Monday, July 9, 2012

7/9/2012 articles for blogging

Econ:

Read this article

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/articles/naps03.pdf

Answer these questions and post on your blog.

MANAGING YOUR MONEY




1. What is Identity theft?



2. Who is the organization who protects consumers from identity theft? What is there strategy to fight against identify theft?



3. How does the FTC tell consumers to Deter thieves? (hint – there should be three ways they recommend to help consumers)



4. How do consumers detect identity thieves?



5. What should you do if think your identity has been stolen? List all 4 steps in your own words.



6. After reading and thinking about this article do you think you have a better idea of what to do if you encounter a identity theft situation?



7. Do you think this will ever happen to you?



8. If this does, will you know how to stop it based on all that you have learned?



9. Find 4 key terms in this article and define them. (pick words you don’t know)



10. In your opinion was this article helpful?

 
Gov:
 
Read the article
 
http://lilt.ilstu.edu/rrpope/rrpopepwd/articles/socvcap.html
 
Answer the questions and post on your blog.
 
 
Socialism vs. Capitalism




1. What is the title of the article and who is the author?



2. Why would people think capitalism is morally unjust?



3. In socialism, who runs the society?



4. Who were two of the greatest defenders of socialism?



5. Find a quote and discuss it



6. How come there are winners and losers in capitalism? What separates the winners and the losers?



7. What is an entrepreneur?



8. Does socialism infringe upon our freedoms?



9. Does the author think the U.S. is entirely capitalist?

10. Does this author support capitalism or socialism?



11. Write your opinion about which is better Capitalism or Socialism and talk about the pros and cons of one.


 

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