Monday
12/4

Activities:

• Graphs Test
• Answers to MC practice test

Homework:

• Study for MC Test on Wednesday/Thursday
  
• Micro Unit 5 Answers to MC
  
• Complete Activity 5-7
  
• List of Sites for practice MC Questions

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Tuesday

Activities:

• passed out handout on Economic Rent 
• Visual 7 Determination of Economic Rent
• Discuss Activity 5-7
• Lorenz Curve (picture)
• Lorenz Curve, Gini Coefficient
• also differentiate between Progressive, Regressive & Proportional Taxes
  
• Differentiate between Benefits Received Tax & Ability to Pay Tax

Homework:

• Micro Unit 5 Answers to MC

Wednesday

Activities:

• (1st Block) MC Test
  
• (3rd Block)  No Class

Homework:

• Micro Unit 5 Answers to MC

Thursday

Activities:

• (3rd Block)  MC Test
  
• (1st Block)  No Class

Homework:

Friday

Activities:

• pass back MC test
  
• review for Semester Exam

Homework:

• Study for Semester Exam
• College Board Site
• Go to Blackboard and take sample quizzes
• Microeconomics 19 Minute Review
  (Mr.  Clifford)
  
• List of Sites for practice MC Questions

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Monday

Activities:

• Median Voter Model
  
• Public Choice  Economics (contrast between self interest of individuals with gov't. policy)
  
• Final Day of Review for the Semester Exam

Homework:

• Microeconomics 19 Minute Review
  (Mr.  Clifford)
• Go to Blackboard and take sample quizzes
  
• Answers to MC practice test
  
• List of Sites for practice MC Questions

return to previous month's plans

Tuesday

Activities:

• (1st Period)
• Semester Exam
  (both MC & FR)

Homework:

Wednesday

Activities:

• (3rd Period)
  
• Semester Exam
  (both MC & FR)

Homework:

Thursday

Activities:

• Semester Exams (No Class)

Homework:

Friday

Activities:

• Semester Exams (No Class)

Homework:

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Monday

Activities:

• No School

Homework:

Tuesday

Activities:

• First day of 3rd Quarter
• Explain grading and common mistakes
• went over the FR on the Micro Exam
• pass back semester exams
• pass out Macro workbooks

Homework:

• ACDC Macro Intro - Measuring the Economy (2:11)
• Complete Macro Activity  2-1
• Read Ch. 7 pp. 124-132 in text
• Print out pp.16-28 in Macro Book Notes and all Unit 2 Visuals
  
• Mr. Clifford Macro Video Links

Wednesday

Activities:

• (2nd Block) finish going over the MC on Exam
• Define: GDP
• What's included, excluded in GDP
• Non-Production Transactions
• 
  
• (3rd Block)  No Class

Homework:

• Complete Macro Activity 2-2
• ACDC Macro 2-4 CPI Practice (7:30)
• ACDC Macro 2-2 Nominal & Real GDP (1:42)
• Complete Activity 2-4
• Finish reading Ch. 7 especially pages 141-144

Thursday

Activities:

• (2nd Block) 
• Intro to Macro Day
  
• (3rd Block) finish going over the MC on Exam and above

Homework:

• ACDC Macro 2-3 GDP Deflator Practice (3:47)

Friday
12/22

Activities:

• (Chapter 7 PPT in your text) or (Chapter 24 Measuring Domestic Output & National Income (19th ed.)
• Shortcomings of GDP (pp. 141-142)
• per-capita GDP,  CPI, PPI
• CPI FAQ (interesting)
• GDP Price Deflator
• Real GDP vs. Nominal GDP

Homework:

• Complete Activity 2-1 Circular Flow
• Quiz on Tuesday next week
  

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Monday
1/8

Activities:

• Discuss 2-1
• Complete & Discuss 2-2
• who is helped & hurt by inflation
• Unanticipated Inflation,

Homework:

• Begin Reading Ch. 8 pp. 148-168
• Study for Unit 2 Quiz on Measuring Economic Performance on Friday
• Complete 2-3
  
  there are practice quizzes (ch. 7) in Bb

Tuesday

Activities:

• Discuss 2-3
• Unit 2 Quiz Measuring Economic Performance

Homework:

• Complete Activity 2-4 & 2-5

Wednesday

Activities:

• (1st Block) 
• the Business Cycle
• weaknesses of per capita GDP and CPI
• Discuss 2-4 & 2-5
  
• (3rd Block) No Class

Homework:

• ACDC Macro 2-6 Business Cycle (1:33)
• Complete 2-6

Thursday

Activities:

• (1st Block) No Class
  
• (3rd Block) see yesterday

Homework:

• Read Ch. 8 pp. 148-168
  
• PowerPoint for Chapter 8 (review)
  
• ACDC Macro 2-5 Unemployment & the Natural Rate of Employment (1:55)
  
• Complete 2-6
  
• ACDC Macro 2-7 The Unemployment Game Show: Are you 'Really' Employed? (2:10)

Friday
1/12

Activities:

• Unemployment: Frictional, Structural, Cyclical, & Seasonal
• Discuss 2-6
• "Aggregate Demand Day"
  (used Ch. 11 PPT. in blackboard)
• determinants of downward sloping AD curve Visual 3-1 
  The Aggregate  Demand Curve (Wealth, Interest Rate, & Foreign Purchases Effects)

Homework:

• Read  Chapter 11 (pp. 221-227)
  (AD/AS on-line resources)
  
  
• Complete 3-1 
  
• ACDC Macro Intro - Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply & Fiscal Policy (2:19)
  
  

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