While I'm Out

Entrepreneurship Class,

I am out today. Here are the instructions for today's lesson. Thanks to Sierra & Anna for helping out! By the way John F. Kennedy said that leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. He couldn't be more right! Learn so you can lead!

Hands-on GDP

Introduction to Business students are studying economic systems and the ways we measure the performance of the economy. Last week in class, students were grouped in their own countries and then produced 3 products: bookmarks, books, and apples. Students calculated their productivity, GDP, and GDP per capita for each round/ year.

Facts about GDP:

• GDP is the value of all goods and services produced in a country in one year.
• GDP is one economic indicator that economists use to measure the strength of a nation's economy.
• GDP grew in the U.S. by 1% in the 2nd quarter of 2011. More information can be found at the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Here's a glimpse into the Introduction to Business classroom as students learned about GDP and other economic indicators.




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Students will be assessed over this unit on Friday, September 16!