Final Project Information/rubric

Follow all directions in International Trade #1
Debate Free Trade vs. Tariffs

1. Read, answer questions 1-7, to be turned in – 30 points
2. Create a powerpoint. Slide for each and a side by side comparison; use this to guide your ‘debate’. (30 points)
3. Split team into two sides.
4. Conduct debate; it must use specific arguments - FACTS, not opinions that I can recognize as part of the reading, etc. (30 points)
5. The class will vote on which side ‘won’.
   
6. Team participation (10 points)

SIGN UP ON DAY BY DAY CALENDAR: People in danger of failing
Must present before Friday, June 13th—Thursday or Friday

PASSING STUDENTS MAY PRESENT Monday or Tuesday

#2 Interviews with individuals in a Latin American Country
Include examples of how Free Trade or Tariffs affect companies and people in other countries (such as Latin America)—50 points

1. Answer questions 1-5; turn in and include information in debate (20 points)
2. Effectively integrate Stories of all individual and how trade impacts their lives, pro and con (20 points)

Note: Presentation will be graded out of 100 points, stated by Steinberg on June 6, 2008 at 2nd period.

Important Note!

You must present tomorrow to get credit for your presentations!

Correction!! NOTEBOOKS w/ new HW due 5/23

Correction!! NOTEBOOKS w/ new HW due 5/23
THAT IS THIS FRIDAY!!!!
NO LATE WORK, WE WILL BE DOING FINAL PROJECT!!

Honors Economics Final Projects I and II (Draft FYI)
200 points (100 preparation; 100 presentation)

You will be working with a team of four on two of the following topics.
All teams will complete and present the following as a PowerPoint presentation.
Team presentation to CEO: "Financing a New Factory in a Foreign Nation."
There are five countries to choose from. Only two teams present on a single country.

You may choose to work with a team of 2-4 for your second project.

1. History of International Trade: Debate
2. Pros and Cons of Free Trade: Graphic presentation
3. “As the World Economy Turns”: Theatrical presentation

You will have three days to work on your project. We will present the following two days.

Each project requires you address a task. The more accurately you address this task and support decisions based on data/information, the higher your point total. You will follow the directions and complete all questions on the first page using the Resource Cards. Repeat for Final Project II.

Work due with Notebook 5/24 on Intl Trade

READ MAY 20, 2008 POST.

Work:
Chapter 17 International Trade:
Sections 1-3 -- Complete chapter assessment, Key Terms, Section 2 (4-6, 7, 8), Applying Economic Concepts (1, 2)

Chapter 19 Financing in Third World Countries:
Chapter Assessment, Key Terms, Section 1 (1,2,3), Section 2 (1,2,3), Section (3, 7-9)


Due in Final Notebook 5/24

Labor, unions (weds, and thurs HW)

Thurs.
§Read p. 204; John Lewis, Cesar Chavez; famous union leaders; answer questions
§Read Sec. 3; Labor and Wages p. 205-07; complete reading strategies
§Answer critical thinking and questions under graphs/charts
§Argue: Professional Athletes should/not command the highest salary for their labors.
Explain/justify using theory of wages, etc.
HW: Assessment 1, 2, 3, 5, 6; bring your books

Weds.
HW: Resolving Union and Management Differences
Read Ch. 8 200-03 answer questions under each chart or picture; assessment q # 1, #2 explain key terms in your own words

Presentations will continue! Be ready! p. 2 and 4

Prep for Presentation--your responsibilities

Team Project will begin presentations on Monday, end Fri. Quiz each day after each presentation.

PEOPLE GET READY

Make sure you have read your chapter/section and completed assessment
Complete both Supply and Demand.
Complete your part for your Lesson Team

Bon Chance!

For Thursday...

MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT WORK I GAVE YOU!!!! CH 21!!!

Repeat of Monday HW: Corporate Site Visit

HW: Visit the corporate site you have invested in. What is the corporate management?
Choose a biography and summarize. Corporate governance? How do they make sure corp. follows rules and regulations? Investor relations? What information does it provide for you?
DO THIS HW!

UpDOWN

Complete UpDown Assignment
Access UpDown here

Stock Analysis HW and presentations

Assignment #1. Go to your Portfolio
1.Look at Up or Down stock suggestions posted under TOP ANALYSES
2.Read a recommendation.
A Look at and record current and past prices over 3 months, one year
B Look at, compare, and record the comparison to S & P Index
C Summarize the stock analysis by a TOP GUN PLAYER!!
3.Look at the actual stock listing itself using the SYMBOL. Read the
news stories that will inform you about the reasons to buy or sell.
4. Write your analysis and make two arguments both FOR and AGAINST investing in this stock.
-HW: Be able to recommend or not recommend to the class and explain--20 points

7 Issue of Econ. See. Chapter 2

HW: Chapter #2.2: Assessment—2, 4, 6

About half hour to do!! ASsessment Ch. 12

§HW: Chapter 12 Assessment
§Choose 5 terms you think you need to know, as an invester. Explain in yourOwn words.
Thinking Critically #1, 2
§Econ Concepts: 1, 3

Keep up with Chapter 12!!

HW: Ch 12, Sec. 2, Assessment 1-7

Ch. 12 Sec. 1 Assessment

Investments
principles of economy

Bring your 'Portfolio'--- Make sure you purchased a stock! Anything for
any amount!

Current Event on economics

§Write a short paragraph summary using economics related vocabulary.
On the internet or newspaper, find an article on the economy: current events or news stories on other issues: gas, loans, housing market, prices, credit cards, tuition, air travel, price of Lakers’ tickets vs. Clippers’ Tickets.

Bring it in. Be prepared to share/present it---use at least 2 terms relating to the ideas or vocabulary we have learned in text.

Finish research on a altruistic program; textbook wk.

--HW: Read 327: Answer 1,2.
§Why were people so ready to sell off their stock
when the market reopened?

good economic values = fair, just society?

§HW: complete reading Sec. 3; answer question under each chart;
Answer 1-4 in assessment. Is economics also about social choices? Fairness, compassion?

Basic Stuff continued; new terms and ideas

nSEC #3 p. 19-22. Explain all headings and bold topics

nTRADE OFFS

nOPPORTUNITY COST

HW for Tuesday! Basic Stuff!

Ch. 1 Sec. 2--Assessment: 1,2,3,4,5,7

weekend HW

Ch. 1 sec 1; complete assessment 1-8; update key words/vocab from text/and assessment