Monday, May 24, 2010

Winner of Video Contest

And the winner is................... OIL!

Friday, May 21, 2010

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Monday, May 17, 2010

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Now What? Europe In Trouble?


Read this article and comment on what this news means for Europe and for the US.
Article Due May 15th

Monday, May 3, 2010

What Does the Economic Indicator's Tell Us About the Economy

Read the article and respond about what the economic indicator's are telling us about the economy. You must show proof of reading article by referring to article content.
This article is due May 7th.


Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Economics and Volcanic Ash


Read the article and respond. Must show clear understanding of the article. This article is for April 22nd.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Why Is the Dow Up?


Read this article and discuss why the Dow Jones is up? This article is due by April 16th- midnight.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Bernanke: Are We Out of the Woods Yet?

Read this article posted on msnbc and see what this man has to say about the economy. This article can be use for April 9th.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Heath Care: Huge Achievement or a Terrible Mistake?


Read this article and comment on your opinion about the Health Care Bill. What points of this article do you agree with? This article is for March 26th.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Are We Heading For Another Round of Economic Woes?

Read this article and write about how what is happening in this country and how it could impact the US economy. This article will be used for the due date of March 19th.
Read this article about another country and their economic conditions. What does this have to do with the US?

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Tariffs


This article can be used for March 12th.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

How high will the tax rate go?


Time magazine has published an article about taxes and what we might expect for the future. Read and comment. This article is to be used for week of March 1-March 5. Any periods can use this article.

Monday, March 1, 2010

7 types of taxes

Read this article about the types of Taxes and respond about what you learned from this article-- I want you to also, watch video clip and you may choose about that instead.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/02/28/gps.take.tax.cnn?iref=allsearch
This link is also above.

This article will be used for periods 4, 5 and 6-- due March 5th.


Monday, February 22, 2010

Credit Cards

Read this article about credit cards. What did you learn from this article and how might this impact you? This article will be used for February 26th.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

What Does the Olympics Have To Do with Economics?

Many of us love watching the Olympics. Read this article and see the connection that this event has with the study of Economics. You need to read the article and comment on points from the article. This article will be used for February 19th Due Date.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Why didn't Pepsi advertise during the Super Bowl?

Read

Read this article posted on Yahoo and see why Pepsi skipped this year's Super Bowl. This article can be used for week of February 8th - due by Friday, February 12th.