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ISS classes please download and print the GDP notes for class by Wednesday 11/4.

Phase 3 Section D – Read the handout on price elasticity and complete the activity one on the back.  Decide if the product is elastic or inelastic and explain why.

Phase 5 Sections C, G, H – “The Market for Milk”  Decision making activity

• Read the history of price controls on milk in the US 
• You are a US Representative and you have to decide whether to vote on a bill to eliminate the price support program for milk. 
• Read over the testimony provided by your constituents.
• Explain why you would vote for or against the bill.  Your explanation should be in paragraph form.  You may type or hand write your answer.  You should be persuasive and include why the alternative is not a good option as well as why what you picked is the best option.

Complete part A in the shifting Supply and Demand Packet.

3B – due Tuesday 10/27

3D – due Thursday 10/29

Please download and print the Price Controls powerpoint for ISS class on Wednesday 10/28.

(save your ink – just print in black and white)

Complete the worksheet titled “Changes in the Demand & Suppy of Gasoline.”  Use the graph on the back for numbers 1-6.  Number 7 is located on the bottom.  Remember only suppy or demand will be affected by each headline, not both.  Which ever one is not affected, don’t circle either arrow. 

Due Dates:

• ISS C, G, B – due Monday 10/26
• ISS H & D – due Tuesday 10/27

ISS C,G, H -

1. complete the 7 Key Principles handout.  You may complete this on a seperate shhet of paper since the is not much room to write. 
2. complete the shifting Suppy and Demand practice packet

ISS D – complete the circular flow questions handed out in class.  Download & print Supply & Demand notes

Please download and print the  Supply and Demand Notes  for class.

Read and complete the handout on scarcity: Choices for a wedding budget

ISS 3B- due Tuesday 10/20

ISS 3 D – 10/21

ISS sections C, G, H – read over the economics basics powerpoint (see below) and complete the worksheet on scarcity and budgeting 

• Section C – due Monday 10/ 19
• Sections G & H – due Tuesday 10/20

ISS section H – complete the pretest ”It’s All in the Price”  – due Tuesday 10/20

ISS sections B & D – study for economic ideologies quiz on Monday

All ISS Classes:

We will be using the following powerpoints in class.  Please download and print.   

• Economic Basics Powerpoint
• Communist Theory Notes