G11 - Week 15 - Day 1

In-class work

1. News presentation
2. Review for ch. 1-6 exam
1. It will be paper 1 style
1. Two questions - choose ONE only
2. Must answer part a and b on the same question
3. You will have 45 minutes in class, pen or pencil only on paper

At-home work

1. Test on Thursday

G12 - Field Studies Week

Development section research project

Pages 581-586

Follow the instructions and investigate a less developed country for the sake of creating a project to aid in the nation's development.

G12 - Week 13 - Day 2

In-class work

1. Ch. 27 vocabulary and diagram flashcards
2. News presentation
3. Questions
1. Political stability, corruption, and development
2. Poverty cycle
3. Microfinance (microcredit) and development
4. Ch. 26 Exercises 7-18

At-home work

1. Barriers to trade
2. Policies to promote trade and development - import substitution and export promotion
3. Policies to promote trade and development - markets, trade agreements and diversification

G11 - Week 13 - Day 1

In-class work

1. News presentation
2. Questions
1. The tragedy of the commons
2. Visualizing the tragedy of the commons
3. HL only - asymmetric information (part 1)
4. HL only - asymmetric information (part 2)
3. Review

At-home work

1. Review for ch. 1-6 exam
1. It will be paper 1 style
1. Two questions - choose ONE only
2. Must answer part a and b on the same question
3. You will have 45 minutes in class, pen or pencil only on paper

G12 - Week 13 - Day 1

In-class work

1. Ch. 26 learning outcome quiz
2. News presentation
3. Questions
1. Institutional factors - Education, healthcare, and infrastructure
2. Institutional factors - Taxation, technology, women, and income distribution
4. Exercises 7-18

At-home work

1. Ch. 27 vocabulary and diagram flashcards
2. Political stability, corruption, and development
3. Poverty cycle
4. Microfinance (microcredit) and development

G11 - Week 12 - Day 2

In-class work

1. News presentation
2. Questions
1. Public goods - part 1
2. Public goods - part 2
3. Exercises 4-10
4. Pick an externality you're interested from the book, videos, or class discussions so far and attempt to find data and research that has calculated the actual costs/benefits. Use sources that you can justify such as the World Bank, UN, WHO, CDC, etc and try to understand how they actually calculate the externalities and the specific solutions best recommended. Examples include:
1. Air pollution
2. Climate change
3. Factory farming
4. Smoking
5. Traffic
6. Public education
7. Vaccinations
8. Tree farms
9. Large construction projects like airports or stadiums
10. Etc.

At-home work

1. The tragedy of the commons
2. Visualizing the tragedy of the commons
3. HL only - asymmetric information (part 1)
4. HL only - asymmetric information (part 2)

G12 - Week 12 - Day 2

In-class work

1. Why information grows (development model)
2. News presentation
3. Questions
1. Measurement of development - HDI
2. Measurement of development - Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient
4. Exercises 7-18

At-home work

1. Ch. 26 learning outcome quiz
2. Institutional factors - Education, healthcare, and infrastructure
3. Institutional factors - Taxation, technology, women, and income distribution

G11 - Week 12 - Day 1

In-class work

1. News presentation
2. Questions
1. Positive externalities of production
2. Positive externalities of consumption
3. Exercises 1-3
4. Pick an externality you're interested from the book, videos, or class discussions so far and attempt to find data and research that has calculated the actual costs/benefits. Use sources that you can justify such as the World Bank, UN, WHO, CDC, etc and try to understand how they actually calculate the externalities and the specific solutions best recommended. Examples include:
1. Air pollution
2. Climate change
3. Factory farming
4. Smoking
5. Traffic
6. Public education
7. Vaccinations
8. Tree farms
9. Large construction projects like airports or stadiums
10. Etc.

At-home work

1. Public goods - part 1
2. Public goods - part 2

G12 - Week 12 - Day 1

In-class work

1. Ch. 26 vocabulary quiz
2. News presentation
3. Questions
1. Sustainable growth and development
2. Measurement of development - single indicators
4. Exercises 7-9

At-home work

1. Measurement of development - HDI
2. Measurement of development - Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient

G11 - Week 11 - Day 3

In-class work

1. Ch. 6 vocabulary and diagram quiz
2. Questions
1. Negative Externalities of Consumption as a Market Failure - part 1
2. Negative Externalities of Consumption as a Market Failure - part 2
3. Page 130
4. Exercises 1-3

At-home work

1. Positive externalities of production
2. Positive externalities of consumption

G12 - Week 11 - Day 2

In-class work

1. Ch. 26 flashcards for vocabulary and diagram
2. Questions
1. Economic growth versus development
2. Common characteristics of developing countries
3. Exercises 1-7

At-home work

1. Ch. 26 vocabulary quiz
2. Sustainable growth and development
3. Measurement of development - single indicators

G11 - Week 11 - Day 2

In-class work

1. Ch. 6 vocabulary and diagram flashcards
2. Questions

3. Introduction to Market Failure

4. Negative Externalities of Production

5. Competitive markets (p. 25)
1. Market failure occurs when any of the assumptions for perfectly competitive markets are NOT true
6. Command and Control Solutions
7. The Coase Theorem

At-home work

1. Ch. 6 vocabulary and diagram quiz
2. Negative Externalities of Consumption as a Market Failure - part 1
3. Negative Externalities of Consumption as a Market Failure - part 2