 24 - 28

Monday:

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

Tuesday:

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

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 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. Video Clip on Comparative Advantage
5. Stossel Video “Does Outsourcing Hurt the U.S.” (Stossel Macroeconomics)
6. International Trade: Criticisms and Responses (Stossel – Making Econ Come Alive)
7. Worksheet on Absolute/Comparative Advantage
8. Learning to Trade Worksheet
9. DIGI Questions

Friday:

1. Journal - What is the difference between comparative and absolute advantage?
2. Vocab Quiz
3. DIGI Review
4. Notes on Trade Barriers
5. Win-Win Trading Game
6. Stossel Video on “Boycotts of Sweatshop Products” (Stossel Macroeconomics)
7. Economics of Trade Deficits (Stossel – Making Econ Come Alive)
8. Worksheet on Trade Barriers
9. DIGI Questions

Feb 10-14

Monday:

1. Journal – What are the main tools of Monetary Policy?
2. Work on Fed Brochure Project

Tuesday:

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

Wednesday:

1. Test on Unit 3
2. Notebooks Due

Thursday:

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

Friday:

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