End of Econ for Fall 2019

Econ has ended.  If you are looking for the Honors Government blog, click the link on the right side of the page.


Thanks.

Oct 14-18

Monday and Tuesday:

EOC

Wednesday:

No Class PSAT Day

Thursday:

Money Project Presentations

Friday:

TBD

Oct 7 - 11

Monday:
1. USA Test Prep Review for EOC

Tuesday:
1. Touchstones Review for EOC

Wednesday and Friday:
1. Most missed questions review for EOC

Thursday:
No Class because of early release.

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

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

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

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