Econ Fall

Course Syllabus

Week #1 (October 16-19) Economics Introduction
10/16 "Survival Activity" and the "Three Basic Economic Questions"
10/17 "Scarcity and Opportunity Cost"
10/18 "How to Organize" 
10/19 Economies and Markets and Circular Flow
 
Week #2 (October 22-26) Graphing PPC/PPF
10/22 Intro into PPF/PPC 
10/23 Continue Graphing PPC/PPF
10/24 Intro to Supply/Demand PPT (pages 51-55 and 73-78)
10/25 Demand
10/26 Supply

Week #3 (October 29-Nov. 2) Supply/Demand
10/29 Functions of Supply/Demand 
10/30 Quiz on Friday's H/W, and Supply/Demand
10/31 Activity 3.1
11/1 Shifts in Supply
11/2 Shifts in Supply

Week #4 (November 5-9) Price Floors/Ceilings
11/5 Finish 3.4
11/6 Shifts in Supply
11/7 "How to get fat in America" Subsidies (Video)
11/8 Price Floors/Ceilings
11/9 Big Stadium/College Activity

Week #5 (November 13-16) Midterm Exam
11/12 Holiday - Veterans Day
11/13 Market in Wheat Game
11/14 Intervention Day
11/15 Midterm Prep
11/16 Midterm Exam (five essay (graphs) 25 Multiple Choice 

Week #6 (November 19-20) Microeconomics
11/19 Business Structures
11/20 Positive Corporations   

Week #7 (November 26-30) Intro to Macroeconomics
11/26 Governments Role in Business Notes/Industry Performance/"Starbucks" Video
11/27 Labor Union PPT
11/28 Money 
11/29 Money (Cont.)
11/30 Inflation

Week #8 (December 3-7) Macroeconomics
12/3 Macro Reintroduction Day
12/4 GDP PPT / Intro to GDP 
12/5  GDP, in class practice
12/6 Unemployment  
12/7 "Two Families" Video

Week #9 (December 10-14) Macroeconomics
12/8 "Kids in Poverty"
12/11 Federal Reserve
12/12 Banking
12/13 Fiscal Policy 
12/14 Excerpts of "IOUSA"

Week #10 (December 17-21) Macroeconomics and Final!
12/17 Wrap up Fiscal Policy
12/18 "Inequality for All"
12/19 Final Prep
12/20 Final

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