Economics (Period P2) Assignments

Students who missed yesterday's test can make it up today.

 

Test, Chapter 15

Review Chapter 15: Pages 426-427 Economics Vocabulary 1-11; Understanding the Main Ideas 1-11

Read pages 415-425 and complete the handouts on The Exchange Rate and Economic Development. The handouts are available in the classroom. There will be no more files posted here for seniors.

Read Economic Development (pages 422-425) and answer questions 1-5, page 425.

Read The Exchange Rate (pages 415-419). Answer questions 1-5, page 419.

Read Trade Restrictions (pages 407-414) and complete the handout for the section.

Read Trade Restrictions (pages 407-414) and answer questions 1-6, page 414.

Read International Trade (pages 394-406) and answer questions 1-6, page 406.

Pages 362-363 Economics Vocabulary 1-10; Understanding the Main Ideas 1-10. Test tomorrow.

Read Stagflation (pages 357-361) and answer questions 1-7, page 361

Video: Monetary Policy. Read pages 351-356 and complete the handout on Monetary Policy.

 

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dq7mMort9o

Read Monetary Policy (pages 351-356) and answer questions 1-6, page 356.

Read pages 342-350, and complete the worksheets on Fiscal Policy

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

Pages 338-339 Economics Vocabulary 1-10; Understanding the Main Ideas 1-10

Read Economic Growth (pages 329-335) and answer questions 1-6, page 335.

Video: What is Inflation?

 

Review Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 12. Complete the worksheets on Inflation, Deflation, and the Business Cycle.

 

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

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

 

Review Sections 3 and 4 of Chapter 11 (pages 297-307) and complete the worksheets on Real GDP and Price Changes and the Unemployment Rate.

 

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

 

Read Real GDP (pages 297-300) and answer questions 1-6, page 300

Review Chapter 11, Sections 1 and 2 (pages 288-296). Complete the Worksheet on Measuring GDP

Video: GDP (link below)

 

Read Measuring GDP (pages 293-296) and answer questions 1-6, page 296

 

Read National Income Accounting (pages 288-292) and complete the study guide for the section.

Read National Income Accounting (pages 288-292) and answer questions 1-6, page 292

Teacher was out sick today. No assignment was given.

Read How the Fed Changes the Money Supply (pages 280-283) and answer questions 1-5, page 283

Read The Money Creation Process (pages 274-279) and answer questions 1-5, page 279

Read The Federal Reserve System (pages 270-273) and answer questions 1-6, page 273.

Complete the handouts on The Origins of Money and The Money Supply (corresponding with pages 256-267)

Read The Money Supply (pages 263-267) and answer questions 1-5, page 267

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

Pages 184-185 Economics Vocabulary 1-10; Understanding the Main Ideas 1-10

Read pages 172-183 and complete the worksheets on Costs and Revenue

Read Revenue and its Applications (pages 176-183) and answer questions 1-5, page 183.

Read Costs (pages 172-175) and answer questions 1-5, page 175.

Video: Profit and Loss

 

Read About Business Firms (pages 158-171) and complete the handout for the section.

 

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWImfFax8Ew

Read About Business Firms (pages 158-171) and answer questions 1-6, page 171.

Review Supply and Demand. Pages 150-151 Economics Vocabulary 1-8; Understanding the Main Ideas 1-10.

 

There will be a test tomorrow on Chapter 6.

No assignment today due to the Every 15 Minutes program.

 

This is an optional extra-credit assignment due to the ongoing Every 15 Minutes program today that will distract many senior students.

Read pages 140-147 Supply and Demand in Everyday Life, and answer questions 1-5, page 147. Also, complete the worksheet on Changes in Equilibrium.

Read pages 130-139. Handout: Price Controls

Video: Supply and Demand. Read pages 130-139 and complete the handout on Price: Supply and Demand Together.

 

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9aDizJpd_s

Read pages 130-139. Answer questions 1-6, page 139.

Begin Chapter 6: Supply and Demand. There is no assignment today.

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

 

Read The Supply Curve Shifts (pages 117-123) and complete the Guided Reading Handout for the section.

Read The Supply Curve Shifts (pages 117-123) and answer questions 1-5 on page 123.

There is no assignment today.

Open Book Quiz: Supply

Read 112-116. Complete the handout on Supply.

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

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

 

Read Elasticity of Demand (pages 102-107) and complete the handout on Elasticity of Demand.

Read Elasticity of Demand (pages 102-107). Answer questions 1-6, page 107.

Read pages 95-99 and complete the handout The Demand Curve Shifts

Read The Demand Curve Shifts (pages 95-99) and answer questions 1-6, page 99.

Make-Up Day: Students are allowed to make up any missing assignments today.

 

Read Demand (pages 90-94). Complete handout on Demand.

Read Demand (pages 90-94). Answer questions 1-6, page 94.

 

Review Chapter 2: Pages 52-53 Economics Vocabulary 1-11; Understanding the Main Ideas 1-10

 

Read the section on Karl Marx and Adam Smith (pages 39-40) and complete the handout on them.

 

Video on Globalization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_iwrt7D5OA

Read Globalization (pages 41-51) and answer questions 1-6, page 51.

Video: Economic Systems (link below). Also, read pages 32-40 and complete the Economic Systems study guide.

 

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B43YEW2FvDs

Read Economic Systems (pages 32-40), and answer questions 1-6, page 40

Reviewing Chapter 1: Pages 28-29 "Economics Vocabulary" 1-14; "Understanding the Main Ideas" 1-8

 

Review pages 13-27. Complete handout on Incentives and Resources

Read Basic Economic Language (pages 24-27). Answer questions 1-5, page 27

Read The Economic Way of Thinking (pages 13-21). Answer questions 1-6, page 21

Read Section 1 of Chapter 1 (pages 6-12). On page 12, answer questions 1-7, and complete the chart on the Production Possibilities Frontier.

Today, we covered the material from Chapter 1, Section 1: What is Economics?

 

There is no homework assigned today.

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