Posted: May 6, 2015
Law 120: Court cases and
witness statements handed out. Opening statements tomorrow.
Reading Tutor: Elizabeth
Dickson
Theatre Arts: Filming for
video project “silent movie” or working with props comedy.
Economics 120-: There have been many economic
changes throughout History however two have become the most important to economists,
the Great Depression and The Great Recession. Students will write an economics
paper comparing and contrasting these two economic timelines. Your paper should
address the following issues:
·
What
were the causes of the Great Depression and The Great Recession
·
Discuss
some of the economic concepts related to The Great Depression and the Great Recession
(Scarcity, Factors of production, Economic growth, market value, employment and
unemployment , inflation, National Debt, GDP etc.)
·
Why
did the stock market crash in the Great Depression but not the Great Recession
·
Include
how world events as well as North American events affected each.
Essentially your
paper is simply to discuss both of these events and then conclude with ideas to
avoid a future economic collapse. If you conclude that there will be another
collapse offer economic advice of how one can protect oneself from this event.
Paper will
be 5 pages MLA format 12 font. Must have at least 4 resources used in the
paper. Also include works credible works consulted.
Students
have 5 class periods for paper.
I have
included an article to get you started.
http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0911/why-todays-recession-top...