1. MARRIAGE OF ECONOMICS AND GEOGRAPHY IMMIGRATION, PLACES, PRODUCTION

2. Geography End of Course For more information, please see… http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.as sessment/staar/

3. PLACES AND PRODUCTION SOURCE: GEOGRAPHY FOCUS ON ECONOMICS

4. PRESENTER LAURA EWING TEXAS COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION 1801 ALLEN PARKWAY HOUSTON 77019 LAURA@ECONOMICSTEXAS.ORG WWW.ECONOMICSTEXAS.ORG

5. WHAT DO THESE MEAN? GDP GNP

6. DEFINITIONS GDP: THE TOTAL MARKET VALUE OF ALL FINAL GOODS AND SERVICES PRODUCED IN AN ECONOMY IN A GIVEN YEAR. GNP: THE TOTAL MARKET VALUE OF ALL FINAL GOODS AND SERVICES PRODUCED BY AN ECONOMY IN A GIVEN YEAR

7. WHY FINAL VALUE? VALUE OF SUGAR, FLOUR, EGGS VALUE OF FINISHED PRODUCT: COOKIES WHY?

8. WHICH COUNTRY IS RICHER? COUNTRY A GDP $100,000,000 COUNTRY B GDP $200,000,000

9. WHICH COUNTRY IS RICHER? GDP COUNTRY A $100,000,000 COUNTRY B $200,000,000 POPULATION COUNTRY A = 1,000,000 PEOPLE COUNTRY B = 3,000,000 PEOPLE

10. PER CAPITA GDP THE TOTAL MARKET VALUE PER PERSON OF ALL FINAL GOODS AND SERVICES PRODUCED IN AN ECONOMY IN A GIVEN YEAR.

11. ACTIVITY 1: GDP PLEASE READ THE ARTICLE WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF GDP HERE? WHAT ROLE DOES MEASURE OF VALUE PLAY? WHAT IS DOUBLE COUNTING? WHAT ARE FLOW OF PRODUCT APPROACH AND EARNINGS AND COST APPROACH?

12. GDP GDP = C + I + G + (X-M) C = CONSUMERS I = INVESTMENTS G = GOVERNMENT EXPORTS = EXPORTS – IMPORTS U. S. POPULATION IN 1993 = $24,683 WHAT DOES GDP NOT TELL US?

13. WHAT IS A CHOROPLETH MAP? ACTIVITY 2 WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS?

14. SOUTH AMERICAN MAP THE GDP PER CAPITA OF CANADA IS BETWEEN $_____ AND $_____. FOUR COUNTRIES WITH GDP PER CAPITA BETWEEN $15,000 AND $19,999 ARE: THE NATIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA HAVE GDP PER CAPITA BETWEEN $___ AND $___.

15. HOW WOULD YOU SET UP A CHOROPLETH MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA? PAGES 58 AND 59 ENRICHMENT: CHOOSE A COUNTRY WITH A LOW GDP AND ONE WITH A HIGH GDP. SET UP A CHOROPLETH MAP TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCE. ALSO, VISUALLY DEPICT THE CAUSES OF THESE DIFFERENCES.

16. Push and Pull Factors PUSHPULL Costs of present location that drive people away Benefits of new location because it has advantages “In 2002 the United Nations estimated that around 175 million people, or about 3% of the world’s population, resided in a country different from their country of birth.”

17. THE ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION EXAMINE AN ECONOMIC MYSTERY AS TO WHY SWEDISH FARMERS MIGHT HAVE COME TO THE U.S. IN 1880 STUDY VISUALS TO DETERMINE YOUR ANSWER USE SUPPLY AND DEMAND ANALYSIS TO EXPLAIN WHY THE KING TRIED TO CONVINCE THEM TO RETURN

18. DISCUSS VISUAL I WHY DO YOU THINK SWEDISH IMMIGRANTS WOULD ABANDON THEIR LANDS IN SWEDEN TO COME TO THE U.S. IN LATE 19 TH AND EARLY 20 TH CENTURY? CHOICES BASED ON: – MOST ADVANTAGEOUS COMBINATION OF COSTS AND BENEFITS – PEOPLE RESPOND TO INCENTIVES IN PREDICTABLE WAYS – RULE OF THE ECO SYSTEM AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON CHOICES AND INCENTIVES

19. VISUAL TWO REVIEW THE STATISTICS ESTIMATE HOW MANY IMMIGRANTS ARRIVED IN THE U.S. BETWEEN 1871- 1920. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 1870’S AND 1880’S AND 1916-1920 THAT HAD AN IMPACT ON IMMIGRATION?

20. REMINDERS THE MARKETS ALLOCATE SCARCE RESOURCES. WHAT ARE THE SCARCE RESOURCES HERE? WHAT ROLE DO IMMIGRANTS PLAY? WHAT ROLE DO EMPLOYERS PLAY?

21. VISUAL TWO: MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PUSH FACTORS? WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PULL FACTORS? WHAT WERE THE EXPECTED BENEFITS AND COSTS FOR THE SWEDISH FARMERS? IF YOU HAD LIVED THEN, WOULD YOU HAVE MIGRATED TO THE U.S? EXPLAIN.

22. WHAT CAUSED A RETURN TO SWEDEN? WHY WOULD SUCCESSFUL SWEDISH FARMERS DECIDE TO RETURN TO SWEDEN? VIEW VISUAL 3 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 DEMAND SUPPLY 1 SUPPLY 2

23. CLOSURE IN WHAT WAYS CAN IMMIGRATION BE VIEWED AS ACTION TAKING PLACE WITHIN AN INTERNATIONAL MARKET OF BUYERS AND SELLERS? WHY DID IMMIGRANTS COME TO THE UNITED STATES?