Economics (Period 2) Assignments
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- 2018-2019 School Year
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- Social Science
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This semester course will provide students with an understanding of the way in which society organizes its limited resources to satisfy unlimited wants. Students will be introduced to the major characteristics of the mixed market economic system in the U.S. and how basic economic questions are answered. Emphasis will be placed on real world applications and the individual's role as producer, consumer, saver, and taxpayer in relation to the mixed market economic system.
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Final Examination (Room 116 - 8:00 a.m. - 9:25 a.m.)
Discouraged worker definition:
Someone who is not working and is not looking for work because of a belief that there are no jobs available to him or her
Underemployed worker definition:
Wanting a full-time job but having only a part-time job; being overqualified for a job and receiving less pay than would be earned at a job requiring a higher skill level
Interest definition:
The money that is added to your balance when you do not pay off the full amount of what you owe
Helpful Information for Minimum Wage Increase Free Response Question:
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Unit Two Examination: Market Structures, Types of Taxes, and Entrepreneurs
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Female Entrepreneur Paper (Hard Copy and Submitted to Turnitin.com)
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List of 10 items and country of origin (where the item was made ex. shoes - China)
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Unit One Examination: Introduction to Economics, Demand, Supply, and Prices
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Final Examination
Link to historic moments in 2018 midterm election:
Links to Trump and Clinton Strategies and Campaign Advertisements in Swing States:
http://www.bloomberg.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/donald-trump-immigration-address-transcript-227614
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/clinton-ramps-spending-swing-states-final-campaign-stretch/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axN-hs4slpY
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/01/politics/hillary-clinton-arizona-advertising-immigration/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/01/
Links to how groups of people voted in 2016 and 2008 presidential elections:
- Civil Rights.pptx
- Compromises at Constitutional Convention.pptx
- Bill of Rights.pptx
- Checks and Balances and Separation of Powers Examples.docx
- Linkage Institutions.pptx
- Presidential powers.pptx
- Political Ideology.pptx
- Reasons Why Trump Overcame Odds Against Him.docx
- Reasons Why It Was Unlikely Trump Would Win the Presidency.docx
- The Judicial Branch.pptx
- Generational Effects on Voting.pptx
- Elections in the United States.pptx
- House vs Senate.pptx
- How a bill becomes a law.pdf
- Warren Court Important Civil Liberties Cases.pptx
- United States Government and Politics Fall 2018 Final Examination Study Guide.docx
- 2016 Presidential Election.pptx
- Articles of Confederation Weaknesses.pptx
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Quiz: Reasons Why It Was Unlikely Trump Would Win The Presidency
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Unit Three Examination: Political Ideology, Linkage Institutions, The Judicial Branch, and Congress
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Mock Congress Proposed Bill
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Quiz: Linkage Institutions (The Media, Political Parties, and Interest Groups)
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Unit Two Examination: Foundations of U.S. Government and the Constitution
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Quiz: Weaknesses of Articles of Confederation and Compromises at Constitutional Convention
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Unit One Examination: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights