Economics Assignments
Text: Economics
Supplement: Lowell High Workbook
Teachers' Kit: Tests, worksheets
Computer: Interactive Economics; Arctic Express
1. Chapter 1
Answer economic foundations pg. 22; vocab. pg. 23; LHW: #1,2 write on LHW #4 or gas station problem on page 26 of the text
2. Chapter 3
Answer economic foundations pg. 69; vocab pg. 69; skills & concepts worksheet; discuss "primary sources" pg. 73
3. Chapter 5
Answer economic foundations pg. 117; vocab pg. 118; also market economy, Adam Smith, invisible hand; take interactive economics quizzes over these chapters in preparation for chapter tests 1,3,5.
4. Chapter 6
Answer economic foundations pg. 145-46; vocab pg. 146; life skills worksheet, problem solving worksheet, enrich worksheet, &/or skills/concepts worksheet LHW: 16/17, 30.
5. Chapter 7
Answer economic foundations pg. 175; vocab pg. 176; choice of worksheets (see list above); interactive economics review; LHW: 18
6. Chapter 8
LHW: 19/20, 22, 24; econ. foundations pg. 208; vocab pg. 208; primary source material pg. 211; handout stock market project (ours or LHW 38/40, 41, 42, 43) Test over chapters 6,7,8.
7. Chapter 10
Econ. foundations pg. 267, vocab pg. 267; skills & concepts worksheet, content review worksheet; interactive economics review.
8. Chapter 13
Econ. foundations pg. 350; vocab pg. 351, LHW: 64,65,66,67,68;
9. Chapter 14
Econ. foundation pg. 385; vocab pg. 386; LHW: 69,70,73,74,75,80,81. Do one of the following: answer the 4 questions at the end of 73/74 or write a 1-2 page paper explaining where you think our economy is headed today based on what you read in the 73/74 article. Review on interactive economics for test over chapters 10,13, and 14.
10. Chapter 15
Econ foundations pg. 414; vocab. pg. 414; LHW: 81/82
11. Chapter 16
Econ foundations pg. 438; vocab pg. 439; LHW: 83,84. Poverty project: follow directions on handout OR Public Good in SF, handout #57.
12. Chapter 17
Econ foundations pg. 464; vocab. pg. 465; LHW: 88,87 + worksheets & interactive economics study for test over chapters 15, 16, and 17.
14. Chapter 20
Econ. foundations pg. 555; vocab. pg. 556; LHW: 56,58,59 + worksheets
15. Chapter 24
Econ foundations pg. 675-676; vocab. pg. 676; writing assignment pg. 676
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