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Introduction to BusinessThird MP
Tom Benton
Davison High School
Davison, Michigan
Unit

Your Name:

#4 Business Cycle
Objectives:
Understand phrases of business cycle
Know benefits of a growing economy
Possible points for this unit: 4days = 84 points

C Level: no more than 64 points

Bell Ringer promptly finished (1 pt each)

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Listen to lecture & take notes each day (5 pt each

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Develop a PowerPoint poster that explains the 4 business

cycles(10 points)

Go to www.introbus.glencoe.com, click on Intro to Business 2003

edition, student section, career info, and complete Learning Style
Inventory Print results and share with teacher. (10 points)
Make 5 Vocabulary cards: for business cycle, and the 4 stages,
teacher will ask you to define three terms (10 points)
Compile a list of 10 economic indicators that would show that an
economy is improving(10 points)
Interview a parent and ask them how they would handle a serious
turn-down (recession) in the economy (10 points)
Professional Conduct:
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B Level: no more than 10 points

Complete Writing Skills 1 & 2, page 19 in workbook (10 points)
Research and report the economic cycles that a foreign country has had in the
last 10 years. (10 points.)
Read and summarize a current periodical report on business conditions, attach a
copy of the article. Summarize key points to teacher (10 points)

A Level: no more than 10 points

Develop a 5 slide PowerPoint presentation on the business cycles (10 points)
How confident are consumers? Find the current results of the University of
Michigans survey of consumer confidence. Type a 1-page report. (10 points)

This sheet must be complete by end of class on Friday, Feb 23.

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