AP Macroeconomics
AP Macroeconomics Syllabus
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Unit 2 Vocab
More GDP Notes
GDP Notes
Capitalism Notes
Equilibrium Notes
Supply Notes
Demand Notes
Economic Systems
PPF Notes
Chapter 1-5 Vocab
Chapter 1 Notes
Chapter 2 Notes (part one)
Tentative Calendar
1st Trimester of Macroeconomics
Week One
Day 1 Course Overview
Day 2 Intro to Economics
Day 3 Scarcity Examples, AP Exam Preview, Basic Concepts
Day 4 Notes: Productive Resources; Activity: Role of Entrepreneurs in Market Economy
Day 5 PPF notes and Examples; Chapter 1 Homework Due
Week Two
Day 1 PPF Worksheets Due
Day 2 Economic Systems Notes and Activities
Day 3 Circular Flow Model Notes and Activities
Day 4 Chapter 2 Homework Due
Day 5 Chapters 1-2 Formative Assessment
Week Three
Day 1 Market in Wheat Simulation: Introduction to Supply and Demand
Day 2 Notes and Activities: Demand
Day 3 Notes and Activities: Supply
Day 4 Notes and Activities: Equilibrium
Day 5 Video and Discussion: Is Greed Bad or Good?
Week Four
Day 1 Supply and Demand Examples; graph all answers for Ch. 3, #18.
Day 2 Chapter 3 Homework due, Supply and Demand Formative Assessment
Day 3 Notes and Activities: Pure Capitalism and the Market System
Day 4 Notes and Activities: The Mixed Economy
Day 5 Chapter 4-5 Homework due; Hand out Review Assignment for Unit One Exam
Week Five
Day 1 Unit One Vocabulary Quiz; Review
Day 2 Unit One Exam
Day 3 Test Corrections
Day 4 Begin Macro: The Circular Flow Model of the Macro Economy
Day 5 Notes and Activities: GDP
Week 6
Day 1 Notes and Activities: GDP
Day 2 Video and Discussion: Is America Number One?
Day 3 Notes and Activities: Unemployment/ Business Cycles
Day 4 Notes and Activities: Inflation
Day 5 Chapters 7-8 Homework Due, Chapters 7-8 Vocabulary Quiz
Week 7
Day 1 Chapters 7-8 Critical Thinking Problems
Day 2 Unit Two, Part 1 Formative Assessment
Day 3 Keynesian Economics: Consumption Function
Day 4 Keynesian Economics: Investment and Simple Keynesian Model
Day 5 Keynesian Economics: The Spending Multiplier
Week 8
Day 1 Chapters 9-10 Homework Due; Keynesian Economics Formative Assessment
Day 2 Notes: AD/AS Model
Day 3 Notes: Reconciling Models
Day 4 Chapter 11 Homework Due; Chapter 11 Vocabulary Quiz
Day 5 Chapter 9-11 Critical Thinking Problems; Hand out Unit Two Exam Study Guide
Week 9
Day 1 Review
Day 2 Unit Two Part Two Exam
Day 3 Test Corrections
Day 4 Money Notes
Day 5 Money Video
Week 10
Day 1 Money Formative Assessment; Chapter 13 Homework Due
Day 2 Notes and Activities: Balance Sheet of a Commercial Bank
Day 3 Notes and Activities: The Creation of Money
Day 4 Notes and Activities: The Money Multiplier
Day 5 Chapter 14 Homework Due, Formative Assessment
Week 11
Day 1 Notes and Activities: The Federal Reserve System
Day 2 Video: The FED
Day 3 Notes and Activities: Monetary Policy
Day 4 Formative Assessment: Tools of Monetary Policy
Day 5 Graphic Analysis: Monetary Policy, Real GDP and the Price Level
Week 12
Day 1 Continue Graphic Analysis
Day 2 Chapter 15 Homework Due, Work on Critical Thinking Problems
Day 3 Thanksgiving Break
Day 4 Thanksgiving Break
Day 5 Thanksgiving Break
Week 13
Day 1 Hand out Study Guide
Day 2 Vocabulary Quiz, Chapters 13-15, Review for Unit 3 Exam
Day 3 Review for Unit Three Exam
Day 4 Unit Three Exam, Periods 1, 3, 5
Day 5 Unit Three Exam, Periods 2, 4, 6
2nd Trimester of Macroeconomics
Week One
Day 1 Workshop Day
Day 2 Unit Three Test Corrections
Day 3 Activity: Connecting the Key Macro Graphs
Day 4 Monetary Policy Critical Thinking Assignment
Day 5 Discuss Critical Thinking Assignment
Week Two
Day 1 Activity: Distinguishing Between Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Day 2 Activity: Fiscal Policy and Balanced Budget Amendment
Day 3 Chapter 12 Homework Due; Critical Thinking Activity
Day 4 Discuss Critical Thinking Activity
Day 5 Chapter 19 Notes
Week Three
Day 1 Notes and Activities: National Debt
Day 2 Political Cartoon Analysis: The National Debt
Day 3 Current Events Analysis: Connecting the National Debt to the Macro Circular Flow Model
Day 4 Chapter 19 Homework Due; Formative Assessment
Day 5 Activity: Monetary Policy
Week Four
Day 1 Notes and Activities: Monetary and Fiscal Combinations
Day 2 Examples: Monetary and Fiscal Combinations
Day 3 Formative Assessment; Notes and Activities: AD/AS Model
Day 4 Notes and Activities: The Phillips Curve
Day 5 Notes and Activities: Natural-Rate Hypothesis
Week Five
Day 1 Notes and Activities: Supply-Side Economics
Day 2 Chapter 16 Homework Due
Day 3 Notes and Activities: Keynesian View v. Classical View
Day 4 Notes and Activities: Alternative Views of Macro Theory and Policy
Day 5 Chapter 17 Homework Due; Vocabulary Quiz, Chapters 16-17
Week Six
Day 1 Notes and Activites: Economic Growth
Day 2 Graphic Analysis: Economic Growh
Day 3 Chapter 18 Homework Due
Day 4 Chapter 18 Critical Thinking Assignment
Day 5 Discuss Critical Thinking Assignnment
Week Seven
Day 1 Hand out Unit Four Exam Study Guide
Day 2 Go over Study Guide
Day 3 Review
Day 4 Unit Four Exam
Day 5 Unit Four Test Corrections
Week Eight
Day 1 Introduction to the Global Economy
Day 2 Notes and Activities: Economic Efficiency and Gains from Trade
Day 3 Notes and Activities: Comparative Advantage
Day 4 Assignment: Calculating Gains from Trade
Day 5 Chapter 6 Homework Due, Comparative Advantage Formative Assessment
Week Nine
Day 1 Activity: Barriers to Trade
Day 2 Notes and Activities: Government Intervention in International Trade
Day 3 Notes and Activities: International Finance
Day 4 Notes and Activities: Calculating Exchange Rates
Day 5 Notes and Activities: Monetary and Fiscal Policy in a Global Economy
Week Ten
Day 1 No School
Day 2 Chapter 38 Homework Due, Hand out Study Guide
Day 3 Chapters 6, 37, 38 Vocabulary Quiz; Review for Unit 5 Exam
Day 4 Unit 5 Exam
Day 5 Unit 5 Test Corrections
Week Eleven
Day 1 Explanation of Free Response Section of AP Exam
Day 2 Free Response Practice Exam Assigned
Day 3 Free Response Discussed
Day 4 Free Response Practice Exam Assigned
Day 5 Free Response Discussed
Week Twelve
Day 1 Review: Graphing Activity
Day 2 Review: Graphing Activity
Day 3 Review: Sample Multiple Choice Test
Day 4 Review: Sample Multiple Choice Test
Day 5 Final Exam, Multiple Choice
Week Thirteen
Day 1 Final Exam Multiple Choice Test Corrections
Day 2 Final Exam Free Response
Day 3 Final Exam F.R. Corrections, Periods 1, 3, 5; sign up for AP Exam
Day 4 Final Exam F.R. Corrections, Periods 2, 4, 6; sign up for AP Exam
Day 5 Workshop Day
