Homework:
9/8 Get parent note signed
9/9 None
9/10 Study for Ch 1 quiz
Announcements:
This course is required for graduation. There are three components for your grade: quarter grade, quarter grade, and final exam grade. You must pass two of the three components and earn your 5 quality points to pass the course.
When current events are assigned, here's what you need to do: Find a news article relating to economics, and write a paragraph explaining how the article relates to economics (extra credit if you relate your article to the current chapter and specific vocab concepts we've discussed in class). Turn in the article, the paragraph, and an MLA citation of the article.
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Key Websites:
Credit Crisis Video (scroll down to "Crisis of Credit Visualized" by Jonathan Jarvis posted Feb 25, 2009)
FDIC & Bank Failures Video (CBS 60 minute special "Your Bank Has Failed" 3/8/2009)
Stock Market Project: list of companies trading on the NYSE
Stock Market Project's Corporate Analysis must have 4
sources: Ideas include 1. Yahoo Finance 2. Company
homepage 3. Business &
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board Ben Bernanke
Budget Simulation Activity -- complete worksheet questions after doing online activity
Candidates & Issues -- study the row labeled "Economy"
United Nations "Free Rice" vocab game