Economics: Development Day 13, Fri/Mon, April 26th/29th Begin Chapter 33 Essential Questions out of packet Tanzania Data Response (p. 376) Begin Assignment 2 for Country Study Project Homework: Complete assignment 2 by Weds Thurs next week Question for your student: What seem to be the most pressing economic issues in your country? Unemployment? Inflation? Standards […]
Economics: Development Day 12, Thurs/Fri, April 25th/26th Country Study Assignment Country Study 05 Homework: Complete assignment one by next class Question for your student: What assumptive understanding do you have of your country after completing the first research assignment? Share
Economics: Development Day 11, Tues/Weds, April 23rd/24th FDI question Work time Start Review of Chapter Questions Packet Homework: Asian FDI article and test questions due Thurs Friday Question for your student: What are the key concepts behind market economies? How do they apply to the price of wheat? Share
Eonomics: Development Day 10, Mon/Tues, April 22nd/23rd Chapter 33 Lecture: Aid and Indebtedness Homework: Asian FDI article and test questions due Thurs Friday Question for your student: What are the keys to making any international aid effective? Share
Eonomics: Development Day 9, Thurs.Fru, April 18th/19th Finish Chapter 32 lecture on Strategies for Development Asian FDI article and test questions work Homework: Asian FDI article and test questions due Thurs Friday next week Question for your student: Why would Asian countries look to invest in Latin America? Share
Economics: Development Day 8, Weds/Thurs, April 17th/18th Amartya Sen: Development as Freedom excerpt Kerala and Bolivia articles (success through communism and socialism) Finish PPT lecture on Strategies for Development No Homework Question for your student: What should a country take into account when trying to lift itself out of poverty? What strategy do you believe […]
Economics: Development Day 7, Mon/Tues, April 15th/16th Argentina Import Substitution Industrialization article and questions https://www.npr.org/2018/11/22/668633266/in-russia-a-dairy-owner-dreams-of-delivering-cheese-to-vladimir-putin Continue Chapter 32 lecture No Homework Question for your student: Why might a country implement ISI? Share
Economics: Development Day 6, Fri/Mon, April 12th/15th https://www.ted.com/talks/tshering_tobgay_this_country_isn_t_just_carbon_neutral_it_s_carbon_negative Bhutan article Development strategies and goals brainstorm Start Lecture on Chapter 32: Development Strategies No Homework Question for your student: Why does a nation work to increase output? Why does GDP matter? Does it? Share
Economics: Development Day 5, Weds/Thurs, April 10th/11th https://www.transparency.org/ Jigsaw of the regional analysis Review of Transparency International methodology http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/ Homework: Stop Disasters worksheet and Rwanda development questions due Friday/Monday Question for your student: Why did we play a video game today? What aspects of development economics did this game reinforce? Share
Economics: Development Day 4, Mon/Tues, April 8th/9th Barriers to growth articles and jigsaw discussion Review Chapter 31 (Barriers to growth) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=docGVZFIMFI&t=358s Homework: Rwanda test questions due at the end of the week Question for your student: What are the cascading impacts of the video Widow’s Cry? Share