DRS · 2026–27 · Mon–Thu · 38-minute periods · one section of seniors · updated Oct 7

AP Macro Command Center

The whole year, planned backward from two facts: the exam is Friday, May 7, and the seniors don’t come back after it. All six units close by March 30. Review runs March 31 to April 15, the Pesach break carries a packet, May 3 to 6 is polish, and grades wrap by May 6. Eleven micro lessons sit in three short blocks, each next to the macro topics it connects to.

★ AP Macroeconomics Exam: Friday, May 7, 2027afternoon · 60 MCQ / 70 min + 3 FRQ / 60 min

The year at a glance

Block widths match the number of class meetings, so you can see how much of the year each unit takes. The pink blocks are the micro lessons. Hover a block for its dates.

U1Sep 3–24

Sukkot

U2Oct 21–Nov 10

U3Nov 11–Dec 2

U4Dec 17–Jan 12

Midterms

U5Feb 1–Mar 3

U6Mar 10–30

ReviewMar 31–Apr 15

Pesach

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Out

Units 3, 4 and 5 carry 55 to 80% of the exam and own the November to March core. The school midterm doubles as a Units 1 to 4 mock.

114

class meetings, Sep 3 to May 6: the whole course

42/42

CED topics (1.1 to 6.6), each on a named day

test and mock days: unit tests, the midterm mock, the April mock

micro lessons in 3 blocks, plus 2 micro quizzes

green days that can absorb a sick day

class days between the Pesach break and the exam

Unit blocks

Unit 1 · Basic Economic Concepts

5–10% of examSep 3–Oct 1215 meetingsTest Oct 12

Scarcity, the PPC, comparative advantage, supply and demand. Price ceilings and floors (M1) come right after 1.6 and are on the test. Review Oct 8, test Monday Oct 12.

Slides and materials: AP Macro Unit 1 deck (77 sl.) + Scarcity/PPC + Supply&Demand decks + NCEE workbook + 1996 FRQ + 1.4/1.5 and 1.6 decks

Unit 2 · Indicators & Business Cycle

12–17%Oct 21–Nov 1012 meetingsTest Nov 9

GDP, unemployment, CPI and inflation, real vs nominal, the business cycle. Candy Price Inflation and M&Ms Unemployment slot here. About 16 to 20% of exam MCQs are calculations, so the review day is also a calc gauntlet.

Slides and materials: Unit 2 deck (58 sl.) + circular-flow manipulatives + Candy Inflation + M&Ms Unemployment + calc drills

Unit 3 · National Income & Price Determination

17–27%Nov 11–Dec 1618 meetingsTest Dec 15–16

The biggest block: AD, multipliers, SRAS and LRAS, equilibrium and gaps, shocks, self-adjustment, fiscal policy, stabilizers. The December micro lessons sit right before 3.9 and the “Who should pay?” debate. The test splits into an MCQ day and an FRQ day.

Slides and materials: Unit3_1 AD + Multipliers_SRAS + LRAS_ADAS + AD_AS_Changes + Fiscal_AutoStabilizers + AD game

Unit 4 · Financial Sector

18–23%Dec 17–Jan 1215 meetingsMidterm = U1–4 mock

Financial assets (the personal-finance weave lives here), Fisher, money, banking, the money market, monetary policy, loanable funds. The 4.6 deck gets its ample reserves update (IORB and the reserve market graph) before Jan 4. The midterm window becomes a Units 1 to 4 mock.

Slides and materials: 4.1-4.7 modular decks (4.6 gets the ample reserves update: IORB + reserve market graph)

Unit 5 · Long-Run Consequences

20–30%Feb 1–Mar 318 meetingsTest Mar 1–2

Heaviest exam weight: Phillips curve, quantity theory, deficits and debt, crowding out, growth. One lesson deck per topic (5.1 to 5.7). FOMC for a Day and the MV=PQ game land here.

Slides and materials: 5.1-5.7 lesson decks + FOMC-for-a-Day + MV=PQ game + Phillips materials

Unit 6 · Open Economy

10–13%Mar 10–3011 meetingsTest Mar 30

Balance of payments, exchange rates, FOREX graphs, policy chains, capital flows. One lesson deck per topic (6.1 to 6.6). The test also has 2 tariff questions from M5.

Slides and materials: 6.1-6.6 lesson decks + BoP/FOREX FRQs

Micro lessons · whole class

Not on the AP Macro exam11 meetings3 blocksQuizzes Oct 20 + Mar 9

Supply and demand toolkit right after Unit 1 (Oct 7, Oct 13–20), government and inequality inside Unit 3 (Dec 3–7), competition between Units 5 and 6 (Mar 4–9).

Slides and materials: M1-M11 decks + Micro Quiz 1 and 2 • Welfare analysis set + trade barriers (Unit 1) • Unit 6 decks 6.2, 6.3, 6.5 • Taxes & the Rich • market structures • prisoners dilemma

Review Sprint

Mar 31–Apr 1510 meetingsFull mock Apr 8–14

Unit-by-unit review, a full mock (two MCQ halves and two FRQ days), mock item analysis, and the Pesach packet launch on Apr 15.

Slides and materials: Master Review + Review Booklet (v4 plan) + AP Classroom question bank + graph reference

Pesach Packet + Final Sprint

Pesach breakMay 3–64 meetingsExam May 7 PM

Ten tasks of about 30 minutes keep retrieval going over the break. May 3 to 6: packet triage, FRQ dress rehearsal, top-20 MCQ traps, then a formula and graph day. Micro volunteers test May 4 PM.

Slides and materials: Traps list + formula sheet + dress-rehearsal FRQs

Where the micro lessons sit

Three short blocks instead of one long detour. Each block sits where it connects to the macro units, and the October lessons stay together because each one uses the one before it.

Block 1 · after Unit 1

Supply and demand toolkit

Wed Oct 7M1Price ceilings and floors + on the Unit 1 test
Tue Oct 13M2Consumer and producer surplus
Wed Oct 14M3Price elasticity of demand
Thu Oct 15M4Taxes and subsidies
Mon Oct 19M5Tariffs and quotas
Tue Oct 20M6Review game + Micro Quiz 1

Each lesson uses the one before it: surplus is the tool, elasticity decides who pays a tax, and a tariff is a tax on imports. Supply and demand is fresh from Unit 1.

Block 2 · inside Unit 3

Government and inequality

Thu Dec 3M7Externalities and public goods
Mon Dec 7M8Inequality

The next two days use the same ideas: 3.9 automatic stabilizers (Dec 8) and the “Who should pay?” debate (Dec 9).

Block 3 · between Units 5 and 6

Types of competition

Thu Mar 4M9Types of competition
Mon Mar 8M10Monopoly and monopolistic competition
Tue Mar 9M11Oligopoly and game theory + Micro Quiz 2

Right after the Unit 5 test and before Unit 6 starts, so the macro sequence isn’t interrupted.

Spaced review keeps them alive: micro questions come back on the Unit 2 test (Nov 9), the Unit 3 test (Dec 15) and the Unit 6 test (Mar 30). They are already written, on hidden slides at the end of M2 to M8 and M11.

Sick-day protocol: 7 days, spent like an economist

Every meeting in the day-by-day map has a colored dot for what happens if you’re out that day. Seven sub kits, built from materials already in the course files, let a green or yellow day run without you.

33 GREEN: ideal sub days; the kit runs itself 64 YELLOW: sub-able; the lesson moves to the next green day 17 RED: protect Day 1, tests, mocks, Mar 31, May 3–6 16 FREE: after May 7, seniors gone

The 4 re-sync rules

Green day missed: nothing to do. The kit replaced the drill.
Yellow day missed: the next green day in that unit becomes the missed lesson, and the drill it replaces shrinks into Do Nows.
Two or more missed in one unit: fold the review day into the test warm-up and let the test slide one day at most. Tests anchor to dates, so nothing later moves.
Red day threatened: swap with the next day. A test slides one day at most and a mock shifts within its week. If May 3 to 6 is hit, a sub proctors timed sets.

Absorbers by unit: where the plan bends

Green days that can absorb a sick day: U1: 5 · U2: 1 · U3: 5 · U4: 6 · U5: 7 · U6: 4 · Micro: 1 · Review: 4 · Final sprint: 0.

Unit 2 is now the thin spot. With the October micro block it has one green day (Nov 5), so a sick day there means moving a lesson. May 3 to 6 has none.

Print deadlines: Kits 1 to 3 by Sep 15, Kits 4 and 5 by Dec 15 (flu season is the Unit 4 window), Kits 6 and 7 by Feb 15. If you take one by choice, the cheapest days are after May 7, then the green game days (Dec 9, Feb 10, Feb 24, Mar 22, Mar 29).

Kit 1 · Unit 1 windowPPC & Trade pack10_Production_Possibilities + 23_Comparative_Advantage PDFs + 10 MCQs from the basic concepts doc + key

Kit 2 · Unit 2 windowIndicators labGDP counted / not counted sort + CPI and unemployment calc problems (08 and 09 PDFs) + gdp mc items

Kit 3 · Unit 3 windowAD-AS scenario gauntletMultiplier worksheet + Kunming “19 AS AD Practice” + unit 3 mc items

Kit 4 · Unit 4 windowMoney & banking setBank balance sheets (19) + money market practice (Kunming 11) + Fisher problems (07)

Kit 5 · Unit 5 windowPolicy mix & PhillipsFiscal and monetary policy charts + phillips curve mc + policy mix mc

Kit 6 · Unit 6 windowFOREX chainsKunming “12 FOREX market” + international mc items + balance of payments sorting practice

Kit 7 · any time after Dec 1Released FRQ self-scoreOne released FRQ + rubric: timed 25-minute write, self-score, error-log entry (TEST MISTAKES protocol)

Day-by-day map

All 114 meetings, each with a sick-day dot. Under each class plan: the slides, handouts, Arcade game and AP Classroom items for that day.

September 2026
Thu Sep 3	1	Day 1	Day 1: Why macro matters • course map • AP exam anatomy • 20-question baseline diagnostic Deck: AP Macroeconomics Unit 1 (big deck), opening slides	Launch
Tue Sep 8	2	U1	1.1 Scarcity, factors of production, 3 economic questions Deck: AP Macroeconomics Unit 1 (big deck), 1.1 slides Also: Scarcity Opportunity Cost and PPC AP Classroom: 1.1 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Wed Sep 9	3	U1	1.2 Opportunity cost & the PPC: shape, efficiency, unattainable pts Deck: Scarcity Opportunity Cost and PPC Handout: Opportunity Cost and PPC - Classwork (+ answer key) Also: PPC Notes, 10_Production_Possibilities AP Classroom: 1.2 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Thu Sep 10	4	U1	1.2 PPC shifts & growth • per-unit opportunity cost calc Handout: Opportunity Cost and PPC - Classwork (+ answer key) Also: Production Possibilities Curve; 1 Production Possibilities Curve AP Classroom: 1.2 Topic Questions	New content
Mon Sep 14	5	U1	PPC speed-sketch drill + retrieval Do-Now (short fast-day period) Practice: 10_Production_Possibilities, PPC Notes Do Now questions: basic economic concepts multiple choice questions	Drill	Tzom Gedalia - 1:30 dismissal (SHORT/at-risk)
Tue Sep 15	6	U1	1.3 Comparative vs absolute advantage • output/input method Deck: comparative advantage Handout: Comparative Advantage Note Sheet AP Classroom: 1.3 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Wed Sep 16	7	U1	1.3 Terms of trade calc gauntlet [micro-bridge: identical topic in AP Micro] Practice: 23_Comparative_Advantage AP Classroom: 1.3 FRQ "PPC and trade between France and Italy"	Drill
Thu Sep 17	8	U1	1.4 Demand: law of demand, TRIPE shifters [micro-bridge] Deck: 1.4 Demand and 1.5 Supply AP Classroom: 1.4 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Tue Sep 22	9	U1	1.5 Supply: law of supply, shifters [micro-bridge] Deck: 1.4 Demand and 1.5 Supply Practice: 4 demand and supply AP Classroom: 1.5 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Wed Sep 23	10	U1	1.6 Equilibrium, disequilibrium, single & double shifts Deck: 1.6 Market Equilibrium Practice: demand and supply; 3 Market in Equilibrium AP Classroom: 1.6 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Thu Sep 24	11	U1	Unit 1 graph gauntlet • assign Progress Check 1 + light Sukkot packet Practice: supply and demand analysis; 5 supply and demand analysis AP Classroom: Unit 1 Progress Check (being assigned the week of Oct 5 instead)	Review
October 2026
Mon Oct 5	12	U1	Re-entry retrieval relay: PPC/CA/S&D after break Do Now questions: basic economic concepts multiple choice questions	Drill
Tue Oct 6	13	U1	1.6 Market equilibrium: finished (single & double shifts) Deck: 1.6 Market Equilibrium	New content
Wed Oct 7	14	Micro	Micro 2.8 Price ceilings & floors: rent control, minimum wage [builds on 1.6; on the test] Deck: M1 Price Ceilings and Floors Bring: index cards for the exit ticket Homework: price ceiling or floor hunt (on the exit ticket slide) AP Classroom: 1.1 to 1.6 videos + Topic Questions (already assigned) Extra practice: 6 price ceiling, 7 price floor	New content
Thu Oct 8	15	U1	Unit 1 review + 1996 Unit 1 FRQ walk-through (include price ceilings & floors) FRQ: 1996 unit 1 frq (Toledo circus tickets). No scoring guide for it in your files yet Practice: M1 deck, AP practice set (the slides after the exit ticket) AP Classroom: assign the Unit 1 Progress Check (MCQ + FRQ), due Sunday night Extra practice: 3 Market in Equilibrium, 6 price ceiling	Review
Mon Oct 12	16	U1	UNIT 1 TEST (15 MCQ + 1 short FRQ, AP-style) + 3 MCQ on price ceilings & floors Test: Unit 1 test Price control MCQs: hidden slide at the end of M1 Question sources: AP Classroom Question Bank; basic economic concepts multiple choice questions	TEST	Columbus Day - no district transportation (UNIT 1 TEST: plan make-ups)
Tue Oct 13	17	Micro	Micro 2.6 Consumer & producer surplus + deadweight loss (what rent control costs) Deck: M2 Consumer and Producer Surplus Also: welfare analysis multiple choice	New content
Wed Oct 14	18	Micro	Micro 2.3 Price elasticity of demand: elastic vs inelastic, total revenue test Deck: M3 Price Elasticity of Demand	New content
Thu Oct 15	19	Micro	Micro 2.8 Taxes & subsidies: who really pays a tax, deadweight loss (uses elasticity) Deck: M4 Taxes and Subsidies Also: welfare analysis frqs + rubrics	New content
Mon Oct 19	20	Micro	Micro 2.9 Tariffs & quotas: a tax on imports, who wins and loses (builds on 1.3) Deck: M5 Tariffs and Quotas Also: trade barriers; 8 quota, 9 tariff	New content
Tue Oct 20	21	Micro	Micro review game + MICRO QUIZ 1 (price controls, surplus, elasticity, taxes, tariffs) Deck: M6 Micro Review Game Quiz: M6 Micro Quiz 1 + Answer Key (Word and PDF)	Check
Wed Oct 21	22	U2	2.1 Circular flow & GDP: expenditure approach [manipulatives activity] Deck: AP Macroeconomics Unit 2 (big deck), circular flow + GDP; Circular Flow Activity: circular flow manipulatives + circular flow (blank, without arrows) + circular flow vocabulary Also: 04_Circular_Flow_Diagram AP Classroom: 2.1 videos + Topic Questions	New content	PSAT day (juniors out if any)
Thu Oct 22	23	U2	2.1 GDP: income approach • counted / not-counted sort Deck: Unit 2 big deck, GDP slides; GDP Activity: Counted or not counted in GDP Arcade: Sort Circuit, GDP or Not deck Also: 06_Gross_Domestic_Product AP Classroom: 2.1 Topic Questions	New content
Mon Oct 26	24	U2	2.2 Limitations of GDP (non-market, underground, quality of life, pollution) Deck: Unit 2 big deck, limits of GDP slides Arcade: Sort Circuit, GDP or Not deck AP Classroom: 2.2 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Tue Oct 27	25	U2	2.3 Unemployment: types + M&Ms activity • unemployment rate & LFPR calc Deck: Unit 2 big deck, unemployment slides; business cycle and unemployment Activity: 20 M&Ms Unemployment (bring M&Ms) Also: Labor Force & Unemployment, 09_Unemployment Arcade: Calc Blitz, Measuring the Economy AP Classroom: 2.3 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Wed Oct 28	26	U2	2.4 Price indices & CPI [Candy Price Inflation activity] Deck: Unit 2 big deck, CPI slides Activity: Candy Price Inflation (instructions + pages 1 and 2) Also: inflation and price indices, 08_CPI_and_GDP_Deflator AP Classroom: 2.4 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Thu Oct 29	27	U2	2.4 CPI/inflation-rate calcs + Inflation at the Movies Activity: Inflation at the Movies Practice: 08_CPI_and_GDP_Deflator Arcade: Calc Blitz, Measuring the Economy AP Classroom: 2.4 Topic Questions	New content
November 2026
Mon Nov 2	28	U2	2.5 Costs of inflation: winners/losers, menu & shoe-leather Deck: Unit 2 big deck, costs of inflation slides; Inflation and Interest Rates Also: inflation; 21 inflation AP Classroom: 2.5 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Tue Nov 3	29	U2	2.6 Real vs nominal GDP • GDP deflator + calc practice Deck: Unit 2 big deck, real vs nominal GDP slides Practice: 08_CPI_and_GDP_Deflator Arcade: Calc Blitz, Measuring the Economy AP Classroom: 2.6 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Wed Nov 4	30	U2	2.7 Business cycle: phases, peaks/troughs, indicators Deck: Unit 2 big deck, business cycle slides; business cycle and unemployment Also: 05_Business_Cycle; video The Business Cycle (wmv) AP Classroom: 2.7 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Thu Nov 5	31	U2	Unit 2 review game + calc gauntlet (deflator/CPI/real GDP) • assign Progress Check 2 Arcade: Calc Blitz, Measuring the Economy; Sort Circuit, GDP or Not deck Practice: gdp mc; gdp, unemployment, inflation workbook AP Classroom: assign the Unit 2 Progress Check	Review
Mon Nov 9	32	U2	UNIT 2 TEST (18 MCQ + 1 short FRQ) + 3 micro MCQ (spaced review) Test: Unit 2 test Micro MCQs: hidden test-bank slides at the end of M2, M3, M4, M5 and M6 (pick 3) Question sources: AP Classroom Question Bank; gdp mc; unit2frq031 + unit2rubric035	TEST
Tue Nov 10	33	U2	Test debrief + FRQ rewrite protocol (error log starts) Rubric: unit 2 frq rubric Graded tests (error log starts)	Review
Wed Nov 11	34	U3	3.1 Aggregate demand & why it slopes down (WIN) Deck: Unit3_1_Aggregate_Demand Also: Unit3_1_AD_StudyGuide AP Classroom: 3.1 videos + Topic Questions	New content	Veterans Day - no district transportation
Thu Nov 12	35	U3	3.1 AD shifters + AD interactive game Deck: Unit3_1_Aggregate_Demand Game: Unit3_1_AD_Game; Arcade: Shift Happens, level 1 AP Classroom: 3.1 Topic Questions	New content
Mon Nov 16	36	U3	3.2 MPC/MPS & the spending multiplier Deck: AP_Macro_Multipliers_SRAS (1); Consumption and Saving Handout: consumption and savings note sheet Also: 11_Propensities_and_Multipliers Arcade: Calc Blitz, Multipliers AP Classroom: 3.2 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Tue Nov 17	37	U3	3.2 Tax & balanced-budget multipliers + multiplier number practice Deck: AP_Macro_Multipliers_SRAS (1); Multipliers Practice: spending, multiplier, change in ad Arcade: Calc Blitz, Multipliers AP Classroom: 3.2 Topic Questions	New content
Wed Nov 18	38	U3	3.3 SRAS & shifters (GRIPS) Deck: AP_Macro_Multipliers_SRAS (1), SRAS part; Copy of Aggregate Supply Arcade: Shift Happens, level 2 AP Classroom: 3.3 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Thu Nov 19	39	U3	3.4 LRAS + 3.5 AD-AS equilibrium & output gaps Deck: LRAS_ADAS_Equilibrium Also: 12_AS_AD_Model; video as ad AP Classroom: 3.4 and 3.5 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Mon Nov 23	40	U3	3.6 Shocks: demand-pull vs cost-push, stagflation Deck: AD_AS_Changes_SelfAdj Also: Cause & Effect Arcade: Shift Happens, level 3 AP Classroom: 3.6 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Tue Nov 24	41	U3	Output-gap & shock graph drill + cause-and-effect chain relay (3:30 dismissal day) Practice: 19 AS AD Practice; Cause & Effect Arcade: Shift Happens, level 3	Drill	P-T conferences 3:30 dismissal (at-risk)
Wed Nov 25	42	U3	3.7 Long-run self-adjustment: wages & SRAS Deck: AD_AS_Changes_SelfAdj Video: Self_Correcting_Economies AP Classroom: 3.7 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Mon Nov 30	43	U3	3.7 Adjustment-path graph drill (post-Thanksgiving re-entry) Practice: AS AD FRQ; 19 AS AD Practice Arcade: Graph Doctor, AD-AS ward	Drill
December 2026
Tue Dec 1	44	U3	3.8 Fiscal policy: expansionary/contractionary, gaps Deck: Fiscal_Policy_AutoStabilizers Also: 14_Fiscal_Policy; 23 discretionary fiscal policy chart Arcade: Sort Circuit, Expansionary or Contractionary deck AP Classroom: 3.8 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Wed Dec 2	45	U3	3.8 Fiscal + multiplier practice problems (short PT-conference day) Practice: spending, multiplier, change in ad Arcade: Calc Blitz, Multipliers AP Classroom: 3.8 Topic Questions	Drill	P-T conferences 3:30 dismissal (at-risk)
Thu Dec 3	46	Micro	Micro 6.2-6.3 Externalities & public goods: pollution, vaccines, free riders Deck: M7 Externalities and Public Goods Also: Micro Topic 6.2-Externalities, Micro Topic 6.3- Public and Private Goods	New content
Mon Dec 7	47	Micro	Micro 6.5 Inequality: Lorenz curve, Gini, progressive vs regressive taxes, transfers Deck: M8 Inequality Also: Micro Topic 6.5- Inequality	New content
Tue Dec 8	48	U3	3.9 Automatic stabilizers vs discretionary policy (uses Dec 7 taxes + transfers) Deck: Fiscal_Policy_AutoStabilizers Arcade: Sort Circuit, Expansionary or Contractionary deck AP Classroom: 3.9 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Wed Dec 9	49	U3	"Who should pay?" debate: fiscal policy, taxes & inequality [Taxes & the Rich] Deck: Taxes & the Rich Handout: fiscal policy debate Prep: M8 exit ticket homework (1 fact + 1 fairness argument for each side)	Game
Thu Dec 10	50	U3	Unit 3 review game + graph gauntlet (full AD-AS sequence) • assign Progress Check 3 Arcade: Shift Happens, levels 1 to 3; Graph Doctor, AD-AS ward Practice: unit 3 mc AP Classroom: assign the Unit 3 Progress Check	Review	Chanukah Chagiga (evening)
Mon Dec 14	51	U3	Unit 3 FRQ workshop: long-FRQ anatomy (AS-AD FRQ) FRQ: AS AD FRQ + unit 3 rubrics AP Classroom: Archive of Exam FRQs (an AD-AS long FRQ) Arcade: Graph Doctor, AD-AS ward	FRQ shop
Tue Dec 15	52	U3	UNIT 3 TEST - Day 1: 25 MCQ (+ 3 micro: externalities, public goods, inequality) Test: Unit 3 test Micro MCQs: hidden test-bank slides at the end of M7 and M8 Question sources: AP Classroom Question Bank; unit 3 mc	TEST
Wed Dec 16	53	U3	UNIT 3 TEST - Day 2: long FRQ FRQ: AP Classroom Archive of Exam FRQs (an AD-AS long FRQ) + its scoring guide	TEST
Thu Dec 17	54	U4	4.1 Financial assets: stocks, bonds, liquidity, risk/return [$1,000 challenge] Deck: Financial_Assets_4_1 Also: 16_Financial_Assets; New Financial Assets & Money Measures Notes Arcade: The Investor, Soft Landing AP Classroom: 4.1 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Mon Dec 21	55	U4	4.1 Bond price <-> interest rate inverse + mortgage/real-estate tie-in Deck: Financial_Assets_4_1 Also: 17_Time_Value_of_Money Arcade: The Investor, Inflation Scare AP Classroom: 4.1 Topic Questions	New content
Tue Dec 22	56	U4	4.2 Nominal vs real interest rates: Fisher equation Deck: Nominal_vs_Real_4_2 Also: 07_Fisher_Formula Arcade: Calc Blitz, Money & Banks AP Classroom: 4.2 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Wed Dec 23	57	U4	4.3 Money: functions, M0/M1/M2 Deck: Money_Definition_4_3 Also: money; 15_Money AP Classroom: 4.3 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Thu Dec 24	58	U4	"Money or not?" sort + mini-quiz 4.1-4.3 Sort: Arcade, Sort Circuit, M1 or Not deck Mini-quiz: AP Classroom 4.1 to 4.3 Topic Questions	Check
Mon Dec 28	59	U4	4.4 Banking: T-accounts, fractional reserves, money multiplier Deck: Banking_Money_Supply_4_4 Also: multiple deposit expansion, Topic 4.4; video moneycreation AP Classroom: 4.4 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Tue Dec 29	60	U4	4.4 Bank balance-sheet calc drill (AP challenge area) Practice: 19_Bank_Balance_Sheets Arcade: Calc Blitz, Money & Banks AP Classroom: 4.4 Topic Questions	Drill
Wed Dec 30	61	U4	4.5 The money market: MD/MS, nominal rate Deck: Money_Market_4_5 Also: The Money Market, 20_Money_Market AP Classroom: 4.5 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Thu Dec 31	62	U4	4.5 Money-market shift scenarios drill Practice: 11 Money Market practice; 20_Money_Market Arcade: Shift Happens, level 4	Drill
January 2027
Mon Jan 4	63	U4	4.6 Monetary policy: AMPLE RESERVES, IORB & administered rates (new CED) Deck: Monetary_Policy_4_6 (getting the ample reserves update: IORB + reserve market graph) Also: the reserve market slide in 5.1 deck; 18_Monetary_Policy_Tools Arcade: Fed Chair, 2021 era AP Classroom: 4.6 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Tue Jan 5	64	U4	4.6 Reserve market graph + limited-vs-ample policy scenarios Practice: reserve market drill Old limited-reserves contrast: How Monetary Policy Affects Bank Reserves Arcade: Sort Circuit, Expansionary or Contractionary deck AP Classroom: 4.6 Topic Questions	New content
Wed Jan 6	65	U4	4.7 Loanable funds market: savers, borrowers, real rate Deck: Loanable_Funds_4_7 Also: Loanable Funds Market (pps + doc), 13_Loanable_Funds; 10 Loanable Funds Market AP Classroom: 4.7 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Thu Jan 7	66	U4	4.7 Money market vs loanable funds: the Two-Market Trick Deck: The Money Market and Loanable Funds Market Connection FRQ: Loanable Funds & Forex FRQ + loanable funds rubric Arcade: Shift Happens, level 5; Graph Doctor, Money ward	Drill
Mon Jan 11	67	U4	Unit 4 review gauntlet • assign Progress Check 4 Also: Unit4_Study_Guide FRQs: 2002, 2004 and 2005 question 1 Arcade: Graph Doctor, Money ward; Calc Blitz, Money & Banks AP Classroom: assign the Unit 4 Progress Check	Review
Tue Jan 12	68	U4	Unit 4 quick quiz + midterm briefing (midterm = Units 1-4 mock AP) Quiz: Unit 4 quiz Question sources: AP Classroom Question Bank	Check
Thu Jan 14	–	MIDTERM	MIDTERM EXAM WINDOW (Jan 14-19): cumulative Units 1-4 mock - 45 MCQ + 1 long + 1 short FRQ Question sources: AP Classroom Question Bank (Units 1 to 4)	MOCK
February 2027
Mon Feb 1	69	U5	Re-entry: midterm error analysis + Units 1-4 retrieval relay Graded midterms (error analysis) Retrieval: 01_Macroeconomics_Study_Guide	Review
Tue Feb 2	70	U5	5.1 Fiscal & monetary policy actions in the short run Deck: 5.1 Fiscal and Monetary Policy in the Short Run Also: 21_Policy_Interactions, Fiscal and Monetary Policy Chart Keys Arcade: Fed Chair AP Classroom: 5.1 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Wed Feb 3	71	U5	5.1 Policy-response scenario drill (gap -> tool -> graph -> result) Practice: 5.1 deck activity + FRQ; Big nasty fiscal frq, policy mix and budget mc Arcade: Crisis Country, The Long Slump AP Classroom: 5.1 Topic Questions	Drill
Thu Feb 4	72	U5	5.2 Phillips curve: SRPC & LRPC Deck: 5.2 The Phillips Curve Also: 22_Phillips_Curve AP Classroom: 5.2 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Mon Feb 8	73	U5	5.2 Phillips <-> AD-AS mapping drill Practice: phillips curve frqs + frq rubrics, phillips curve mc Arcade: Shift Happens, level 7	Drill
Tue Feb 9	74	U5	5.3 Money growth & inflation: quantity theory MV=PQ Deck: 5.3 Money Growth and Inflation AP Classroom: 5.3 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Wed Feb 10	75	U5	5.3 Monetary neutrality + MV=PQ inflation game Game: mv=pq inflation game Arcade: Crisis Country, The Printing Press	Game
Thu Feb 11	76	U5	Quiz 5.1-5.3 + FRQ mini Quiz: built from the check questions in the 5.1 to 5.3 decks AP Classroom: 5.1 to 5.3 Topic Questions	Check
Tue Feb 16	77	U5	5.4 Deficits vs debt: financing, cyclical vs structural Deck: 5.4 Government Deficits and the National Debt AP Classroom: 5.4 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Wed Feb 17	78	U5	5.5 Crowding out: mechanism on loanable funds Deck: 5.5 Crowding Out AP Classroom: 5.5 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Thu Feb 18	79	U5	5.5 Crowding-out graph drill + AD implications Practice: 5.5 deck practice slides; 10 Loanable Funds Market Arcade: Shift Happens, level 5 (crowding-out boss)	Drill
Mon Feb 22	80	U5	5.6 Economic growth: productivity & sources (CLINT) Deck: 5.6 Economic Growth Also: Economic Growth and Productivity, economic growth workbook activity AP Classroom: 5.6 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Tue Feb 23	81	U5	5.7 Public policy & growth: supply-side, human capital (link: Dec externalities) Deck: 5.7 Public Policy and Economic Growth Also: economic growth frqs AP Classroom: 5.7 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Wed Feb 24	82	U5	"Becoming the FOMC for a Day" policy simulation Activity: Becoming the FOMC for a Day (update its Fed tools to IORB first) + FOMC Press Release Worksheet Arcade: Fed Chair (1980, 2008 or 2021 era)	Game
Thu Feb 25	83	U5	Unit 5 review gauntlet + review game • assign Progress Check 5 Arcade: Crisis Country; Shift Happens, level 7 Practice: monetary policy mc, economic growth multiple choice questions AP Classroom: assign the Unit 5 Progress Check	Review
March 2027
Mon Mar 1	84	U5	UNIT 5 TEST - Day 1: 20 MCQ Test: Unit 5 test Question sources: AP Classroom Question Bank; the check questions in the 5.1 to 5.7 decks	TEST
Tue Mar 2	85	U5	UNIT 5 TEST - Day 2: long FRQ FRQ: ap05_frq_macro_b or macroeco_frq_02 (released), or AP Classroom Archive of Exam FRQs	TEST
Wed Mar 3	86	U5	Debrief + error-log + reteach Graded tests + error log	Review
Thu Mar 4	87	Micro	Micro 3-4 Types of competition: 4 market structures, price takers vs makers Deck: M9 Types of Competition Also: market structures	New content
Mon Mar 8	88	Micro	Micro 4.2/4.4 Monopoly & monopolistic competition: antitrust, brands & ads Deck: M10 Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition Also: monopoly cheat sheets	New content
Tue Mar 9	89	Micro	Micro 4.5 Oligopoly: prisoner's dilemma game + MICRO QUIZ 2 (competition) Deck: M11 Oligopoly and Game Theory Quiz: M11 Micro Quiz 2 + Answer Key (Word and PDF) Also: prisoners dilemma	Game
Wed Mar 10	90	U6	6.1 Balance of payments: current vs capital/financial account Deck: 6.1 Balance of Payments Accounts Also: 25_Balance_of_Payments, Balance of Payments AP Classroom: 6.1 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Thu Mar 11	91	U6	6.1 CA/FA transaction classification drill Practice: 6.1 deck sorting drill; balance of payments, balance of payments frq + rubric Arcade: Sort Circuit, Current or Financial account deck	Drill
Mon Mar 15	92	U6	6.2 Exchange rates: appreciation/depreciation Deck: 6.2 Exchange Rates AP Classroom: 6.2 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Tue Mar 16	93	U6	6.3 FOREX market: D/S of a currency, graphing Deck: 6.3 The Foreign Exchange Market Also: 24_Foreign_Exchange_Markets; 12 FOREX market; video FOREX 1 Arcade: Shift Happens, level 6 AP Classroom: 6.3 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Wed Mar 17	94	U6	6.4 Policies & conditions -> FOREX (TIPS shifters) Deck: 6.4 Policies, Conditions, and the Foreign Exchange Market Video: FOREX 2 AP Classroom: 6.4 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Thu Mar 18	95	U6	6.5 FOREX -> net exports -> AD chains Deck: 6.5 Exchange Rates and Net Exports Video: Net Export Effect AP Classroom: 6.5 videos + Topic Questions	New content
Mon Mar 22	96	U6	FOREX speed-round game (short fast-day period) Arcade: Shift Happens, level 6; Crisis Country, The Run on the Peso	Game	Ta'anit Esther - 1:30 dismissal (SHORT/at-risk)
Wed Mar 24	97	U6	6.6 Real interest rates & international capital flows Deck: 6.6 Real Interest Rates and International Capital Flows AP Classroom: 6.6 videos + Topic Questions	New content	Shushan Purim - late arrival (AM only affected)
Thu Mar 25	98	U6	Unit 6 gauntlet • assign Progress Check 6 Practice: international mc, international frqs + frq rubrics Arcade: Graph Doctor, Open Economy ward AP Classroom: assign the Unit 6 Progress Check	Review
Mon Mar 29	99	U6	Unit 6 review game + tariffs recap (3:30 dismissal day) Tariffs recap: M5 Tariffs and Quotas Arcade: Crisis Country, The Trade War	Game	P-T conferences 3:30 dismissal (at-risk)
Tue Mar 30	100	U6	UNIT 6 TEST (15 MCQ + short FRQ) + 2 MCQ on tariffs Test: Unit 6 test Micro MCQs: hidden test-bank slides at the end of M5 (tariffs) and M11 Question sources: AP Classroom Question Bank; international mc	TEST
Wed Mar 31	101	Review	Test debrief + REVIEW KICKOFF: distribute Macro Review Booklet + plan Also: AP_Macro_Master_Review; day1 to day4 macro review	Review
April 2027
Thu Apr 1	102	Review	Units 1-2 rapid review + mixed MCQ set Review: AP_Macro_Master_Review, Units 1 and 2 Arcade: Sort Circuit, GDP or Not; Calc Blitz, Measuring the Economy AP Classroom: Question Bank, Units 1 and 2	Review
Mon Apr 5	103	Review	Unit 3 review: AD-AS full-chain gauntlet Review: Cause & Effect; 03_Macroeconomics_Graphs Arcade: Shift Happens, levels 1 to 3	Review
Tue Apr 6	104	Review	Unit 4 review: money market / reserve market / loanable funds triple Review: The Money Market and Loanable Funds Market Connection Arcade: Shift Happens, levels 4 and 5; Graph Doctor, Money ward	Review
Wed Apr 7	105	Review	Units 5-6 review: Phillips + FOREX cause-effect chains Review: the wrap-up slides in the 5.x and 6.x decks Arcade: Shift Happens, levels 6 and 7; Graph Doctor, Open Economy ward	Review
Thu Apr 8	106	Review	MOCK EXAM: MCQ half 1 (30 Q / 35 min, timed) Mock: AP Classroom Practice Exam (MCQ), or TB_SupplementalPracticeExamMCQ (3 PDFs)	MOCK
Mon Apr 12	107	Review	MOCK EXAM: MCQ half 2 (30 Q / 35 min, timed) Mock: AP Classroom Practice Exam (MCQ), or TB_SupplementalPracticeExamMCQ (3 PDFs)	MOCK
Tue Apr 13	108	Review	MOCK FRQ: long question timed (25 min) + rubric scoring Mock FRQ: AP Classroom Practice Exam FRQ or Archive of Exam FRQs + scoring guide	MOCK
Wed Apr 14	109	Review	MOCK FRQ: 2 short questions timed + self-score vs rubric Mock FRQ: AP Classroom Practice Exam FRQs or Archive of Exam FRQs + scoring guides	MOCK
Thu Apr 15	110	Review	Mock item analysis -> weak-topic heat map • Pesach packet launch + strategy sheet Data: AP Classroom results + Arcade "My AP Readiness" Pesach packet source: AP_Macro_Master_Review_50pg	Review
May 2027
Mon May 3	111	Sprint	Packet triage: top-missed topics re-drill Pesach packet answer key	Sprint
Tue May 4	112	Sprint	FRQ dress rehearsal (timed long + short) [AP Micro exam today PM] FRQs: AP Classroom Archive of Exam FRQs; FRQ by topic	Sprint	Yom HaShoah programming
Wed May 5	113	Sprint	Top-20 MCQ traps + calculator strategy + pacing plan Top-20 MCQ traps sheet Also: TEST MISTAKES	Sprint
Thu May 6	114	Sprint	Formula/graph sheet from memory + rapid-fire game + logistics Also: 02_Macroeconomics_Formulas, 03_Macroeconomics_Graphs, Formulas fro AP Macro Arcade: Arcade Night (projector mode)	Sprint
Mon May 10	–	–	Seniors out post-AP - no class from here. (Wrap all grading by May 6; VERIFY senior final-exam policy)	No class
Tue May 11	–	–	Seniors out post-AP - no class	No class	Yom HaZikaron programming
Wed May 12	–	–	Seniors out post-AP - no class	No class	Yom HaAtzmaut programming
Thu May 13	–	–	Seniors out post-AP - no class	No class
Mon May 17	–	–	Seniors out post-AP - no class	No class
Tue May 18	–	–	Seniors out post-AP - no class	No class
Wed May 19	–	–	Seniors out post-AP - no class	No class
Thu May 20	–	–	Seniors out post-AP - no class	No class
Mon May 24	–	–	Seniors out post-AP - no class	No class
Tue May 25	–	–	Seniors out post-AP - no class	No class	Lag b'Omer
Wed May 26	–	–	Seniors out post-AP - no class	No class
Thu May 27	–	–	Seniors out post-AP - no class	No class	Trip Day gr 9-11
Mon May 31	–	–	Seniors out post-AP - no class	No class	Memorial Day - school in session (VERIFY)
June 2027
Tue Jun 1	–	–	Seniors out post-AP - no class	No class
Wed Jun 2	–	–	Seniors out post-AP - no class	No class
Thu Jun 3	–	–	Seniors out post-AP - no class	No class	Last day of regular classes / Senior Trip departs

Watch-outs

May–Jun · Senior final-exam policySeniors are out after the AP exam. Confirm whether AP seniors sit a June final or the April mock and Q4 work stand in. Grades must close by May 6 either way.

Feb 15 · Presidents Day MondayThe school site says “Presidents’ Weekend: No Sessions” from Sun Feb 14. The plan assumes Monday off.

Dec 6 · Chanukah break lengthThe website shows only Sunday Dec 6 off. If the printed calendar gives more days, Unit 4’s start slides.

Jan 20 · finals to intersession gap dayThe plan assumes no regular classes between exam week and intersession.

Short days already have games or drillsTzom Gedalia (9/14), P-T conferences (11/24, 12/2, 3/29) and Ta’anit Esther (3/22) all carry a game or drill, so nothing new is taught on a day that can disappear.

Mid-November · AP exam orderingThe coordinator’s final order deadline. Every student should be registered in My AP well before.

May 4 · AP Micro exam (Tue PM)Volunteer micro-takers come back from Pesach May 3 and test May 4. Their track has to finish before the break.

Oct 21 · PSATSeniors are exempt, so the 2.1 lesson runs as planned.