G12 - Week 19 - Day 2

In-class work

1. Costs of production PPT

At-home work

1. Exercises 1-11 (p. 153 and 158)
2. The law of diminishing marginal returns
3. Understanding relationships between total, average, and marginal product

G12 - Week 19 - Day 1

In-class work

1. IA discussion
2. Revenue and profit PPT
3. Production and diminishing returns PPT

At-home work

1. Ch. 7 vocabulary and diagram flashcards

G12 - Week 17 - Day 2

In-class work

1. Ch. 29 flashcards
2. Questions
1. Market based policies and development
2. Interventionist policies and development
3. Pg. 617, 621, 633, and 635

At-home work

1. Ch. 29 learning outcome quiz

G12 - Week 17 - Day 1

In-class work

1. Questions
1. Indebtedness, development, and solutions to indebtedness
2. Exercises 5-10
3. Practice question 1

At-home work

1. Ch. 29 flashcards
2. Market based policies and development
3. Interventionist policies and development

G12 - Week 16 - Day 2

In-class work

1. Ch. 28 definitions and learning outcomes 28.1-28.4 quiz
2. Questions
1. Foreign Aid and Development Concerns (part 1)
2. Foreign Aid and Development Concerns (part 2)
3. Case study page 600-602
1. Exercise 4
2. Afghanistan ODA page
4. Exercises 5-10
5. Pg. 614 - the Peter Singer pink box

At-home work

1. Indebtedness, development, and solutions to indebtedness

G12 - Week 16 - Day 1

In-class work

1. Ch. 28 vocabulary and diagram flashcards
2. Questions
1. FDI and development
2. Foreign aid and development
3. Case study page 596
1. Exercises 1-3
4. Case study page 600-602
1. Exercise 4
2. Afghanistan ODA page

At-home work

1. Ch. 28 definitions and learning outcomes 28.1-28.4 quiz
2. Foreign Aid and Development Concerns (part 1)
3. Foreign Aid and Development Concerns (part 2)

G12 - Week 15 - Day 3

In-class work

1. Presentations

At-home work

1. Ch. 28 vocabulary and diagram flashcards
2. FDI and development
3. Foreign aid and development

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

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

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

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

G12 - Week 11 - Day 1

In-class work

1. IA Trade commentary
2. Trade exam and mark scheme
3. Economic Development

At-home work

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

G12 - Week 10 - Day 2

In-class work

1. IA Trade commentary
1. Finish first draft
2. Get peer feedback

G12 - Week 10 - Day 1

In-class work

1. IA Trade commentary
1. Finish first draft
2. Get peer feedback

G12 - Week 9 - Day 2

In-class work

1. Find news article for international trade commentary and begin first draft
1. Sample Macro IB Economics IA
2. Sample Micro IB Economics IA
3. How to Structure an Economics IA
4. Evaluation in Economics
5. Internal Assessment Coversheet
6. Internal Assessment Portfolio Coversheet
2. We will share the first drafts next class for peer feedback

At-home work

1. Finish first draft of trade commentary

G12 - Week 9 - Day 1

In-class

1. International trade exam

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

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

1. Terms of Trade - part 2
2. Alternative from EconplusDal


1. Terms of Trade
2. Terms of Trade Analysis

G12 - Week 7 - Day 3

In-class

1. Presentations - Degrees of economic integration research project

At-home

1. HL Only - Terms of Trade - part 1