Research GDP trends over the last 5 years. (Cite sources in MLA) look at what has happened and explore why. 1. Describe the GDP numbers each year in the last 5 years (growth, shrinking, stable). Tell me the GDP for each year and the % change from the previous year.

2. Then, think about what has happened in each of these years and explain why GDP performed the way it did. We need to take our book knowledge and use it to analyze our real-world environment.