Weekly outline
8 March - 14 March
What is economics and why do we have to study it????15 March - 21 March
This week topic is the private sector and the public sector.We will also have a speaker from the Minnesota School of Business talk to us about credit.22 March - 28 March
This week we begin talking about supply and demand.29 March - 4 April
5 April - 11 April
Week 5 brings us to the study of different kinds of firms in the United States and how those firms interact with each other.12 April - 18 April
19 April - 25 April
We will begin our stock market project this week. It is an ongoing project that we will work on throughout the rest of the tri. We also start talking about the macroeconomic side of economics.
26 April - 2 May
Unemployment is the subject of the week.10 May - 16 May
- Make a list of what you know about the Federal Reserve system. We will be comparing your answers with the answers from the rest of the class.
We are watching a video from the Federal Reserve system on what the Fed does and how the Fed puts into practice the decisions they make. You will be put into groups and have one section to answer from the video. You will then present the answers along with 2 other things you learned about the Fed from the video.
video found at: http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/f_share_html/fedtoday/thefedtoday.htm
Use the website:
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/fed101/History/index.cfm
fill in the chart with the most important historical events that have affected the Fed and how it has affected the Fed