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WEEK OF FEBRUARY 17
- Monday: NO SCHOOL - PRESIDENTS' DAY WEEKEND
- Tuesday: Review 2.1 and systems; worksheet; Pass out study guide
- Wednesday: Notes on Economic Systems
- Thursday: Review
- Friday: TEST on Economic Systems
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 10
- Monday: Read 2.1 and worksheet; Pass out study guide for test next Thursday
- Tuesday: GUEST SPEAKER
- Wednesday: Experience a command and market economy (Simulation)
- Thursday: Experience a command and market economy (Simulation) and debrief
- Friday: NO SCHOOL - PRESIDENTS' DAY WEEKEND
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 3
- Monday: Review for test
- Tuesday: TEST
- Wednesday: Begin Economic Systems - Values worksheet; Go over test
- Thursday: NO SCHOOL - SNOW DAY
- Friday: Discuss Values worksheet; Notes on Key questions of economic systems and values
WEEK OF JANUARY 27
- Monday: Finish goods v. services game; Notes on factors of production; Factors of Production game
- Tuesday: finish factors of production game; pass out Study Guide - test next Tuesday; The Power to Choose - should you attend college or not - discussion, reading, and cost/benefits chart
- Wednesday: Anticipation guide and discussion about opportunity costs and tradeoffs; Read section 2 and do all questions
- Thursday: Notes on section 2; in class applications of opportunity costs and tradeoffs; Read section 3 and do questions
- Friday: Notes on section 3; Production Possibilities Frontier worksheet
WEEK OF JANUARY 20
- Monday: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS - MLK DAY
- Tuesday: Guest Speaker
- Wednesday: We will get our SIP over with! Go to this webpage and read the article https://www.investmentnews.com/article/20190302/FEATURE/190229936 On a google docs sheet you can do one of two things: write your SIP if you feel comfortable and remember the SAT prompt OR take notes on the article for later use. What facts, reasoning, and persuasive word choice does it use. Please help Alyssa! Here is a google docs of the page. Sorry I didn't get to format, but if you want to make a copy and highlight for your paper you can.
- Thursday: Working on SIP
- Friday: Working on SIP - due Monday by 8:30 a.m.
WEEK OF JANUARY 13
- Monday: The Power to Choose - should you attend college or not - discussion, reading, and cost/benefits chart; check and go over as notes the seven economic principles; Economic enigmas assignment
- Tuesday: Group economics enigma; Notes; Economics goods v. services game
- Wednesday: Finish goods v. services game; Notes on factors of production;
- Thursday: Finish goods v. services game; Notes on factors of production;
- Friday: Anticipation guide and discussion about opportunity costs and tradeoffs; Read section 2 and do all questions
WEEK OF JANUARY 6
- Monday: By the end of the hour, share a one page (at least) document with me at
[email protected] that answers the following questions: 1. Tell me about your
break. 2. What are five goals you have for this year? (At least two must be school related).
Why are these goals important to you, and what steps will you take to reach them? 3. What do
you hope to get out of this class this semester (or for MS, the rest of year) - Tuesday: Parent Letter (due January 15) and course description discussion (all found on main page; Voodoo Economics video; KWL Worksheet; Student info cards
- Wednesday: Collect papers; discuss class; pass out books; Pre-Test; Discussion questions
- Thursday: Finish discussion questions; Talk about answers and other possibilities - tie in to choices and economic enigmas; Read Section 1, pages 3-6 and do questions 7-10; Supplementary Reading and assignment
- Friday: Discuss homework from Friday; share ECONOMICS poems; Read supplementary reading on Economic principles and do assignment