Each student is responsible for constructing an AP Macroeconomic Current Events Portfolio which will consist of ten articles, a
summary or précis
of each article including your thoughts.
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DUE DATE: ALL 10 articles with summaries are DUE on or by March 20th, 2019.
SOURCE: Where
do I find current events? Acceptable sources where articles may be obtained:
·
NEWSPAPERS:
o
Albuquerque Journal & Santa Fe New Mexican
o USA Today
o Wall St Journal
o etc.
·
NEWS MAGAZINES:
o U.S. News & World Report,
o Newsweek,
o Business Week,
o Time
o The Economist
o Christian Science Monitor
o Fortune Magazine, etc. . . .
·
WEBSITES:
o etc…
CURRENT EVENT
TOPIC/CATEGORY: What does your current event need to be about?
·
The current event of choice must be related to economics.
·
The topics of the articles that you should be looking for are as
follows:
1) Opportunity Costs/Tradeoffs 6)
Investment/Stock Market
2) Supply and Demand 7)
Monetary Policy/Banking System
3) Economic Indicators-GDP 8)
Fiscal Policy
4) Economic Indicators-Unemployment 9) International Trade
5) Economic Indicators-Inflation 10)
Topic of Your Choice
The articles DO
NOT need to be done in this order, but plan on doing ONE article per week.
What is the format/layout of my current event assignment?
Format or Layout: At the top of each summary you should
have the following information:
YOUR NAME:
SOURCE:
TITLE & DATE OF
ARTICLE:
CURRENT EVENT TOPIC/CATEGORY:
(see list above)
SUMMARY (Précis) OF ARTICLE:
The
article summary should be a brief description of what the article is about;
highlighting the main points. Try to identify the article as either
microeconomic or macroeconomic; relate your thoughts to the subject matter; and
if possible, relate it to what’s discussed in class.
The length of each summary should be a
minimum of 100 words or a half page (12
point font, single-spaced, and double-spaced between paragraphs).
