This is the link for your economics textbook's "Class Zone"
activities,
including practice tests and flashcards.
Economics ClassZone website
Supply and demand powerpoint link from class
http://www.tutor2u.net/decks/econdeck39.asp
TitanJA game as shown in class. Run a business in simulation.
TitanJA game
Here is the link for the lemonade stand game. It shows supply and
demand, if
you can find it. Pardon the pop-ups and ads.
http://www.lemonadestandgame.com
This link has data for several economic indicators and
explanations of the
meanings of the indicators.
econ ed link data links
The Story of Standard Oil and John D. Rockefeller. This is a
GREAT website,
telling the story of this company and its monopoly over oil in
the late
1800's and early 1900's. Read this web-story, summarize it and
hand it in for
extra credit.
http://www.micheloud.com/FXM/SO/
NOVA, the PBS science program's "Secret of Making Money", an
online site
concerning U.S. money.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/moolah/
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Test of Economic Literacy
The Fed's Literacy Test--a lot like our final exam
National Council of Economic Education literacy test.
http://www.ncee.net/cel/test/index.php
"GREAT NEBRASKAN" Literacy Test
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/ecedweek/quiz.htm
The NEW Traditional Economy. An article setting forth the idea
that a new
form of the traditional economy has appeared. Read/summarize for
extra credit?
http://cob.jmu.edu/rosserjb/NEWTRAD.IJS.doc
****MYSTERY QUESTION OF THE WEEK-November 26, 2007****
Ok..fine..you found the Mystery Question for this week!
now..go to the URL below and tell me the four ways you can spend
your money,
according to Dr. Milton Friedman. Go ahead..watch the video clip
and describe
what Dr. Friedman looks like, too. :)
http://www.ideachannel.com/4ways.htm
Oligopoly Watch-- This group monitors mergers and combinings of
business to
form oligopolies-- a condition where only a few producers control
or dominate
a market. Pick an industry and summarize the competitors and
competition for
extra credit.
http://www.oligopolywatch.com
Link for finding inflation and unemployment rates...Bureau of
Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov
GDP link..Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.gov
The White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
Money origami--something to do in your spare time. Feel free to
turn in your
creations for a donation. :) (use large bills, please)
http://members.cox.net/crandall11/money/
Political Cartoons: A wealth of cartoons, topic by topic or from
current
events.
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/
Presidential Trivia
http://www.umkc.edu/imc/prestriv.htm
A discussion of the truth of "The Day Reagan Was Shot"--helping
us to
understand that movies are movies and history is history. An
analysis of how
a film or this film may distort reality may be done for extra
credit.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/12/19/121006.shtml
The New Traditional Economy Article. Summarize for Extra Credit
(a more
difficult article)
http://www.appropriate-economics.org/materials/New_Traditional_Economy_-_Rosser_and_Rosser.pdf
Amish information. Summarize for extra credit
http://people.howstuffworks.com/amish10.htm
Barn raising pictures
Economics crossword puzzle--Market Structure
Here is a short crossword for a bit of extra credit for
Economics, Chapter 7
http://ollie.dcccd.edu/mrkt2370/puzzle12.htm
Here is a link to the Bill of Rights word search used in class.
Bill of Rights Word Search Puzzle
Due Process and Bill of Rights PowerPoint, as shown in class
Due Process and Bill of Rights PowerPoint from class 11/7/06
PBS News has Paul Solman
Extra Credit China report (needs fast connection)