
CIVICS & ECONOMICS
Unit 10: Macroeconomics & Conflict
Instructors: Peter Scholtes & Ashley Forrest
peter.scholtes@academic-arts.org
651.457.7427
Class website: http://petehumanities.pbworks.com/
Unit 10 Summary: In this two-week unit, you will learn to draw the Circle of Economic Life, explain Gross Domestic Product, and understand one of the major economic motivations of U.S. foreign policy: stability. You will also examine the American government's relationship to the world. Student teacher Ashley Forrest will take over for the second week of class.
2do List:
Total points: 75
formative work (25) + Assessments (50)
Week 36 (May 20 - 24)
▢ Mon: Copy Unit 10 Terms into notebook (3 points)
- Gross Domestic Product
- inflation
- deficit
- surplus
- national debt
- stability
▢ Mon: Circle of Economic Life/GDP/Inflation (3 points) Get materials in class on back table.
▢ Tue: Federal Budget and National Debt. (3 points) Get materials in class on back table.
▢ Wed: Reading 1 (4 points) Questions for City of Ruins.doc
Get materials in class on back table.
▢ Thu: CIA Activity (3 points) Note: Quiz 1 cancelled. Get materials in class on back table. Watch U.S. support for dictators video:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDYQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGtj1uqXqKok&ei=kgalUaTNGYGMygGx4YCYAw&usg=AFQjCNESZXYJ6TD0eFekrVABr82qd92pJA&bvm=bv.47008514,d.aWc&cad=rjt
▢ Fri: (4-FOR-1 FRIDAY)
Wee 37 (May 28 - 31):
Mon: No school, Memorial Day
▢ Tue: Diplomacy and foreign policy. (3 points) icivics diplomacy and foreign policy students.pdf
▢ Wed: Conflict and cooperation. (3 points) iCivics Conflict & Cooperation STUDENT.pdf
▢ Thu: Ashley teaches. (3 points) ▢ Thu: Quiz 2. (25 points)
▢ Fri: Progress Friday
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