Economy+Project

=**Causes of Financial Problems:**=

[|Why People Have Been Struggling] [|Timeline of What led to this Crisis from The NY Times] [|Slide Showing Causes and Effect of Economic Problems in the U.S.] [|Q & A Economy in Crisis (the beginning of the article deals with what caused this situation)]

Definitions of Economic Terms: [|Student Economic Dictionary 1] [|Economic Dictionary 2]

=Effects of Financial Problems:=

In class: [|Photographs and Captions that Show the Effect of Crisis on People 1]

Photographs showing the Worldwide Effects of the Economic Crisis

[|What about US: Effects of Economic Crisis]

How the Economic Crisis is Effecting People with HIV/AIDS

H.W.: [|Banks] [|Stock Market] [|Wall Street Workers] [|Individuals and the Country (the second half of the article deals with effects)] [|Graphs that Show Effect of Crisis (Focus on the 1st page of the newspaper)]

=**What do We Do Now?**=

In Class: Unemployment Clickable Map



Housing

[|People in Debt]

How are people dealing with the changes in the economy

What have past presidents done when they have been economic problems in the US over our history

H.W. Role of the Government [|Federal Reserve Bank] [|What Elected Officials are Doing to Work on this Problem]

Young People [|Ways to Cut Back]