| Online Resources for Economics |
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| StocksQuest.Com Wrap-Up | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. List the stocks you bought (at least five) 2. Which increased in value? What reasons can you give for the increase? 3. Which decreased in value? What reasons can you give for the decrease? 4. What are the broker recommendations for these stocks today? 5. If this had been your own real money, what would you have done differently? 6. If you had money, would you invest it in the stock market? Why? If not, what would you do with your money? 7. What did you learn from the StocksQuest simulation (list a minimum of five)? 8. Do you know more about the stock market now than you did before the simulation? 9. What did you liker about the simulation? 10. What didn't you like about the simulation? 11. What could I have done to make it better? 12. How much money did you make/lose? |
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| Post your answers on the Discussion Board and give Mrs.Harrison a hard copy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monetary and Fiscal Policies Follow the link and investigate the role of The Federal Reserve (aka The Fed - monetary policy) and the Federal Government (fiscal policy). Online Lesson. Answer the questions posed at the site.
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Labor Unions Although labor unions have had declining membership since the 1950s, they are still an important force in the market. Investigate either a national, state or local union. Report its history, functions, and activities. Why do these organizations exist? Below you will find some unions. You are not required to investigate any of these, but you may.
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| Business Firms (Chapter 9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sooooo.... what type of business would you want to start
(proprietorship, partnership, or corporation)? What services and products
would you offer? Where will you do this business? How will you raise money
to start? Fully describe the business. (If you were to really start a business you would want to develop a business plan.) In your description, please include 4-5 links/URLs to businesses already on the Internet that are similar to yours. Describe your costs of production and the prices for which you are willing offer your service/products. Use the the applicable vocabulary below:
Please turn this electronically by saving it onto Dr. Gen's disk or emailing it to rgen@esusd.k12.ca.us
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| Supply & Demand Equilibrium (chapter 8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extra Credit Exercise |
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| Supply - Chapter 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Task 1 - Review your
www.stocksquest.com holdings and
trade your stocks. Who's ahead in your class? Task 2 - Go to http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/Dem_Sup/supply.htm and do Parts I, II, and III. In your notebook, answer questions the "For Discussion" questions for Parts I, II, & III. You may review Demand too but the assignment is to do Supply. (Due at the end of the period). Task 3 -
For review, follow
the link and
do the exercises #1-15 found there. (Due April 16). |
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| Demand - Chapter 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
We have been playing the StocksQuest
simulation for the past couple of weeks. We have also been studying the
concepts involved in demand. Let's put the two together. Please write
about what you have learned, what you have enjoyed (or not enjoyed) about
trading stocks. Please use the vocabulary below in your write up. If you
really did have a certain amount of money to invest, would you be prepared
to invest in the stock market?
Please place your writing in the Discussion Board under the Economics discussion entitled "trading stocks" Please be sure that you use the vocabulary.
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| Public Sector and Private Sector As seniors, most of you will soon be off to college or some form of additional education (97% of all ESHS grads attend some type of school after graduation). Whether you go to a local community college or a university back east, you have many decisions to make including financial ones. To help you decide, follow the link to the College Board where they have helpful information and exercises. After checking out the site, write a about your future plans using the following vocabulary:
Please place your writing in the Discussion Board under the Economics discussion entitled "future plans." Please be sure that you discuss your future plans using the vocabulary. Vocabulary Chapter 1 - Write
about your experience playing the automobile game using the words from
the following list: Online Discussion 1
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