Current Calendar - West Irondequoit Central School District

AP Economics
Mrs. Brazill
Assignment Calendar
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2015 THROUGH MONDAY JANUARY 26, 2015
Welcome back and Happy New year. This is the final push for midterms. We will complete the final units in less than 3 weeks.
Monday, January
5, 2015
Schools of thought in economics – read assignment and share your
answers with a partner – What’s going on?
Read all of Module 31, pages 307-314 AND
module 32, pages 315-319, do end of module
questions and check answers and page 314
FRQ #2 and 320 FRQ #2
Tuesday, January
6, 2016
Graphing Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Activities#43, 44 and 45 and limitations – lags, crowding out.
Work with a partner and check answers to all worksheets. Finish
for homework
Read module 34, all, pages 331-341 and do end
of module questions and on page 342 go over
FRQ #1
Finish all activities and check your answers
Wednesday,
January 7, 2015
Phillips curve lecture and Review
Activity 46 and FRQ
Watch the Welker Video below
http://www.econclassroom.com/?p=2934
Problem Set 8.11, p 189 in Workbook
Read Module 41, pages 409-419. Do all end of
module questions and check your answers. Take
notes in notebook
Watch video on Balance of Payments:
http://www.econclassroom.com/?cat=22
Thursday,
January 8, 2015
Balance of Payments, capital flows and Exchange Rates
Workbook page 239 problem set 12.1
Third period assembly – you must watch video on B.O.P
Friday, January 9,
2015
Exchange Rates practice – AND RETEACHING
FRQ PRACTICE
Module 42 – Exchange rates. Read pages 421429 and do questions for review, page 429-430.
Take notes in notebook.
Monday, January
12, 2015
Review of Comparative Advantage- worked problems with Jason Welker
(The Economics classroom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc324aHB2m8#t=107)
Workbook Page 249 – Problem set 12.6
Review Modules 41
Economics by Example Chapter 27 – Is
Globalization a bad word – due on Wednesday to
turn in Pages 199-207
Tuesday, January
13, 2015
Bring workbook – FRQ practice with problem sets
12.2,12.3,12.4,12.5
Complete Economics by example for seminar
tomorrow – chapter 27
Wednesday ,
January 14, 2015
Seminar – Is Globalization a bad word?
Review for Section 8 final (use Strive for 5 section 8)
Section 8 test – Study!
Thursday,
January 15, 2015
Section 8 test – comparative advantage, exchange rates, balance of
payments Free Response questions and multiplier choice
Read all of Module 37, pages 367-373, do all end
of mod questions, and read Module 39, pages
387-395, and do end of module FRQs
Friday, January
16, 2015
Tuesday, January
20, 2015
Work on Review Packet
Economic Growth – Difference between short run increases in AD and
Sustained increase in Economic potential
Hans Rosling video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo)
Activity #47
Work on Review Packet
Economic Growth packet – read and answer questions, use answer key to
check your understanding.
Read Module 40 slowly and carefully, pages
398-403, do end of module questions and FRQ #2
(page 404).
Do Practice AP exam
Read Module 35, pages 343-353 and do all end
of module questions, turn in FRQ #2
Economic growth models – PPF, LRAS, LRPC
Wednesday,
January 21, 2015
Thursday,
January 22, 2015
Friday, January
23, 2015
WRITING THE FRQs
Small groups write and present short FRQs to class
Work on Review Packet – after school review
In class Practice review test
Review day
Module 45 – Putting it all together, read slowly
and carefully module 45, pages 443-451 and do
end of module questions and FRQ 2 to hand in
(quiz grade)
Study for Midterm!
Study
Midterm will be 60 multiple choice questions and 3 FRQ’s. Midterm is a timed. I will hold a review session on Wednesday, January 22, after
school
Midterm is on Monday, January 26 at 12:00 p.m. in the LGIC.
The midterm will be worth 20% of the quarter grade and the grade will be shown on your report card. Second quarter grades will be considered by
colleges for admission.
If you get a 5 on the exam that will replace your quarter grade.