Assignment

Create a student guide to the ethics of writing a paper.

Sections:
1. What is plagiarism? (refer to the website listed below)
2. How do I make sure I am not plagiarizing? (consult the website listed below and ask Ms. Terada for information as to how a student should cite sources in her class. Be very specific about how to cite sources.)
3. What are potential consequences of plagiarism? (research this by asking teachers and consulting college and high school websites)

You may address these questions in one of the following:
An instructional manual with pictures
A powerpoint

Make sure to correctly cite all the sources you use.

Website to use:

http://science.widener.edu/svb/essay/plagiar.html

Links for Final Project

General Sites to Use
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COUNTRY STUDIES:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.html

CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

For Section II (Economy) Item #2

Infrastructure
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_inf-economy-infrastructure

(the higher the number, the better the infrastructure)

Corruption
http://www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/2008/cpi2008/cpi_2008_table

(the higher the number, the less corrupt)

Political Instability
http://viewswire.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=social_unrest_table&page=noads&rf=0

(look at the index score. The higher the number, the higher the political instability)

Murders per Capita
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita

Websites for International Business Activity

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_eco_fre-economy-economic-freedom
(the higher the number, the greater the degree of economic freedom)

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_inf-economy-infrastructure
(the higher the number, the better the infrastructure)

http://www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/2008/cpi2008/cpi_2008_table
(the higher the number, the less corrupt)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_around_the_world
(the higher the number, the higher the taxes)

http://viewswire.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=social_unrest_table&page=noads&rf=0
(look at the index score. The higher the number, the higher the political instability)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Index
(the higher the number, the more well educated the adult population is)

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/lab_reg_emp_con-labor-regulation-employment-conditions
(the higher the number, the more the regulations on the conditions of your employees)

Unit IV Vocabulary

GDP
GDP Per Capita
GNP
IMF
GATT
NAFTA
Eurozone
BRIC
Import
Export
Tariff
Labor market
Capital market
G-7
Multinational
Globalization
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development

Due Monday Odd
Due Tuesday Even

More on Health Care

Two more articles to help you on the health care bonus project:

http://www.chieftain.com/business/local/article_21b357e8-33d6-11df-851a-001cc4c03286.html


http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2812896/what_is_in_the_new_health_care_bill.html

Homework assigned Wednesday and Thursday

Followup questions for homework for Wednesday and Thursday, NOT FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY LOOK TO THE PREVIOUS POST.:

1. Based on the budget making activity you worked on today, how would you argue that the Office of Management and Budget is a very powerful organization in the federal government?

Look at the budget pie chart (to the left) and answer the following questions:

2. What type of programs seem to be the highest spending priority for our government? (hint: the answer involves the colors blue, orange and dark red).

3. What kinds of programs do you think the category "Other Mandatory" refers to?

4. Is national defense important to our country? Argue using the evidence?

5. How important, relatively speaking, does the idea of helping the less fortunate in the world seem to be?

6. The yellow part worth 15.72% of the budget refers to non-discretionary spending. Use the internet to find out some examples of this.

7. If you could make three changes to this budget, what would you do, and why would you do it?

Homework

Some questions to answer for review for HW:

What is the Fed and what does it do? (2 pts)
What are the benefits that come with a society having full employment? (3 pts)

Describe the effects of the following on a society/economy (1 pt each):
The Congress raises taxes.
The Congress lowers taxes.
The Fed lowers the discount rate.
The Fed increases the reserve requirement

Draw a chart or diagram to compare the beliefs of Democrats and those of the Republicans when it comes to the economy. (3 pts)

In what ways does our country not have a true market economy? (3 pts)

You must answer all these questions. Please ask me if you need help. There is not excuse for not having all correct answers if you don't ask me for help.