Micro Unit 3 (23,22,24,25,26,27)

 

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Micro Unit 3 (23,22,24,25,26,27)  
Do not use activities 35 or 38   

Day 1:  9/24
                Hand Back Unit 2 Tests and go over the Free Response
                Into to Unit: 
                Into Market Structure (Lesson 1)
                                ASSIGN:  Read pp 267-274 for day 2

Day 2 and Day 3:  9/25 and 9/27
                Lesson 1 (p.133 in APIP stuff)
                Discuss the concept of revenue, costs and profit.
                Go over definitions of
                                1) economic, implicit, explicit costs
                                2) normal/economic profit
                                3) short run/long run
                                4) Diminishing marginal returns
                                5) total, marginal, average product

                Start Day 4 material if time.
                                                Read pp 274-282 for day 3
                                                p. 285 #2 for day 4
                                                act 25 for day 5    

9/26 60 Minutes Video on Greenspan (4th and 5th period only)  No 2nd or 3rd period.

Day 4: 9/28
                Go over definitions of
                                1) fixed, variable, total, average variable, average total and marginal costs|
|                                                Assign Act 26 for Day 6                                               

Day 5: 10/1
|                2) Discuss Marginal Cost in terms of Variable costs
                3) average, total and marginal revenue  
                                Discuss any problems they may have up to this time.
                             p 287 #9 for day 6 

Day 6: 10/2
                Do Act 27 (a-d) for day 7.  
                                pp. 289-300 for day 7 

Day 7: 10/3 
               Go over Lesson 3
                                Perfectly competitive market
                                Total Revenue - Total Cost approach 

Day 8: 10/4 
                Test  (50 points MC/FR)
                Assign pp. 301-306 for Day 10

Day 9: 10/5  
                Lesson 3
                                MR = MC approach
                Supply curve derivative of MC curve
                               Assign: p 308 #’s 5, 8 for day 11
                                Assign  Act 27 (part E) for day 10
                                Assign: Act 28 for day 11                               

Day 10: 10/8
        perfectly competitive situation with profit maximization, loss minimization, and shut down. 

              long run situations : (Long run ATC curves).
                                Act 30 for day 12
                                Assign Ex. 33 for day 12,
                                 Assign Ex. 34 old for day 12, Assign Act 29 and 31 for day 13 

Day 11: 10/9
                Complete the coverage of long run situations

   D ay 12 and 13:  10/10 and 10/11 
                Assign reading pp. 311-317 for day 14        

Day 14: 10/12
      Practice Free Response Questions

Day 15: 10/16  
     Cover change in variable costs. 
   Present them AP exam question from 1991 number 2. 

Day 16: 10/17
                Monopoly
                                Assign: Students need to read p. 317-323 for day 17
                                Assign Act.32 for Day 17

Day 17: 10/18In Athens at GCSS
                1992 #1, 93 #3, 94 #3, 1997 #2 and 1998 #3
                               

Day 18: 10/19
                Act 33 for day 18
                34 and 36-39 for day 19
                Cover Unit 3 Lesson 6 on regulating a monopoly
                                Assign reading pp 323-337 for day 19

 Day 19: 10/22
                Cover Consumer surplus, producer surplus, dead weight loss and price discrimination
                Read 372-386 for day 20

Day 20: 10/23
                Go over monopolistic competition
                Work on free response question #1 from 1996 and 1 from 2001.  (Due for HW if not finished)
                Assign P. 588 # 3 and 5 for day 21
                Assign reading pp 345-346 for day 21

               
Assign Act. 40 for day 22

 Day 21: 10/24  
                Go over 1997 #2 and 1998 #3
                Assign free response question 2001 #1, #2 from 1992 and #3 from 1999

Day 22: 10/25  
                Go over oligopoly
                Act 41 for day 23
                Assign Act 42  in class for day 24
                Review                               

Day 23 10/26
               Go over free response questions

 Day24 10/29
                Catch up and Review               

Day 25 10/30
                Multiple Choice Test 

Day 26 10/31
                Free Response Test