econ

E C O N O M I C S

Ms. Linsdell/Ms. Lee

Final Project: THESIS STATEMENT

Final Project Check #3

DUE:

•Turn work in with your final project folder with two pockets.

•Check points are graded for completion. Check points can only be given credit if the work is turned in on the due date in class or earlier. These are weekly time management progress checks.

Type and turn in the following in your Final Project FOLDER with pockets:

Keep your Grading Rubric in your folder on top of your work. Write Ms. Linsdell/Lee a sticky note and put it on your rubric if you would like your question regarded (checks cannot be regarded but are only worth 10% of the overall grade.

EBSCO, a source of peer reviewed research

· 3 of your 10 resources MUST come from database(s) from the library.

· Log into IDPortal, select OneSearch from EBSCO

· Use the Citation function to help create entries for your Reference page

SAVING AN EBSCO LINK: CLICK EMAIL BUTTON, EMAIL YOURSELF, ACCESS URL, not the permanent link

1. Topic: What is your topic?

2. Include 4 additional research resources in your folder (the actual resource) with your annotated notes.

· Now you should have a total of 10 resources stapled separately and numbered 1-10.

· Clip all 10 to your Reference page with 10 resources

3. Research Question: Restate your research question.

4. Why is this an economic issue? (Use Check 1,class notes, and attached Economic Units List)

5. What are the social issues related to your topic?

6. What company/NGO/foundation will be the focus of your leadership action?

7. What is your plan for your leadership action? How and when will you complete it?

8. Provide a formal APA Reference page with all 10 of your sources.

· Paperclip your bibliography with all 10 resources to all 10 sources of your resources

9. Write your thesis statement.

WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO LEARN FORM YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT?

THIS SHOULD BE ENGAGING, THOUGHTFUL, AND BE A HOOK to learn about your project

a. mark w/ $$: $$driven by economics$$ REQUIRED

b. underline: social costs and/or benefits REQUIRED

REMEMBER IN A REASEARCH PROJECT, YOU START WITH A RESEARCH QUESTION AND THE ANSWER IS YOUR THESIS STATEMENT.

Does your thesis statement answer your research question? Play with your thesis statement and question to ensure they make sense together for your presentation.

Only the grades recorded on the far left column on both sides of the rubric can be re-graded. If you would like any of these components re-graded place a sticky note on the rubric requesting a re-grade.

Previous Gunn Student Leadership Actions

See the Final Project Examples on Schoology!

· Donations are common, but you are not required to spend money (Evidence: receipt)

· Volunteering. Yes, volunteering you have done before this project counts! (Evidence: pictures)

· Cooking a vegan dinner or cook with sustainable fish. (Evidence: pictures)

· Purchasing products from a company the student wanted to support. This is voting with your dollars.

-Dove Products, Ivory Ella, Product(Red)

-sustainable clothing brands: Patagonia, Everlane, Alternative Clothing, Adidas

-doll with positive messaging

· Make a t-shirt

· Create bee feeder in the backyard (topic: problems with declining bee populations)

· Sign petitions, letter to House of Representations, Senator

· Pictures of hugging people (topic: reducing stress and increasing productivity)

· Before/After pictures: picture of someone before they are told they are beautiful and then a picture aftet they have been told.

· Bike to school (topic: Green)

· Sent a care package to someone in the military

· Participated in Walk A Mile in Her Shoes event

ECONOMIC UNITS

What is Economics?

Scarcity

Production Possibilities Frontier of the main trade-offs (what to produce)

Factors of Production – land, labor, capital

Trade-offs and Opportunity Costs

Economic Questions – What to produce, How to produce, For Whom?

Economic Goals – Full Employment, Price Stability, Growth, Efficiency, and Socio-Economic Goals (What goals are met and not met?)

Economic Systems – free market, centrally planned, traditional, and mixed

Budget Simulation

Net pay

Gross pay

Tax decuctible

Donations

401K

Premiums/Deductibles

Loans

Cashflow Spreadsheet

Determining Price in a Free Market

Supply and Demand

Equilibrium

Surplus

Shortage

Profit =Revenue –Costs

Revenue = price * quantity

Costs = Fixed Costs + Variable Costs

Urban Plan

Balancing social goals and economic goals

Adjacency and Compatibility

Subsidies, Public Goods, and Externalities

Profits & Non-Profits

Rate of Return & Risk –v- Reward

“in the red” or “in the black”

Sell, Rent, or Lease

Role of Competition

Role of Government

Allocation of Goods and Services

Adequate public facilities

Affordable

Comprehensive Plan

Demographics

Due diligence

Infrastructure

Mitigate

Nonmarket forces

Nonprofit organization

Yield

Redevelopment

Market forces