Economics Unit IV


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Unit Schedule

Date Due Pages Key Concepts
12/8
Bring Book to Class
359-363 Taxation
12/10
371-374 Federal Spending
12/14
Bring book to Class
387-393 Fiscal Policy
12/17
403-408 Budget Deficits & National Debt
12/18-1/2
No School - Winter Break
1/4

Last Day for the Mutual Fund Project, make sure you have all of your project paperwork with you!

1/5
Bring book to Class
415-418
The Federal Reserve
1/7
425-429
Monetary Policy Tools
1/10
Bring book to Class
441-447
International Trade
1/12
Bring book to Class
471-476
Levels of Economic Development (Bring book to class - we'll complete this one at school)
1/14
Bring book to Class
489-494
Transition to Capitalism and Free Enterprise (Bring book to class - we'll complete this one at school)
1/17
No School - MLK Day
1/19
Final Exam - we'll talk more about the final starting on Thursday. 1/13.

This Unit Test will be incorporated into our final exam for the Fall Semester. Here are some possible final essay topics:
  • Banking, the FED & Monetary Policy

  • The federal/state budgeting process, taxation, and the use of fiscal policy to manage the economy
  • Supply, Demand, Pricing & allocation of resources (entrepreneurship?)

  • Major economic systems and the challenges facing developing nations