NPR Listening practice--Does A Strong Dollar Help The U.S. Economy?

If you would like to listen to the passage again that we listened to today in class, you can find it at the following link:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101528009&sc=emaf

You will also find an article that is very similar to the listening passage. The article and the listening passage are not exactly the same, but they are similar enough that you can use the article to identify some of the vocabulary words you may have struggled to understand while you were listening or to check how well you understood what you listened to.

The Paterson Silk Strike of 1913

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GDP Listening Homework

Here is the listening passage for your GDP listening homework. You may listen as many times as you want to. You may also use a dictionary if you need to. Once you feel like you understand the passage, answer the questions that I handed out in class and turn it in on Monday June 22nd in class. By the way, it should stop automatically once the commentator is finished interviewing Bill Stone, but if it doesn't, you can just stop it there.

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The Peaterson Silk Strike

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Speaking Homework # 2

Instructions:

Read p. 235 in your textbook about the Peterson Silk Strike
Create a 1-2 minute video expressing your opinion on the following topic:
Do you think that the workers or the mill owners were in the right? Why?
Post your video on the class blog:
http://economics5summer2009.blogspot.com/

Due by: Monday June 15th, 2009 at 5pm

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