­­AP Macroeconomics and AP Microeconomics

 

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Microeconomics                     Macroeconomics

                                      May 4 @ 11:45                        May 7 @ 11:45

                                                                                                                     

 

 

Resources

 

*Required back to school forms for your period 1 teacher (online version)

*Free and reduced meals

*Bus registration

*Schedule change request form

*Syllabus

 

*All of the notes we study in the order we study them

  Macroeconomics

  Microeconomics

 

*Essential relationships, graphs and formulas

  Macroeconomics essential relationships (cause and effect)

  Macroeconomics- graphs

  Macroeconomics- formulas

  Microeconomics- graphs

  Microeconomics- formulas

 

*Breakdown of every important topic from our presentations in the order we study them

  Macroeconomics

  Microeconomics

 

*Main videos covering every topic we study

  Macroeconomics

  Microeconomics

 

*All the vocabulary we study in alphabetical order

  Macroeconomics

  Microeconomics

 

*All of the extra credit we do, in order (good for reviewing)

  Macroeconomics

  Microeconomics

 

*Last minute reviews for the Macro. midterm and each AP exam in May

  Macroeconomics (video, 40 min.)

  Microeconomics (video, 36 min.)

 

*AP free-response questions and answers from previous years' exams

  Macroeconomics

  Microeconomics

 

*AP study guides with multiple-choice and free-response practice questions and answers

  Macroeconomics (OpenStax) (searchable)

  Macroeconomics (from Albert.io) (searchable)

  Microeconomics (from Albert.io) (searchable)

  Microeconomics (OpenStax) (searchable)

 

*Civics notes for the exam

  Civics- all of the information you learned in order in 15 pgs.

 

 

Chapters

 

Chapter 1: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics: introduction and the basics

Chapter 2: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics: the basics

Chapter 3: Macroeconomics

Chapter 4: Macroeconomics

Chapter 5: Macroeconomics

Chapter 6: Macroeconomics

Chapter 7: Microeconomics

Chapter 8: Microeconomics

Chapter 9: Microeconomics

Chapter 10: Microeconomics

 

 

 

Class Schedule

Periods 1-4 are on red days and periods 5-8 are on gold days

 

Mon., 8/10

1. school and class introduction

2. review the class syllabus

3. hw- due by Fri., 8/14: join our Remind group at “macmicper3” or text “@macmicper3” to 81010

    (please use your real 1st and last name and turn on notifications)

 

 

Wed., 8/12

1. start Chapter 1

2. pgs. 1-14 from the chapter 1 class presentation (or pgs. 1-3 from the notes I gave out in class (both

    of these links are in the "Chapters" section above in “Chapter 1”): what economics is, how

    consumers make decisions, and production possibilities

3. hw- due by Fri., 8/14: join our Remind group at “macmicper3” or text “@macmicper3” to 81010

    (please use your real 1st and last name and turn on notifications)

4. videos: 

                *Scarcity (7 minutes)
                *Scarcity and Markets (7 minutes)

                *The Production Possibilities Curve (6 minutes)

 

 

Fri., 8/14

1. pgs. 15-36 from the presentation in class: production possibilities

2. hw- due by Tues., 8/18: #1 (pgs. 12-17 from the class presentation or pg. 3 from the notes I gave

    out in class); you can get the answers from the chapter presentation online, pgs. 12-17 (the same

    as we do in class), or from the notes I gave out in class, pg. 3 (both of these links are in the

    "Chapters" section above in “Chapter 1")

3. hw- due by Tues, 8/18: #2 (pg. 36 from the class presentation or pg. 5 from the notes I gave out

    in class); you can get the answers from the chapter presentation online, pg. 36, or from the notes

    I gave out in class, pg. 5 (both of these links are in the "Chapters" section above in “Chapter 1”)

4. hw- join our Remind group at “macmicper3” or text “@macmicper3” to 81010 (please use your

    real 1st and last name turn on notifications) due

5. extra credit- absolute and comparative advantage (this is due on or before the day of the test

    review)

6. videos:

                *The Production Possibilities Curve (7 minutes)

                *Production Possibilities (5 minutes) 
                *Shifting the Production Possibilities Curve (4 minutes)

 

 

Tues., 8/18

1. pgs. 32-56 from the presentation: absolute and comparative advantage and different types of

    economies

2. hw- #1 and #2 due

3. hw- due by Thurs., 8/20: #3

4. videos: 

                *Comparative Advantage (4 minutes)
                *Compared Advantage and Trade (4 minutes)

                *Comparative Advantage Practice (5 minutes)
                *Comparative Advantage and Trade (9 minutes)
                *Comparative Advantage Practice (19 minutes)

                *Macro./Micro. Unit 1 Summary (30 minutes)

 

 

Thurs., 8/20

1. Chapter 1 test review

2. all extra credit due by

3. hw- #3 due

4. videos and Kahoot!:

                                       *Macro./Micro. Unit 1- Multiple-Choice Practice #1 (21 minutes)
                                       *Macro./Micro. Unit 1- Multiple-Choice Practice #2 (11 minutes)
                                       *Chapter 1 Kahoot! review



Mon., 8/24

1. Chapter 1 test / pencil and blue or black pen needed
         *for the multiple-choice portion, study:
              1) the Chapter 1 multiple-choice & frq practice questions
              2) the Chapter 1 vocabulary in Quizlet
              3) the Chapter 1 Kahoot! review
              4) the Chapter 1 presentation we use in class or the Chapter 1 notes I give out (the notes do

                   not have the multiple-choice questions though, but they are in the presentation and in #1

                   above)

         *for the free response portion study:
              1) the Macro./Micro essential graphs and essential formulas (you only need to know what

                   we've studied so far)
              2) the Chapter 1 multiple-choice & frq practice questions