ECONOMIC POLICY PROJECT HERBERT H. LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL MS. KIM RYAN DELUCA

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT  You will be researching different economic issues.  You will pretend to be government officials that will examine and create new economic policies for your issues.

THE ISSUES  AFFIRMATIVE ACTION  LOTTERY  UNEMPLOYMENT  POVERTY  WELFARE  SOCIAL SECURTY  MINIMUM WAGE

THE TASK  You will be in a group of 4-5 students that will go step by step to complete the project.  The worksheets and information can be found in the TIPS website.   You must work together with the group in order to complete the tasks.

DEFINING THE SOCIAL ISSUE  You and your group will begin to develop an understanding of the issue.  You must also SELECT the area in which you will be studying.

GATHERING THE EVIDENCE  You and your group will now begin to gather EVIDENCE.  This will supply you with your information you need.  You must RECORD the sites you used.

IDENTIFYING THE CAUSES  In order to understand your economic issue, you must understand WHY it occurs.  You must find as many as you can that explain why the problem occurs.  You must supply FACTS and EVIDENCE to support you claims for the problem.

EVALUATING EXISTING POLICIES  You must chose 1 of the existing policy to RESEARCH.  You then have to EVALUATE the positives and negatives of the policy.  You must use some facts.

CREATING NEW POLICIES  You must now create 3 new or altered policies for your economic issues.  You must then choose the BEST out of the three that you feel best changes the issue for the BETTER

SELECTING THE RIGHT POLICY  The LAST step is to the project is to evaluate each of your new policies.  FEASIBILITY-if the policy can actually be put into effect.  EFFECTIVENESS- that it will actually work.

THE PROCESS  Everyone in the group is responsible for a particular part of the project.  Each role is essential to the creation of the finished project.  Each has an equal merit.

THE ROLES  LEADER- Keeps people of track and responsible.  RESEARCHER- Responsible for organizing all research.  TECHNOLOGY- Creates the PowerPoint presentation.  PRESENTATION-will represent the group for their project.

EVALUATION INDIVIDUAL GRADE GROUP GRADE WORK COMPLETED 50% WORKSHEETS COMPLETED 50% EVALUATION 50% POWERPOINT 50%