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May 25, 2013: Here are your to the final exam review questions!!



February 4-- Here is the Chapter 6 study guide. Please know VERY WELL the terms in italics for Wednesday, Feb 6!

And here is a

January 30-- Read about the for Monday, February 4.

Also for Monday (2/4), in response to our budget cutting exercise, 1) Provide a summary paragraph (or more) of what we, as a class, did to cut the budget. 2) Go into detail describing the impact that the cuts would have upon the country 3) Discuss which cuts you agree with and which ones you disagree with.


 * January 9--**
 * [|Department Budget link]**


 * December 3--**

Chapter 5 Study Guide! Read pages 62-76 for Thursday--David Ricardo! 1) Describe Wall Street from an educational perspective. What can be learned? What is left out? 2) Discuss the 'Greed is good' speech in light of the message that Oliver Stone is attempting to portray. 3) Describe the similarities and differences between two characters in this movie. Be sure to discuss them in light of the messages of the movie. 4) How representative is this movie of America in 2012? In what ways is it similar, in what ways is it different?
 * November 15--**
 * Wall Street** questions:


 * Chapter 4 study guide[[file:Econ Chapter 4 study guide.docx]]


 * Monday October 15--**

Here is chapter 3 study guide.....know the terms for Thursday (and enjoy senior breakfast on Wednesday!).


 * Monday September 24--**

We finished the SPI and divided up the items. Prices are due on Thursday! We also assigned Economic Indicators to each person. Bear in mind that for each indicator you should have the following information for Monday: 1) What does the indicator track? 2) How is it compiled? 3) When is it released? 4) How do we analyze it?
 * Monday September 17--**

We went over terms from Chapter 1, took a practice quiz, discussed production possibilities curve. We then worked on the SPI
 * Thursday September 13--**

We Discussed the Chapter 1 power point to prepare for class on Thursday!
 * Wednesday September 12--**

Continue identifying the SPI!!!
 * Monday September 10--**

Textbooks were handed out. We continued generating the list of items, divided the list and began identifying the amount purchased per month. For Homework due Thursday, September 13--Read Chapter 1 from your textbook and identify the terms on the Study guide for Chapter 1
 * Thursday September 6--**
 * [[file:Econ chapter 1 notes.doc]]

Using the list of items that you generated, we began identifying the items that we purchase.
 * Wednesday September 5--**

We took a student inventory, went over the syllabus, finished and discussed the quiz. An introductory term list was handed out and worked on in class, due on Wednesday September 5. Also due on Sept. 5, a list of 10 items that you purchase.
 * Thursday August 30--**

=**Wednesday August 29--**= We discussed the course and began an Introductory Quiz = =

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NEWS QUIZ EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY!!! == Welcome to the 2011-2012 year. Check the 'Assignments' and 'Recent Classes' pages for information. Chapter 4--identify terms for Wednesday!!

Chapter 3 Test on Monday, December 12! [|Chapter 3 Practice Quiz]




 * November 16:** Questions to review for tomorrow's test:

Wall street questions due on Wednesday:
 * November 7:**

Wall Street Questions

[|Market Charts]
 * 1) Describe the educational value of the movie “Wall Street”.
 * 2) If you were producer, what would you change, edit, add to the movie to better serve its purposes?
 * 3) Analyze the Gordon Gecko 'Greed is Good' Speech. Why does the director Oliver Stone have Gecko give the speech? What do you agree/disagree with in the speech?
 * 4) Look at any two characters and compare them as economic individuals within the movie. Discuss similarities, differences, what they stand for within society, etc. etc.




 * October 27:**


 * 1--Switch paperback books! If you read Economics Explained, get a copy of "New Ideas from Dead Economists' and vice versa. Complete a Chapter Analysis Form for chapter 2 of your new book (DUE MONDAY).**

Two Web-Questions--Answer each in paragraph structures. **//More labor resources- What is the evidence for the United States and France?//** Go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ website at __www.bls.gov/__ and select table A-1 and then select 'civilian non-institutional population'. How many more workers were there at the end of the 10-year period than at the beginning? Next, go to [|here]. Find the number of people employed in 2010 in three other countries. Compare that to the US. In which countries did "more labor resources" have the greatest impact on the nation’s production possibilities curve over the 10 years? Next, attempt a web-search to find the unemployment rate (as a percentage) in each of the four countries that you looked at (the US and the three others). country. Describe a comparison of productive efficiency in the various countries.

**//Relative size of the military-who’s incurring the largest opportunity cost?//** To obtain military goods, a nation must sacrifice civilian goods. Of course, that sacrifice may be worthwhile in terms of national defense and protection of national interests. Go to the Central Intelligence Agency’s website, __@http://www.cia.gov/index.html,__ to determine the amount of military expenditures and military expenditures as a percentage of GDP for each of the following five nations: Brazil, Japan, North Korea, Russia, and the United States. Which one is bearing the greatest opportunity cost?


 * October 24:** Read chapter 2 from the book given to you--either "New Ideas from Dead Economists" or "Economics Explained". Prepare answers to the prompts on this sheet:

Test over Chapter 1!! Chapter 2 Study Guide!
 * October 17:**

http://www.investopedia.com
 * September 26:**

[|Stock Market Basics] We ran the Computer Chips Free Market exercise in class. You turned in your Chapter 1 Vocab as well as your economic indicator assignment! No Homework for Monday other than the News Quiz!
 * September 21+22:**

Chapter 1 Notes:--__due Thursday September 22__
 * September 15 and Sept. 19:**

Link to the Economic Indicator assignment--due September 22, Thursday! http://www.investopedia.com/university/releases/#axzz1XhP14fJC

As a piece of our ongoing overview of the economy, we will be tracking major economic indicators. To help get us started, you are to select an indicator and put together a one-page overview of the indicator. On this one page overview you should describe the following:
 * A description of what it is and background behind it
 * When it is released
 * It's strengths and weaknesses, as an indicator
 * The latest release (Numbers for July and August)

This one page overview is due on Thursday, September 19.

Your homework for Thursday is to read the Chapter from Economics Explained. **__Respond__** by selecting three quotes from the reading which elicit a response from you...you agree, you disagree, it raises questions for you, etc. Copy the quote and respond by describing your reaction to it. 1st News Quiz is Thursday
 * September 12:**

Your first News Quiz, a practice version, will be held on Monday, September 12!
 * September 9:**

Homework for tomorrow--a list of 10 items that you buy!
 * SEPTEMBER 7:**

Introductory Terms Assignment

Here is the course syllabus. Please read and become familiar with expectations and the course.