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This is due Friday, 3/25/16
Business Cycle Graph Mini-project
Directions
1. Get a piece of blank paper and a variety of colored pencils.
2. Arrange your paper so it is in landscape position.
3. Draw EVERYTHING in regular PENCIL first in case you need to erase. You will go over everything with colored
pencil afterward.
Rubric
10 points
Using the full length and width of the paper, draw your X-axis and your Y-axis. Make sure
you leave room for labels.
5 points
Label your Y-Axis – Real GDP
5 points
Label your X-Axis – Time
30 points
Draw the following information on your graph. Make sure you make it as big as possible, you
will need space to add information.
24 points
On the back of your paper, write the definitions for peak, trough, contraction, recession, expansion, and recovery.
You can find these in your glossary in your book
10 points
Answer the following questions on the back of your paper: a. Why do you think the expansion on your chart is
divided between a recovery and prosperity? How do you find the start of prosperity? b. How long must a
contraction last before it is considered a recession?
24 points
On your graph, place the following economic indicators in the correct location. The up arrows and down arrows
do not go together as a group. Please each in its own spot.  CPI (Inflation Rate)  Unemployment Rate  Real
GDP  CPI (Inflation Rate)  Unemployment Rate  Real GDP
30 points
Based on your placements in #10, answer the following questions on the back of your graph: a. During what
phase of the Business Cycle graph would the government be worried about inflation?
Total
/138
This is due Friday, 3/25/16
Business Cycle Graph Mini-project
Directions
1. Get a piece of blank paper and a variety of colored pencils.
2. Arrange your paper so it is in landscape position.
3. Draw EVERYTHING in regular PENCIL first in case you need to erase. You will go over everything with colored
pencil afterward.
Rubric
10 points
Using the full length and width of the paper, draw your X-axis and your Y-axis. Make sure
you leave room for labels.
5 points
Label your Y-Axis – Real GDP
5 points
Label your X-Axis – Time
30 points
Draw the following information on your graph. Make sure you make it as big as possible, you
will need space to add information.
24 points
On the back of your paper, write the definitions for peak, trough, contraction, recession, expansion, and recovery.
You can find these in your glossary in your book
10 points
Answer the following questions on the back of your paper: a. Why do you think the expansion on your chart is
divided between a recovery and prosperity? How do you find the start of prosperity? b. How long must a
contraction last before it is considered a recession?
24 points
On your graph, place the following economic indicators in the correct location. The up arrows and down arrows
do not go together as a group. Please each in its own spot.  CPI (Inflation Rate)  Unemployment Rate  Real
GDP  CPI (Inflation Rate)  Unemployment Rate  Real GDP
30 points
Based on your placements in #10, answer the following questions on the back of your graph: a. During what
phase of the Business Cycle graph would the government be worried about inflation?
Total
/138