Friday, January 31, 2014

Agenda 1/31/14

1.  Discussion: Balance of Payments
10 Practice Questions:  In which account do they belong?
2.  HW: No new reading:  read thru 300 and work on IA #2.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Agenda 1/28/14

1.  Exchange Rate S/D shifts
2.  Case Study:  George Soros
3.  HW:   Read thru 300
HL:  Exam Friday (see review sheet)

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Agenda 1/22/14

1.  Discussion Exchange Rates
2.  Practice Commentary (in class)
3.  HW:   Read thru 292

Agenda 1/21/14

1.  Quiz 3.22 Protectionism
2.  HW:  Read thru 288

Friday, January 17, 2014

Agenda 1/17/14

1.  Discussion 3.22:  Subsidies, Tariffs, Quotas
2.  HW: 
Read thru 286
SL Quiz 3.22 on Tuesday (Objectives 3.22 due)
HL Quiz 1.08  Objectives and Quiz Tuesday

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Agenda 1/14/14

Finish student workpoint 22.3-22.5 (do the one you were assigned in groups).
HW:  Read thru 278

Monday, January 13, 2014

Agenda 1/13/14

1.   Bell Task:   Student Workpoint 22.1
2.  Discussion:  Protectionism:   Reasons for and against.
3.  Diagramming Tariffs.
4.  HW:   Read thru pg. 276  Quotas and Subsidies

HL:   Quiz Monopoly 1.08 Next Monday

Friday, January 10, 2014

Agenda 1/10/14

1.  Discussion of 3.21:  Trade
2.  HW:  Read thru page 279

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Agenda 1/8-9/14

1.  Quiz Section 2.20:  Income Equality
2.  Bell Task:  

Using PPFs and AD/AS diagrams, explain the concepts of growth vs. development.
Why does an LRAS curve increase and the expanding PPF not exactly correlate?

3.  Socratic Seminar:   
Should governments remedy "Income Inequality"?   MDC vs  LDC?  Why or Why Not?

4.  HW:  Finish Section 2.21 thru page 266 

Journal Entry:  SL question 1 and pg 266 and Discuss the role of the WTO.
HL:  questions 2 and 3 pg. 266

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Agenda 1/7/14

1.  Final Exam Return and Review
2.  Section 2.19:  Economic Growth
3.  HW: 
Finish Section 2.19 Finish paper 1 questions:  All 3 on separate paper. (essay can be in bullet point)
Finish Section 2.20  (This is the section you may be quizzed on for Thurs.)

HL  same as above but include an explanation of :
Explain how the rate of economic growth can be determined from a set of data.