Economics Unit IV


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Unit Schedule

Date Due Pages Key Concepts
5/11
Budget Project is Due!
5/11
Bring Book to Class
359-363 Taxation
5/14 371-374 Federal Spending
5/18
Bring book to Class
387-393 Fiscal Policy
5/21 403-408 Budget Deficits & National Debt
5/25

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

5/25
Bring book to Class
415-418
The Federal Reserve
5/27 425-429
Monetary Policy Tools
5/28
Bring book to Class
441-447
International Trade
5/31
No School - Memorial Day
6/01
Bring book to Class
471-476
Levels of Economic Development (Bring book to class - we'll complete this one at school)
6/02
Bring book to Class
489-494
Transition to Capitalism and Free Enterprise (Bring book to class - we'll complete this one at school)
6/03
Final Exam - we'll talk more about the final starting on Monday, June 1st.

This Unit Test will be incorporated into our final exam for the Spring 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