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USEFUL LINKS:
scholarship search scholarship drawings (not art...contests!) scholarship finder HOW to correctly cite sources 101 WHEN to cite sources (click the links to the left--specifically, CITING INTERNET/ELECTRONIC SOURCES on both above sites!) |
HW: Bring in your favorite ad!! Or write a mini description due Tues May 23
BUSINESS PROJECT!!!! STARTS THURSDAY JUUUUUUUUNE 1ST!!!! (volunteers)
FINAL PROJECT!!!!!!! Create and advertise your own business!!
Part 1: create a BUSINESS PLAN Part II: ADVERTISE your product or service!!
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Here are some helpful ADVERTISING links. Remember you must incorporate at LEAST ONE technique into your ad(s) and discuss!
CREATIVE ADVERTISING TECHNIQUES
ADVERTISING 101
BASIC "HOW TOS" IN ADVERTISING
USE OF COLOR IN ADVERTISING
PSYCHOLOGY OF COLOR IN ADVERTISING
THE LANGUAGE OF ADVERTISING (from powerpoint)
The Clio Awards (the Oscars of advertising!)
CREATIVE ADVERTISING TECHNIQUES
ADVERTISING 101
BASIC "HOW TOS" IN ADVERTISING
USE OF COLOR IN ADVERTISING
PSYCHOLOGY OF COLOR IN ADVERTISING
THE LANGUAGE OF ADVERTISING (from powerpoint)
The Clio Awards (the Oscars of advertising!)
Below are SAMPLES of business costs spreadsheets............you MAY want to use one of these templates.......NOT REQUIRED
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QUEST!!! MONDAY MAY 15TH
This "quest" will cover:
budgeting CLICK HERE for video
credit
the price system: externalities (chap 5 sec 1)
types of market competition (chap 6)
This "quest" will cover:
budgeting CLICK HERE for video
credit
the price system: externalities (chap 5 sec 1)
types of market competition (chap 6)
GOOGLE DEBATE due Friday May 12
CLICK HERE for the debate "Is Google a harmful Monopoly?"
Whose argument do you agree with more??????????
You must click on BOTH debators: Monopolies Can Be Innovators, Which Is Good for Consumers
There’s No Limit to Google’s Market Power
EITHER print them out and underline the parts you agree with............and circle the parts you disagree with
OR jot down the ideas you agree and disagree with!!
CLICK HERE for the debate "Is Google a harmful Monopoly?"
Whose argument do you agree with more??????????
You must click on BOTH debators: Monopolies Can Be Innovators, Which Is Good for Consumers
There’s No Limit to Google’s Market Power
EITHER print them out and underline the parts you agree with............and circle the parts you disagree with
OR jot down the ideas you agree and disagree with!!
EXPRESS YO’SELF!! letter due BY Monday may 8!!
Choose EITHER Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin OR Secretary of Education Betsy Devos and write a letter expressing your concerns of the following: deregulation of student loans (DeVos)
Use of SLABs/similarities to housing crisis (Mnuchin)
Regardless of to whom you write, your letter should:
* cite specific information that you learned while watching “Inside Job”, “Default: the Student Loan Documentary” AND the various articles you were assigned + research conducted in class! (reference article below!!)
*be expressed in a thoughtful and professional manner, providing facts and evidence to support your opinions!
*letter should be 1 page typed, 12pt font, 1.5 spacing
Choose EITHER Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin OR Secretary of Education Betsy Devos and write a letter expressing your concerns of the following: deregulation of student loans (DeVos)
Use of SLABs/similarities to housing crisis (Mnuchin)
Regardless of to whom you write, your letter should:
* cite specific information that you learned while watching “Inside Job”, “Default: the Student Loan Documentary” AND the various articles you were assigned + research conducted in class! (reference article below!!)
*be expressed in a thoughtful and professional manner, providing facts and evidence to support your opinions!
*letter should be 1 page typed, 12pt font, 1.5 spacing
Do Chapter 6 sections 1 + 2 vocabulary!!
INSIDE JOB QUESTIONS DUE WEEK OF MAY 1ST (turn in by 5/5 the latest!!)
COLLEGE LOAN PREDATORY LENDING due Fri 4/28
Please read Loans ‘Designed to Fail’: States Say Navient Preyed on Students (link) a) Take notes as you read (or print and annotate) b) What similarities are there to the causes of the Great Recession? BE SPECIFIC CLICK HERE for students' regrets on taking out loans and owing their life to Navient (the NEW Sallie Mae) |
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Market Failures + Externalities (chap 5 sections 1 & 2) due Wed 4/26
read 97-102, do vocab + answer 3b p. 102
read 103-107, do vocab + answer 2 and 4 p. 107
read 97-102, do vocab + answer 3b p. 102
read 103-107, do vocab + answer 2 and 4 p. 107
FINANCIAL CRISIS!!!! due Thurs April 20
Instead of attempting to complete your answer to the "aim".........please read THIS ARTICLE and answer:
1. What do you learn about what happened to our economy (AKA The Great Recession) from this article?
2. What questions, if any, do you have?
Instead of attempting to complete your answer to the "aim".........please read THIS ARTICLE and answer:
1. What do you learn about what happened to our economy (AKA The Great Recession) from this article?
2. What questions, if any, do you have?
COLLEGE LOAN INFO
Useful financial aid worksheets links (what I emailed to you):
https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/guid/aid-offer/index.html https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/guid/aid-offer/index.html |
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Is College Education Worth It? due Thurs April 6
CLICK HERE for a debate on the above topic--there are various arguments in favor and against.
1. Read, and write down a list of EACH argument you agree with--write PRO or CON and the #
(example: PRO 11: Learning is always worthwhile
CON 10: Student debt could cause another financial crisis)
2. Write a paragraph that summarizes your main thoughts about going to college (or not!).
We will be evaluating the cost and worth of going to college in class, including how to pay for college and not go into debt.
Please bring any financial aid letters you may have received to class!
CLICK HERE for a debate on the above topic--there are various arguments in favor and against.
1. Read, and write down a list of EACH argument you agree with--write PRO or CON and the #
(example: PRO 11: Learning is always worthwhile
CON 10: Student debt could cause another financial crisis)
2. Write a paragraph that summarizes your main thoughts about going to college (or not!).
We will be evaluating the cost and worth of going to college in class, including how to pay for college and not go into debt.
Please bring any financial aid letters you may have received to class!
TEST TUESDAY APRIL 4 ON SUPPLY & DEMAND (CHAPTERS 3 + 4)
CLICK HERE for practice questions (click on "homework practice")
CLICK HERE for practice questions (click on "homework practice")
ALL SECTIONS (there are 3) CHAPTER 4 VOCAB due the latest Monday April 3
Article: "What's Driving the Decline of Coal"? due Tues 3/28
Please read this article which is on the back of your shifts/elasticity of demand handout, and answer the 3 questions that follow.
Please read this article which is on the back of your shifts/elasticity of demand handout, and answer the 3 questions that follow.
PERSUASIVE ESSAY: US HEALTHCARE + ECONOMICS SYSTEMS WRITING IN CLASS THURS MARCH 23
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VOCAB for CHAPTER 3 is in DEMAND!! due by 3/24
Please read chapter 3 in its entirety (all 3 sections!)
Please complete the VOCAB for sections1, 2, 3--define the terms BY HAND in the back of your notebook!!
Please read chapter 3 in its entirety (all 3 sections!)
Please complete the VOCAB for sections1, 2, 3--define the terms BY HAND in the back of your notebook!!
Article on McDowell County WV due Fri March 17
CLICK HERE for article.
Write a paragraph summary that relates what you read in the article to what you saw in class.
What questions do you have?
What suggestions would you propose?
CLICK HERE for article.
Write a paragraph summary that relates what you read in the article to what you saw in class.
What questions do you have?
What suggestions would you propose?
What type of healthcare system is best for America? due Wed March 15
Watch both videos below.
1. What characterize's Singapore's healthcare system? Why is it considered to be a market-oriented system?
2. What characterize's France's healthcare system? Why is it considered to be a socialized system?
3. Explain which system you prefer and why.
4. Do you think either of these systems could/would work in America? Explain your opinion in full!
CLICK HERE for the full article you read parts of : "The Myth of 'Free-Market' American Health Care -- And The Reality of Singapore's"
If you believe that anything from Michael Moore cannot be objective (you'd be right!) CLICK HERE for more on the French healthcare system.
Watch both videos below.
1. What characterize's Singapore's healthcare system? Why is it considered to be a market-oriented system?
2. What characterize's France's healthcare system? Why is it considered to be a socialized system?
3. Explain which system you prefer and why.
4. Do you think either of these systems could/would work in America? Explain your opinion in full!
CLICK HERE for the full article you read parts of : "The Myth of 'Free-Market' American Health Care -- And The Reality of Singapore's"
If you believe that anything from Michael Moore cannot be objective (you'd be right!) CLICK HERE for more on the French healthcare system.
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VOCAB: Chapter 2, sections 2 + 3 due Thurs March 9
please read and define the terms BY HAND in the back of your notebook.
please read and define the terms BY HAND in the back of your notebook.
TEST TUESDAY MARCH 7
chapter 1 sections 1, 2, 3 (basic concepts)
chapter 2 section 1 (economic systems)
chapter 1 sections 1, 2, 3 (basic concepts)
chapter 2 section 1 (economic systems)
VOCAB: Chapter 2, section 1 due Thurs March 2
please read and define the terms BY HAND in the back of your notebook.
please read and define the terms BY HAND in the back of your notebook.
VOCAB: Chapter 1, sections 2 & 3 due Wed Feb 15
please read sections 2 and 3 and define the terms BY HAND in the back of your notebook.
please read sections 2 and 3 and define the terms BY HAND in the back of your notebook.
VOCAB: Chapter 1, section 1 due Fri Feb 10
please read section 1 and define the terms BY HAND in the back of your notebook.
please read section 1 and define the terms BY HAND in the back of your notebook.
BRING IN GOVT TEXTBOOK THURSDAY FEB 2!!!
HW 1: Interviews due Friday Feb 3 Pick 2 people to interview--One person should be your parents' age or older, and the other person can be around your age or better, in their 20s. ASK BOTH:
1. What are your personal economic concerns?
2. What are your larger economic concerns?
2. What is your definition of the American Dream, and do you think this dream is still attainable today?
3. What role do you think the government should play in the economy?
1. What are your personal economic concerns?
2. What are your larger economic concerns?
2. What is your definition of the American Dream, and do you think this dream is still attainable today?
3. What role do you think the government should play in the economy?