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