Political Spectrum

Each student will take at least three political spectrum tests on line. Go to google search engine and type in political spectrum test. Then choose a at least three and take the test. Then the students will vote on the poll question are you a conservative or liberal?

Then goto google news. Choose an article to read. Then type a response to the following question:

What is the issue? How do liberals and conservative have different viewpoints on this topic?

Due Wednesday

•Introduction

Tell me about yourself (Part 1) 30 pts

Who, What, and Where

Tell me something you love to do

Best Experience of the Summer

2012 President Election

Choose an issue: Where does each candidate stand on the issue

War Powers Act

What is the Wall Street Bailout?

Read the article....make a comment:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/business/21qanda.html

Fiscal Policy Webquest

Fiscal Policy Webquest will be due on Friday.


Fiscal Policy Worksheet

Use Safari to open document in class

Adam Smith

Please answer the following questions about Adam Smith in your notebooks after you research him using google.

1. Who is Adam Smith?
2. What is he considered to be the Father of?
3. What were the titles of some of his writings?
4. When did he live?


Read the following article:


http://plus.maths.org/content/os/issue14/features/smith/index

5. What is the invisible hand?
6. Please compare the invisible hand to something today in our economic system...think of something we discussed in class.

What is GDP?

Check out this site about GDP?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/26/141741360/video-what-is-gdp

Use this site to answer these questions in your notebook:

http://banking.about.com/od/mortgages/bb/mortgage.htm

How does a credit score work?
How do you build credit?
What is the principal?
What if you do not have 20 percent to put down on a house?

Read the article in class today:

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_05/b3969401.htm

Comment: What impact does outsourcing have on jobs?