Day 33 - Friday, March 30th

1) Documentary: Inside Job

Day 32 - Thursday, March 29th

1) Comparative Advantage Assignment - Hand Back & Take Up

2) Firms, Competition and the Market

Students will read pages 152 to 160 and answer questions 1, 2, 3 & 4 on page 160.

Day 31 - Wednesday, March 28th

1) Unit 2 Test - Hand Back & Take Up

2) Article Assignment - The Banking Blunders That Snare Young People

Day 30 - Tuesday, March 27th

1) Comparative Advantage Activity

2) Comparative Advantage Assignment

Day 29 - Monday, March 26th

1) Documentary: Freakonomics

2) Lesson: Comparative Advantage

3) Comparative Advantage Activity

Day 28 - Friday, March 23rd

1) Note: Types of Industries

2) Group Activity: Forms of Business Ownership

Working in pairs, students will look at different forms of business ownership which they will then present to the class.

Day 27 - Thursday, March 22nd

1) News Ways of Explaining Consumer Choices

2) Documentary: Freakonomics

Day 26 - Wednesday, March 21st

1) Unit 2 Test

Day 25 - Tuesday, March 20th

1) Take Up Maximizing Utility Questions

2) Note: The Paradox of Utility

3) Documentary: Freakonomics

Day 24 - Monday, March 19th

1) Unit 2 Test - Wednesday, March 21st

A review sheet will be given out in class.

2) Maximizing Utility

Students will read pages 182 to 186 and answer the following questions:

• Questions 1, 2, 3 & 4 on page 186

Day 23 - Friday, March 9th

1) Elasticity Assignment - Hand Back & Take Up

2) Video: Urban Sprinting

3) Games for Maharaj Money!

Day 22 - Thursday, March 8th

1) Debate: Should We Legalize Drugs?

2) Video: The Secret World Of Shoplifting

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/Doc_Zone/1242299559/ID=1350039429

Day 21 - Wednesday, March 7th

1) Take Up Taxes and Illegal Goods Questions

2) CBC - Ties Between Mexico and B.C. Drug Trade

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/TV_Shows/The_National/1233408557/ID=2206685767

3) Debate: Should We Legalize Drugs?

http://debatepedia.idebate.org/en/index.php/Debate:_Legalization_of_drugs

Day 20 - Tuesday, March 6th

1) CBC - Tablet Explosion

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/TV_Shows/The_National/1233408557/ID=2205540701

2) Taxes and Markets for Illegal Goods

Today we will look at the effect of taxes on the supply and demand for goods. We will subsequently look at the markets for good that are illegal. This relates to pages 135 to 137 and 144 to 145 of a handout from the textbook. Students answered the following questions:

• Questions 1, 2, 3 & 4 on page 145

Day 19 - Monday, March 5th

1) A Labour Market With A Minimum Wage

Are minimum wages good economic policy? To answer this question, students will read pages 133 to 135 and answer the following questions:

• Question 1, 2, 3 & 5 on page 135

Day 18 - Friday, March 2nd

1) Housing Market With A Rent Ceiling

Students are to read pages 130 to 132 and answer the following questions:

• Questions 1, 2, 3 & 4 on page 132

Day 17 - Thursday, March 1st

1) Take Up Questions From Yesterday

2) CBC Marketplace - Framed

http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/2012/framed/