AP Economics                         

Mrs. Brazill                                          

Assignment Calendar:  Monday, March 15, 2010 through Monday, March 29, 2010

Homework Policy:  You will complete all vocabulary and Key Questions in your spiral.  Quizzes will be given on the material.  Additional homework will be assigned and collected for a homework grade.  If you are absent for a quiz or test, they will be replaced by an essay test, which must be made up within a reasonable time.

Unit 3 Final will be on Tuesday, March 23, 2010.  We still have Unit 4 to learn and Unit 5 to relearn before we begin to review for the AP exam. 

 

 

 

 

Monday, March 15, 2010

Introduction to Monopolistic Competition

Workbook #40, all

Read Economics by Example, Chapter 13, and write out answers for Seminar tomorrow!

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

 

Seminar, “What’s behind the Music Industry’s Woes?”

Finish Chapter 13 in Economics by example.

Chapter 25 vocabulary

 

 

 

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Quiz on Monopolistic Competition

Introduction to Oligopoly, Concentration ratios and all the fun

Read text pages 486-492

Key Question 2 to hand in

Quiz on Monopolistic Competition

 

 

 

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Game Theory, Payoff Matrices, Prisoner’s Dilemma

Workbook #41, all

Read Tex pages 493-496

Finish Workbook #41

 

 

 

Friday, March 19, 2010

The real word of Advertising:

“The Persuaders”

How does “branding” create monopoly power?

 

 

Finish Workbook #41

Do all Workbook Unit 4 Multiple Choice

Begin Review for Unit 4 Final

Macro FRQ

 

 

Monday, March 22, 2010

Debrief Unit 3 – FRQ walk around and workbook Multiple Choice

 

Study

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Unit 3 Final – AP type questions FRQ

Chapter 27 Vocabulary

 

 

 

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Unit 4 Introduction

Circular Flow

Workbook 43

Read Text chapter 27, pages 532-536

Take notes on outline

Key Question #2 to hand in

Test Corrections due Monday, March 29

 

 

 

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Derived Demand for Labor

The MRP=MRC RULE for hiring workers

Workbook #44

Read slowly and carefully pages 543-545 and take notes on outline.

 

 

 

Friday, March 26, 2010

Video:  The changing face of employment

Complete reading all of Chapter 27 and take notes on outline.

Complete Unit 3 Test corrections

Macro FRQ   take home test

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