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Geography End of Course
• For more information, please see…
• http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/
PRESENTER
• LAURA EWING• TEXAS COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC
EDUCATION• 1801 ALLEN PARKWAY HOUSTON 77019• [email protected]• WWW.ECONOMICSTEXAS.ORG
DEFINITIONS
• GDP: THE TOTAL MARKET VALUE OF ALL FINAL GOODS AND SERVICES PRODUCED IN AN ECONOMY IN A GIVEN YEAR.
• GNP: THE TOTAL MARKET VALUE OF ALL FINAL GOODS AND SERVICES PRODUCED BY AN ECONOMY IN A GIVEN YEAR
WHICH COUNTRY IS RICHER?
GDP• COUNTRY A $100,000,000• COUNTRY B $200,000,000
POPULATION• COUNTRY A = 1,000,000 PEOPLE• COUNTRY B = 3,000,000 PEOPLE
PER CAPITA GDP
• THE TOTAL MARKET VALUE PER PERSON OF ALL FINAL GOODS AND SERVICES PRODUCED IN AN ECONOMY IN A GIVEN YEAR.
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ACTIVITY 1: GDP
• PLEASE READ THE ARTICLE• WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF GDP
HERE?• WHAT ROLE DOES MEASURE OF VALUE
PLAY?• WHAT IS DOUBLE COUNTING?• WHAT ARE FLOW OF PRODUCT
APPROACH AND EARNINGS AND COST APPROACH?
GDP
• GDP = C + I + G + (X-M)• C = CONSUMERS• I = INVESTMENTS• G = GOVERNMENT• EXPORTS = EXPORTS – IMPORTS• U. S. POPULATION IN 1993 = $24,683• WHAT DOES GDP NOT TELL US?
SOUTH AMERICAN MAP
• THE GDP PER CAPITA OF CANADA IS BETWEEN $_____ AND $_____.
• FOUR COUNTRIES WITH GDP PER CAPITA BETWEEN $15,000 AND $19,999 ARE:
• THE NATIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA HAVE GDP PER CAPITA BETWEEN $___ AND $___.
HOW WOULD YOU SET UP A
• CHOROPLETH MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA? PAGES 58 AND 59
• ENRICHMENT: CHOOSE A COUNTRY WITH A LOW GDP AND ONE WITH A HIGH GDP. SET UP A CHOROPLETH MAP TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCE. ALSO, VISUALLY DEPICT THE CAUSES OF THESE DIFFERENCES.
Push and Pull FactorsPUSH PULL
Costs of present location that drive people away
Benefits of new location because it has advantages
“In 2002 the United Nations estimated that around 175 million people, or about 3% of the world’s population, resided in a country different from their country of birth.”
THE ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION
• EXAMINE AN ECONOMIC MYSTERY AS TO WHY SWEDISH FARMERS MIGHT HAVE COME TO THE U.S. IN 1880
• STUDY VISUALS TO DETERMINE YOUR ANSWER
• USE SUPPLY AND DEMAND ANALYSIS TO EXPLAIN WHY THE KING TRIED TO CONVINCE THEM TO RETURN
DISCUSS VISUAL I
• WHY DO YOU THINK SWEDISH IMMIGRANTS WOULD ABANDON THEIR LANDS IN SWEDEN TO COME TO THE U.S. IN LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY?
• CHOICES BASED ON:– MOST ADVANTAGEOUS COMBINATION OF COSTS
AND BENEFITS– PEOPLE RESPOND TO INCENTIVES IN
PREDICTABLE WAYS– RULE OF THE ECO SYSTEM AND THEIR
INFLUENCE ON CHOICES AND INCENTIVES
VISUAL TWO
• REVIEW THE STATISTICS• ESTIMATE HOW MANY IMMIGRANTS
ARRIVED IN THE U.S. BETWEEN 1871-1920. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 1870’S AND 1880’S AND 1916-1920 THAT HAD AN IMPACT ON IMMIGRATION?
REMINDERS
• THE MARKETS ALLOCATE SCARCE RESOURCES. WHAT ARE THE SCARCE RESOURCES HERE?
• WHAT ROLE DO IMMIGRANTS PLAY?• WHAT ROLE DO EMPLOYERS PLAY?
VISUAL TWO: MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES
• WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PUSH FACTORS?
• WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PULL FACTORS?
• WHAT WERE THE EXPECTED BENEFITS AND COSTS FOR THE SWEDISH FARMERS?
• IF YOU HAD LIVED THEN, WOULD YOU HAVE MIGRATED TO THE U.S? EXPLAIN.
WHAT CAUSED A RETURN TO SWEDEN?
• WHY WOULD SUCCESSFUL SWEDISH FARMERS DECIDE TO RETURN TO SWEDEN?
• VIEW VISUAL 3
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