Announcements for Week of March 16th!

Hi everyone

Monday and (maybe) Tuesday you will present your advertising campaigns to the class. You will be graded as a group on the following out of 100 points:
40 points for content of the ad (the message and writing of your ad campaign)
40 points for creativity
20 points for 1-page analysis of the advertising campaign --> make sure to identify your target audience and the specific strategies that you used (make sure to include the names and roles of the group members)

Wednesday we will have a quest on supply and demand to make sure that you understand:
the law of supply, the law of demand, the elasticity of supply and demand and how to graph supply and demand.

Thursday we will start the new unit (UNIT THREE) on Money and the Federal Reserve System

This will be the homework (HOMEWORK SHEET THREE: MONEY AND THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM)

ROSENBERG
ECONOMICS 2009

UNIT 3 – MONEY & THE FEDERAL RESERVE

HW #1: What is money and what does it do? DUE THURSDAY, MARCH 19
Read pages 69-74
1. Explain what money is and describe three functions that it performs.
2. Create a chart that compares currency, barter, and checkbook money.

HW #2: Banks and what they do DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 20
Read pages 74-75, 78-83
1. Explain how banks create money by making loans.
2. How does the Federal Reserve System control the availability of currency?

HW #3: Inflation DUE MONDAY, MARCH 23
Read pages 86-96
1. Define inflation and deflation.
2. How does inflation affect different groups of people?
3. Explain the difference between demand-pull and cost-pull inflation. What are the causes of each?

HW #4: Who is Helped and Who is Hurt by Inflation? DUE TUESDAY, MARCH 24
Complete worksheet.

HW #5: Monetary and Fiscal Policy DUE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25
Read pages 456-461
1. Define monetary policy and fiscal policy.
2. Give two examples of each.

WE WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE OUR NEXT TEST ON THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH

ALSO! DON'T FORGET THAT PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES ARE ON THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH AND MARCH 27TH