Before Class on Monday, 03/22
Read – Lumen Learning: Macroeconomics
From Module 16: “Strengthening and Weakening Currencies”
Optional: Watch (07:25) – Khan (2021)
Before Class on Thursday, 03/25
Have attempted or completed all of Weekly Review 6
Before Class on Tuesday, 03/16
Watch (14:27) – Blumberg (2013)
Read – Lumen Learning: Macroeconomics (from Module 15: “Absolute and Comparative Advantage” & “Comparative Advantage and Gains from Trade”)
Before Class on Thursday, 03/18
Have tried or completed all of Weekly Review 5
Before Class on Monday, 03/08
Watch (6:39) – Khan (2014)
Read – Moore (2020)
Read (ppt slides) – Eisenbarth (2021) – Keynesian Consumption
In Class
White, Martha. (2021). “Americans are saving more during the pandemic — but there’s still a huge demographic divide.” NBC News. 10 February.
Before Class on Thursday, 03/11
Have tried or completed all of Weekly Review 4
Before Class on Monday, 03/01
Read – Amadeo (2020)
Read (instagram slides) – @comradecloset (2019)
In Class
Gould (2021) – EPI Jobs and Unemployment
Before Class on Thursday, 03/04
There is NO WEEKLY REVIEW this week
In Class
Graded: Question Building Part 1 (of 2)
Ungraded: GDP Worksheet – Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Before Class on Monday, 02/22
Read – Lumen Learning: Macroeconomics
Module 6: Macroeconomic Measures – What is Gross Domestic Product? and Calculating GDP
Watch (17:42) – Pheko (2020)
In Class
In Class (slides) – Economic Well-being
Fed Reserve of Dallas – Deflating Nominal Values to Real Values
Cassidy (2020) – Can We Have Prosperity Without Growth?
Before Class on Thursday, 02/25
Have tried all of Weekly Review 3
No Class Monday
Before class Thursday, 02/18
Read 10.1 in CORE
Read – Irungu (2020)
Watch (6:51) – Schamus (2014)
and! have tried all of Weekly Review 2
Before Class on Monday 02/08
Watch (7:15) – Shaikh (2020)
Read (Instagram Slides) – @sywtta (2020)
Read (slides) – Eisenbarth (2020) – Argumentation
Before Class on Thursday 02/11
Have tried or completed all questions from Weekly Review 1
Links from In Class (you do not need to watch these on your own, they are just here for your reference if you want them):
No readings outside of class & no assignments
For you to do:
create your OpenLab account and become a member of our OpenLab course
sign up for Reading Summaries
Monday 02/01
in class:
(In Class) Slides – What is Economics?
Watch (3:19) – Chang (2019)
Thursday 02/04
in class: TBD
Optional:
| week | Date | topic | Work |
| WEEK 1 | M 02/01 Th 02/04 | What is Macroeconomics and Course Navigation | |
| WEEK 2 | M 02/08 Th 02/11 | Argumentation & Modeling | WR 1 Due Thursday |
| WEEK 3 | Th 02/18 | No Class Monday Money & Inflation | WR 2 Due Thursday |
| WEEK 4 | M 02/22 Th 02/25 | Economic Well-being | WR 3 Due Thursday |
| WEEK 5 | M 03/01 Th 03/04 | Question Building Thursday Employment | No Weekly Review |
| WEEK 6 | M 03/08 Th 03/11 | Consumption & Savings | WR 4 Due Thursday |
| WEEK 7 | M 03/15 Th 03/18 | International Trade | WR 5 Due Thursday |
| WEEK 8 | M 03/22 Th 03/25 | Exchange Rates | WR 6 Due Thursday |
| WEEK 9 | M 03/29 Th 04/01 | SPRING BREAK – no class | No Assignments |
| WEEK 10 | M 04/05 Th 04/08 | Keynesian Cross & Multipliers | WR 7 Due Thursday |
| WEEK 11 | M 04/12 Th 04/15 | Fiscal Policy | WR 8 Due Thursday |
| WEEK 12 | M 04/19 Th 04/22 | Monetary Policy | WR 9 Due Thursday |
| WEEK 13 | M 04/26 Th 04/29 | Government Budget | WR 10 Due Thursday |
| WEEK 14 | M 05/03 Th 05/06 | Question Building Thursday AD & AS Model | No Weekly Review |
| WEEK 15 | M 05/10 Th 05/13 | AD & AS Model | WR 11 Due Thursday |
| WEEK 16 | M 05/17 | Review | No Weekly Review |
| FINAL | M 05/24 | Final Exam Due | FINAL EXAM DUE |
An approximation of what to expect every week.
Monday (75 minutes total)
Before class: students will have already read/listened to/watched material for the week
Reading Summaries (10min)
Students Present Readings
Group Discussion (15 min)
Students discuss readings together
Reflection on key terms (15 min)
Current Issues (30 min)
Read related article
Group Discussion
Review of Key Concepts (5 min)
Thursday (75 minutes total)
Before class: students will have already finished or attempted the Weekly Review
Weekly Review (45 min)
Grade and correct weekly assignment together
Review of Key Concepts (15 min)
Introduction of Next Week’s Material (10 min)
Author introductions
Suggestions for attention
Check Out (5 min)
Review upcoming work
Note that on Question Building Weeks, we will not have a Weekly Review so that time on Thursday will be replaced with a Question Building activity.
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