Day 45 (Monday)

We're on the verge of wrapping up Maybury's penny book. I think it has been very effective in sparking the students' interest in a simple, concise way. Yesterday's chapter discussed causes of the "Great Recession" and a brief summary of the book thus far.

We discussed the literal definition of propaganda, then we viewed a few examples of propaganda regarding taxes during times of war, and then some regarding the creation of the Federal Reserve.

We watched a DVD provided by the New York Federal Reserve as their effort to explain how the Federal Reserve, something that is hard to do in 14 minutes.

The students were given about 35 minutes to read and work on their papers.