Read Household Debt article. Post a 2 sentence comment that summarized the article and gives your opinion of the problem.
Try to balance the federal budget by playing the budget game.

Fiscal Policy webquest

click here this will take you to the assignment for today. You can do this online, print it out and hand it in or you can do it on the hardcopy. Whatever you prefer is ok. Research and answer questions 1-21
You will have until 8:30 to complete the assignment. Upon returning to class you will watch 60 Minutes interview with Mark Zuckerberg Pt.1 and then pt 2

Gdp- and the "Great Recession"

Read Great Recession to understand the facts and statistics behind the "Great Recession"
List 4 conditions that characterized the great recession
Then do the following:
1. Pick out any 4 stocks and answer the following questions about those stocks.
2. What was the stock's price in Dec  2007?

3 . What was the Price in June 2009?
4. What is the Price today?
Finally after researching 4 companies answer the following question
5. How do you think the data you collected on these stocks played a role in the Great Recession?

supply and demand review

click here to look at a review of supply and demand curves

WMT

Read article that analyzes Walmart and Target's stocks. Answer the following questions:
1. According to the a article which companies are taking away market share from Walmart on low end items?
2. In what areas does Walmart face market share competition from Target?
3. Why does the author feel good about the future for Walmart's Stock?
4. What does he say about the future for Target's Stock? Why?

stock market

stock market

Join the stock market game. This contest will run until the end of the semester. The goal is to learn how the market works and to better understand the concepts of supply and demand.Click on the link below. Use your ridley password and create a username that includes your first and last name.
Join my contest
After joining the contest the questions on the below link are the key concepts and terms that you need to know to be successful in this unit. They will all be fair game for the unit test on the market.
http://www.howthemarketworks.com/education/stock-questions.php
Power point project
Pick one company.
You must create a power point for that company.
The goal of the power point is to inform the class on the following things:

What is the company?
What does it do? Use the company’s profile on yahoo finance as the source. ( Research and learn. Don’t tell us what you think they do)
What other companies and or products do they own / produce?
What is the stock's currently price? ( time / date/ price)
Find a current headline( from yahoo finance) that explains something that is going on with the company. Briefly explain it.
How has the company’s stock been doing over the last 52 weeks?
Cut and paste pictures/ charts/ graphs onto the power point. Not a lot of words are needed. Your explanation of these is the important thing.
Do power point on your gmail account.
Make it attractive to the eye!

5/4/12
senior seminar sub plans
Go to http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1409843923&play=1 show cocca cola the real story behind the real thing
Have students write 5 facts that they found interesting about coke.
Discuss
Show
Swoosh inside nike
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1414941056&play=1

Have students write 5 facts that they found interesting about Nike