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Activities for “Remaking Music”
Choose one of the following activities. Due by March 20th at the latest. I will accept them earlier. You may work with one other person.
• Before the iTunes Music Store, how did people typically purchase and share music? Ask your parents and grandparents how they listened to and shared music. Create a timeline, organizer, powerpoint, collage, [...]
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1984 (WSJ)
The Macintosh was introduced to the world in a groundbreaking Super Bowl ad in 1984. To this day, many highly anticipated ad campaigns are compared the Macintosh ad. Write a one-page reaction paper to the ad. Be sure to consider how the ad targeted Apple’s chief rivals at the time, IBM and Microsoft, as well [...]
Interesting Trading Game
Scholars!
This link will take you to a very limited – but interesting – simulation in the risks and rewards of trading.
Enjoy!
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Opportunity Cost Lesson
For your convenience, I posted the Opportunity Cost slide show.
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Economics Chapter 1 vocabulary
The terms for chapter one can be accessed at quizlet by following this link or by using the embedded player:
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Assignment for Economics – Due 12/23
I. Essay: Explain the following quote from the video: “It’s not the high cost of living, but the cost of
living high.”
II. Interview:
A. Ask your parents when they or their families got their first computer, VCR, microwave, and
cell phone.
B. Ask your grandparents when they first got air-conditioning, a dishwasher, and a color TV.
C. Ask them to [...]
The CPI and You
The following graphic illustrates how the consumer price index is a snapshot in time of the buying power of people in the United States.
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CPI – The Crystal Ball: an online lesson
This is a great online lesson on CPI – answer the questions and I will give you extra credit.
The lesson can be found here.
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The Market Mechanism – an Interactive lesson from BizEd
This flash tutorial allows you to explore what happens when we change a variable – supply or demand. What happens to price? Why?
Hopefully these activities will help you understand this concept.
Access the site here.
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