Thursday/Friday December 17-18

Pay Stub Example

Pay Stub Questions

Tax Tables
20 Questions

We also handed in our Stock Tracking Sheet.  You need to hand this in after the break if you did not do so.

Tuesday/Wednesday December 15-16

Federal Tax Notes

14.2 Questions

1. Why do employers withhold a set amount of your income?
2. What is taxable income?
3. What does Social Security provide?
4. What is Medicare?
5. What items are taxed for the purpose of changing behavior?
6. Explain pay-as-you-earn taxation.
7. What is the purpose of FICA?
8. Describe withholding and explain how it would affect someone with a part-time job.
9. How much of the federal government’s income comes from individual income tax?

10. What is the difference between an estate tax and a gift tax?

Where your tax dollars go pie chart
Make your own pie chart on where you would like to see tax dollars spent.  The example is the US division of income taxes in 2014

Monday December 14

Create a Classification Organizer for Taxes with 3 sub groups (Progressive, Regressive, Proportional) For each type of tax, tell me 3 things that the government uses that particular money for.

Group Tax Budget- See me about getting into a group.
Groups were assigned to make a budget for a nation.

Thursday/Friday December 10-11

Intro To Taxes Notes

Movie Notes on Types of Taxes
If you missed class read page 361 and take notes on the three tax structures. (Progressive, Regressive, Proportional)

Tuesday/Wednesday December 8-9

Supply and Demand Exam

Monday, December 7 Work

Presented Supply and Demand Rap Songs

Test Tomorrow!!!

Study up on the following:
Graphing changes in Supply and Demand
Determinants of Supply and Demand
Equilibrium
Determining Elasticity.
Law of Supply and Demand.

Thursday/Friday December 3-4 Work

Today we did the graphing from data taken off the Big Apple game.  If you missed class, you need to get the data from another classmate who was in class.

Make 5 line graphs (one for each round)
Answer the following questions.

1.  What is the price the apples are most frequently sold at in Round 3?

2.  In which round was there the greatest spread in price (range=lowest price to highest)?

3.  Why do you think prices became more concentrated (close together) at times? 

4.  Why did high profit takers have success? Ask students who made lots of money what strategies they used.

5.  What problems did you run into buying or selling?

6.  List 1 strategy that you employed to negotiate your prices.   Did your strategy work? Why or why not?

Supply and Demand Rap Song

Create a Rap song about Supply and Demand.  The song must have 20 lines and be school appropriate.  This is a mandatory assignment.  You don't have to rap it in front of the class.  If you want 10 extra credit points then you can rap it! Due Monday.

Tuesday/Wednesday December 1-2 Work

Today we played the Big Apple Game.  Data to be done next class.