Monday
12/10

Activities:

• Tax Day !
  
• Discuss Activity 5-5
• graphs in text on pp. 653-655 concerning elasticity of demand & supply curves & their relationship to tax incidence (burden)
• Differentiate between Benefits Received Tax & Ability to Pay Tax
  
• also differentiate between Progressive, Regressive & Proportional Taxes
  
• Tax Definitions (on board in class)
• Visual 5 Tax Incidence and Elasticity and Demand
• Important Micro Graphs

Homework:

• Study for MC Test on Wednesday
  
• 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:

• Study for MC Test
  
• Micro Unit 5 Answers to MC
  
• Answers to MC practice test
  (given out after class)
  

Wednesday

Activities:

• (Block) MC Test

Homework:

• Micro Unit 5 Answers to MC

Thursday

Activities:

• (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
12/17

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
  
• 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:

• Semester Exams (No Class)

Homework:

Thursday

Activities:

• Semester Exams (No Class)

Homework:

Friday
12/21

Activities:

• Semester Exams (No Class)

Homework:

• Maximize Your Vacation Utilty !

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Monday
1/7

Activities:

• No School (ice)

Homework:

Tuesday

Activities:

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

Homework:

Wednesday

Activities:

Homework:

Thursday

Activities:

• (Block) 
• Finished going through the FRQs on the Micro Exam
  
• Begin the Macro Adventure  !!!
  
• Intro to Macro Day
  
• pass out Macro workbooks
• Define: GDP
• What's included, excluded in GDP
• Non-Production Transactions
• Shortcomings of GDP (pp. 141-142)
• Real GDP vs. Nominal GDP

Homework:

• ACDC Macro Intro - Measuring the Economy (2:11)
• Complete Activity 2-1 Circular Flow
• Read Ch. 21 pp. 414-420 in text
• Print out all Unit 2 Visuals
  
• Mr. Clifford Macro Video Links

Friday

Activities:

• (Chapter 7 PPT in your text) or (Chapter 24 Measuring Domestic Output & National Income (19th ed.)
• Discuss 2-1

Homework:

• Complete Macro Activity 2-2
• ACDC Macro 2-2 Nominal & Real GDP (1:42)
• Complete Activity 2-4
• Finish reading Ch. 7 pages 423-429
• ACDC Macro 2-3 GDP Deflator Practice (3:47)
• Quiz on Tuesday next week
  

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Monday

Activities:

• (No School) MLK Day
  [......not in 2019..............]

Homework:

Tuesday

Activities:

• Complete & Discuss 2-2
• per-capita GDP,  CPI, PPI
• GDP Price Deflator
• who is helped & hurt by inflation
• Unanticipated Inflation,

Homework:

• Complete 2-3
  
  there are practice quizzes (ch. 7) in Bb

Wednesday

Activities:

• (Block) 
• Powerpoint for Ch. 23
  (Businesss Cycles-Unemployement-Inflation)
• CPI FAQ (interesting)
• Discuss 2-3

Homework:

• Complete Activity 2-4 & 2-5
• Begin Reading Ch. 23 (pp. 457-466)
   
• Study for Unit 2 Quiz on Measuring Economic Performance on Friday
• ACDC Macro 2-6 Business Cycle (1:33)

Thursday

Activities:

• (Block) No Class
  

Homework:

• ACDC Macro 2-4 CPI Practice (7:30)
• 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

Activities:

• Unit 2 Quiz Measuring Economic Performance
• the Business Cycle
• weaknesses of per capita GDP and CPI
• Discuss 2-4 & 2-5
• Unemployment: Frictional, Structural, Cyclical, & Seasonal

Homework:

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