Sigonomics: March 2013

This post includes the entire unit on Monetary Policy and Banking. This unit is conducted in several steps. Proceed through each step on your way to the successful completion of the three AP Free-Response questions at the end of the instruction. The content will be delivered through online lectures labeled Part One and Part Two. At the end of each part, there will be a quiz that requires you to apply the information that you learned during the lecture.

Step One: Print the Unit Outline

Click the link below and print the unit outline. Use the outline to follow along with the videos. Please remember, this is only an outline; you will need to add notes as you go along. Use the space between the lines or the columns on the right-side of the paper to add notes, graphs, and questions.

Monetary Policy Outline

Monetary Policy Outline II

Step Two: Part One - Lecture and Quiz

Click on the link below to watch part one of the two part series. This section contains an introduction to the Monetary Policy Unit and the content material of: Money, the Money Market, and Investment Demand. At the end, a fifteen question quiz will automatically populate. The results will be sent to Mr. Nelson. In addition, you will be able to view your results.

Part One: Introduction, Money, Money Market, and Investment Demand

Step Three: Part One Example

After watching Part One, taking notes, and finishing the multiple choice quiz, answer the example titled, Part One Example: Monetary Policy Applied . After you have completed the example on your own, check your answers to the video posted below. Here, Mr. Nelson gives a detailed answer.

Step Four: Part Two - Lecture and Quiz

As in step two, click on the link below. The video will be a lecture containing information on the Federal Reserve, Money Creation, the Banking System, Tools of Monetary Policy, and the Monetary/Fiscal Policy Mix. At the conclusion of the video, there will be a fifteen question, multiple choice quiz.

Part Two: Federal Reserve, Money Creation, Banking, Tools of Monetary Policy, and Policy Mix

Step Five: AP Free-Response Questions

After watching Part Two, taking notes, and taking the multiple choice quiz, answer the three AP Free Response Questions located at the end of the outline titled, Part Two Examples: AP Free Response Questions. After you have completed the questions on your own, view Mr. Nelson's response to each question below.

FRQ #1