Economics (Period P5) Assignments

Read Bonds (pages 442-449) and answer questions 1-6, page 449.

Read Stocks (pages 430-441). Answer questions 1-6, page 441.

Chapter Review: Pages 362-363 Economics Vocabulary 1-10; Understanding the Main Ideas 1-10

 

Read pages 351-361. Complete handouts on Monetary Policy and Stagflation.

Read STAGFLATION (pages 357-361), and answer questions 1-5, page 361.

Read MONETARY POLICY (pages 351-356). Answer 1-6, page 356.

Read Fiscal Policy (pages 342-350). Complete the worksheets on Fiscal Policy.

Read Fiscal Policy (pages 342-350). Answer questions 1-6, page 350.

In-class make-up day. No assignments given.

Economic Growth: pages 329-335. Complete the handout attached.

 

Review Assignment: Pages 338-339 Economics Vocabulary 1-10; Understanding the Main Ideas 1-13

 

Read Economic Growth (pages 329-335). Answer questions 1-6, page 339

Using your book and sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 12, complete the worksheets on Inflation, Deflation, and Business Cycles

Read The Business Cycle (pages 323-328), answer questions 1-5, page 328

Read Inflation and Deflation (pages 312-322). Answer questions 1-6, page 322.

Make-Up Day: Use today to study Chapter 11 or to catch up on any assignments you may be missing.

 

Review Chapter 11. Pages 308-309 Economics Vocabulary 1-12; Understanding the Main Ideas 1-10

Read Price Changes and the Unemployment Rate (pages 301-307), answer questions 1-5, page 307

Video: Nominal vs. Real GDP (link below). Read pages 297-300 and complete the handout on Real GDP.

 

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGqhTQyY6g4

Read Real GDP (pages 297-300). Page 300: Answer questions 1-6

Read pages 288-296 on GDP and Measuring GDP. Complete the worksheets for these sections.

Read Measuring GDP (pages 293-296). Answer 1-6, page 296

Read National Income Accounting (pages 288-292). Page 292: 1-6

Review for Chapter 10 Test: Pages 284-285 Economics Vocabulary 1-10; Understanding the Main Ideas 1-12.

Video: The Fed Explains Monetary Policy. Read pages 280-283, complete worksheet on Fed Tools for Changing the Money Supply.

Read How the Fed Changes M1 (pages 280 - 283). Answer questions 1-5, page 283.

Review Sections 3 and 4 (pages 270-279) and complete the worksheets on the Fed and How Banks Create Money.

Read How the Fed Creates Money (pages 274-279) Answer questions 1-5, page 279

Read The Federal Reserve System (pages 268-273). Page 273: Answer questions 1-5

Read pages 256-267, complete the handouts on The Origins of Money and The Money Supply

Read The Money Supply (pages 263-267). Answer 1-5, page 267

Read The Origins of Money (pages 256-262). Answer questions 1-5, page 262.

END OF FIRST QUARTER. This was a student make-up day, and there was no other assignment given.

Read About Business Firms, pages 158 - 171, and complete the associated handouts for the section.

Test--Chapter 6

Students are to complete the Supply and Demand Practice handout. Also, pages 150 - 151 Economics Vocabulary 1 - 8; Understanding the Main Ideas 1 - 10

 

Read pages 140 - 147

 

Complete handout on Changes in Equilibrium

Answer questions 1 - 5, page 147

Continuing Section 1 of Chapter 6 (pages 130 - 139) on Price Controls

 

Answer questions 1 - 6, page 139, and complete the handout on Price Controls.

Supply and Demand--Read pages 130 - 139. Complete the handout called Price: Demand and Supply Together

Open Book/Open Notes Test on Chapter 5 today

Read pages 117 - 123 The Supply Curve Shifts. Complete the handout packet for this section.

Read Supply (pages 112-116). Complete handout on Supply.

Pages 126 - 127: Economics Vocabulary 1-6; Understanding the Main Ideas 1 - 12

Read The Supply Curve Shifts (pages 117 - 123). Page 123: 1-5

Read Supply (pages 112 - 116). Answer questions 1 - 5, page 116

Test, Chapter 4

Chapter 4 Review: Pages 108 - 109 Economics Vocabulary 1 - 10; Understanding the Main Ideas 1 - 5

Read Elasticity of Demand (pages 102 - 107). Page 107: 1-6

Video: The Demand Curve Shifts. Read pages 95 - 99. Complete handout (attached) on The Demand Curve Shifts.

Read The Demand Curve Shifts, pages 95 - 99. Answer questions 1 - 6, page 99.

Video: The Demand Curve. Read Demand (pages 90 - 94). Complete the attached handout on The Law of Demand.

Read Demand, pages 90 - 94. Page 94: Answer questions 1 - 6.

Test, Chapter 3 (Sections 1, 2, and 5 only).

Postponed until tomorrow due to the presentation by Josten's today. TODAY WILL BE A FREE MAKE-UP DAY--THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE TO MAKE UP MISSING ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE FIRST 5 WEEKS OF THE SEMESTER. Test, Chapter 3 (Sections 1, 2, and 5 only).

Pages 82 - 83: Economics Vocabulary 1, 2, 4, and 6 - 11; Understanding the Main Ideas 1 - 6, 10, 11

Read The Role of Government, pages 74 - 81. Page 81: Answer questions 1 - 5

Read Profit and Loss, pages 62 - 65. Answer questions 1 - 6, page 65.

Read pages 56 - 61. Complete the handout on Characteristics of Free Enterprise (attached).

 Read The Characteristics of Free Enterprise (pages 56 - 61). Answer questions 1 - 7, page 61

 Today is a make-up day for students who are missing assignments, tests, or quizzes. There is no additional assignment today.

 Quiz--Chapter 2

 Page 52 Economics Vocabulary 1 - 11

Page 53 Understanding the Main Ideas 1 - 10

 Review the section on Adam Smith and Karl Marx. Complete the chart on their visions for an economic system (file attached).

Read "Globalization" pages 41 - 51. Page 51: Answer questions 1 - 6 

 Read pages 32 - 40 and complete the guided reading assignments attached file) that accompany the section.

 Read Economic Systems, pages 32 - 40. Page 40: Answer questions 1 - 6

 Test, Chapter 1

 Chapter Review, pages 28 - 29: "Economics Vocabulary" 1 - 14; "Understanding the Main Ideas" 1 - 8

 Read pages 24 - 27. Page 27: Answer questions 1 - 5

Read pages 13 - 21. Complete the handouts on Incentives. The handout is attached here. 

 Read pages 13 - 21. Page 21: Answer questions 1 - 6

 Complete the handout on the Production Possibilities Frontier.

 

Read pages 6 - 12. Page 12: Answer questions 1 - 7

 "What is Economics?" Chapter 1 Section 1. Discussion only. No assignment today.

All classes: There is no assignment for today. Today all classes made a seating chart, went over the course syllabus (see Thursday, August 10 if you'd like to download a PDF version). All classes also signed and reviewed the course PHONE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY CONTRACT (see attached PDF).

 "Fear of Missiles, and Words" Reading and writing in social sciences assignment. THIS ASSIGNMENT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE MADE UP IF YOU ARE ABSENT. REGULAR CLASS ASSIGNMENTS BEGIN ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 15.

The attached file is the Course Orientation for Economics, Fall 2017

 

--Mr. Andrew Smith