September 28

Social 30-1

I did a quick review of the business cycle and the use of demand-side economics to stablize the economy. You have received some notes by e-mail from me on stabilizing the business cycle through monetary and fiscal policy. Please print these notes off tonight, read them, highlight them, make annotations to yourself in the margins. Tomorrow, we'll be looking at these notes as well as looking at the Great Depression in the United States, and the American government's response to that economic crisis. You start to be able to draw parallels between what FDR did during the Depression and what Barack Obama's administration is doing currently during the global economic crisis. Please remember that you have your Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test on Friday, October 2nd, please see the study guide here.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 1 Written Response Assignment I in class today, which took most of the period. I gave you back your "Bend It Like Beckham" film studies (finally) and gave you the results of your Chapter 3-4 Quiz as well. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Thursday, October 1st. Please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).