{"id":13727,"date":"2017-03-13T23:45:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T03:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/?p=13727"},"modified":"2017-03-14T19:56:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T23:56:52","slug":"economics-31417","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/2017\/03\/13\/economics-31417\/","title":{"rendered":"Economics &#8211; 3\/14\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I. <strong>Bellwork:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A.)\u00a0 Questions &amp; Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Page 242 Economic Analysis<\/li>\n<li>Page 244 Economic Analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>II.\u00a0 <strong>Objective:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Given various scenarios distinguish between progressive, regressive, and proportional taxes<\/li>\n<li>Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources<\/li>\n<li>Analyze and discuss the merits of various methods in which governments generate revenue on consumption, income and wealth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>III.\u00a0 Notebook Work:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A.\u00a0 <strong>Tree Maps<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pages 251-253\n<ul>\n<li>Describe Flat Tax and list its advantages (3) and disadvantages (3)<\/li>\n<li>Describe Value Added Tax and list its advantages (4) and disadvantages (3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>IV.\u00a0 Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/video.foxbusiness.com\/v\/3951405\/stossel-on-hidden-taxes\/\">A.\u00a0 Hidden Taxes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tax-rates.org\/michigan\/excise-tax\">B.\u00a0 Michigan Excise Taxes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vzDjpp560F4\">C.\u00a0 Tennessee firefighters watch as home burns<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Do you believe the firefighters action was justified?\u00a0 Explain.<\/li>\n<li>Develop some alternative policies in which this situation may be avoided.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>V.\u00a0 Classwork<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CDMQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704530204576235151262336300.html&amp;ei=p6R_UfCMNcaI2wXQu4GoCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNG9sP8EbtuEJgrvGdMvoCEQoqJEIw&amp;bvm=bv.45645796,d.b2I&amp;cad=rja\"><strong><em>ARIZONA PROPOSES MEDICAID FAT FEE<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u2013 WSJ.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/arizona-gov-jan-brewer-proposes-medicare-fat-fine\/story?id=13274368\"><span class=\"caption\">Arizona Proposes Fines for Unhealthy Habits<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Explain what\u00a0 Arizona would like to do.<\/li>\n<li>Which <strong>principle of taxation<\/strong> does this tax involve?Explain<\/li>\n<li>Based upon the criteria for effective taxes (p. 232), do you believe the tax will be effective? 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Bellwork: A.)\u00a0 Questions &amp; Answers Page 242 Economic Analysis Page 244 Economic Analysis II.\u00a0 Objective: Given various scenarios distinguish between progressive, regressive, and proportional taxes Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources Analyze and discuss the merits of various methods in which governments generate revenue on consumption, income and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics-w2017"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/farhoud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}