Tuesday, October 31, 2017

G12 - Week 11 - Day 1

In-class work
  1. IA Trade commentary
  2. Trade exam and mark scheme
At-home work

Monday, October 30, 2017

G11 - Week 11 - Day 1

In-class work
  1. Practice question
    1. Explain why a government might introduce subsidies for food. [10 marks]
    2. Discuss possible negative consequences that may arise from a government decision to subsidize food. [15 marks]
  2. Competitive markets (p. 25)
    1. Market failure occurs when any of the assumptions for perfectly competitive markets are NOT true
    At-home work

    Friday, October 20, 2017

    G12 - Week 10 - Day 2

    In-class work
    1. IA Trade commentary
      1. Finish first draft
      2. Get peer feedback

    Thursday, October 19, 2017

    G11 - Week 10 - Day 2

    In-class work
    1. Ch. 5 learning outcome quiz
    2. News presentations
    3. Exercises 19-23
    4. HL Only - Exercises 24-34
    5. HL Only - Exercises 35-46
    6. Practice question
      1. Explain why a government might introduce subsidies for food. [10 marks]
      2. Discuss possible negative consequences that may arise from a government decision to subsidize food. [15 marks]
      At-home work
      1. Review vocabulary and diagrams

      Monday, October 16, 2017

      G12 - Week 10 - Day 1

      In-class work
      1. IA Trade commentary
        1. Finish first draft
        2. Get peer feedback

      Wednesday, October 11, 2017

      G12 - Week 9 - Day 2

      In-class work

      Friday, October 6, 2017

      Thursday, October 5, 2017

      G12 - Week 8 - Day 2

      In-class
      1. News presentations
      2. HL Only - Terms of Trade - part 2
      3. Alternative from EconplusDal
        1. Terms of Trade
        2. Terms of Trade Analysis
        1. Questions?
      4. Review
        1. International economics revision 
      At-home
      1. Test next class - international trade is chapters 20-25

      Wednesday, October 4, 2017

      G11 - Week 8 - Day 2

      In-class work
      1. News presentations
      2. Ch. 4 learning outcome quiz
      3. Part b - “The income elasticity of demand for primary products tends to be lower than that for manufactured products and services.” Examine the implications of this for producers and for the economy as a whole. [15 marks]
        At-home work

        Tuesday, October 3, 2017

        G12 - Week 8 - Day 1

        In-class
        1. News presentations
        2. HL Only - Terms of Trade - part 1
          1. Questions
        3. Exercises 1-7
        4. Prebisch Singer Hypothesis
        5. Exercises 8-9
        At-home

        Monday, October 2, 2017

        G11 - Week 8 - Day 1

        In-class work
        1. News presentations
        2. Video questions?
        3. Exercises 17-20
        4. Part b - “The income elasticity of demand for primary products tends to be lower than that for manufactured products and services.” Examine the implications of this for producers and for the economy as a whole. [15 marks]
          At-home work
          1. Ch. 4 learning outcome quiz
          2. Finish writing answer to the question above