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WEEK OF JUNE 3
- Monday: Post Test; If time, Continue Stock Market Challenge
- Tuesday: Portfolio SIP
- Wednesday: Stock Market Challenge DUE
- Thursday: Review for exams
- Friday: EXAM; Last day of school
WEEK OF May 27
- Monday: NO SCHOOL
- Tuesday: Continue Stock Market Challenge
- Wednesday: Continue Stock Market Challenge
- Thursday: Continue Stock Market Challenge
- Friday: Continue Stock Market Challenge
WEEK OF May 20
- Monday: Personal Finance Unit; begin Banzai www.teachbanzai.com - class code FN4BZM
- Tuesday: Continue work on banzai
- Wednesday: Continue work on banzai
- Thursday: Continue work on banzai; Stock Market Challenge
- Friday: Continue Stock Market Challenge
WEEK OF May 13
- Monday: Chapter 15 notes and activities
- Tuesday: Chapter 16 notes and activities
- Wednesday: Fiscal, Monetary or both using this lesson
- Thursday: Read Chapter 11 and do questions 1-14 and 16
- Friday: FOMC simulation
WEEK OF May 6
- Monday: Kahoot Review
- Tuesday: TEST on Chapter 13
- Wednesday: Guest speaker
- Thursday: Begin Monetary and Fiscal Policy Unit - Chapter 15 and questions
- Friday: Chapter 16 and questions
WEEK OF April 29
- Monday: Poverty reading and questions
- Tuesday: Can I live on minimum wage? Activities and worksheet using Federal Poverty threshold
- Wednesday: Continue yesterday's project
- Thursday: Discussion of living on minimum wage and video 30 days living on minimum wage
- Friday: Poverty notes and activity
WEEK OF April 22
- Monday: Collect homework; Go to this website and explore inflation - more lessons to follow tomorrow
- Tuesday: Inflation simulation; Inflation discussion; Notes; Homework: Calculating inflation
- Wednesday: GUEST SPEAKER
- Thursday: GUEST SPEAKERS
- Friday: Finish inflation notes; Go over calculating of inflation; Inflation questions
WEEK OF April 15
- Monday: Video clip - Big Bang Theory - Sheldon is Frictionally Unemployed; Types of Unemployment Simulation and discussion; Notes on Unemployment; Worksheet on identifying types of unemployment
- Tuesday: Discussion of MME; Notes and discussion on figuring Unemployment; Storyboard worksheet for types of unemployment
- Wednesday: STATE ASSESSMENTS
- Thursday: Chapter 13, Section 2 - Inflation Read pages 338-343 and do questions 1-7
- Friday: NO SCHOOL
WEEK OF April 8
- Monday: Read the following contrasting persuasive articles on Minimum Wage. Then, write a one page paper discussing whether you believe we should have a minimum wage and why or why not. Use facts from the articles to back up your opinions.
- Tuesday: STATE ASSESSMENTS
- Wednesday: STATE ASSESSMENTS
- Thursday: Finish Monday's work
- Friday: Chapter 13, Section 1 Unemployment - worksheet
WEEK OF MARCH 25
- Monday: Graph/chart Rounds 1-3; analyze graphs; discuss
- Tuesday: Rounds 4 and 5 of "If the Price is Right"; Graph/chart Rounds 4-5; analyze graphs; discuss
- Wednesday: Open Note Test (Worksheet on Equilibrium, graphs, and analysis)
- Thursday: !/2 day Catchup
- Friday: No School - Spring Break
WEEK OF MARCH 18
- Monday: TEST ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND
- Tuesday: Chapter 6 and questions with discussion; go over test
- Wednesday: Rounds 1-3 of "If the Price is Right"
- Thursday: Guest Speaker
- Friday: Discussion from guest speaker; EDPS; Catch-up
WEEK OF MARCH 11
- Monday: NO SChOOL - PD Day
- Tuesday: Discuss supply, shifts in supply, and notes; Phase 2 of Skills Builder: Understanding and analyzing supply headlines
- Wednesday: Finish Phase 2 and do Phase 3 of Skills Builder: Human Demand and Supply graphs;
- Thursday: Determining how much to supply and elastic v inelastic (supply and demand) - NOTES; Read p. 90-96 and d0 1-5
- Friday: Review for test on MONDAY
WEEK OF MARCH 4
- Monday: Introduction to supply and demand: Creating a demand schedule and questions
- Tuesday: Read section 1 and 2 of Chapter 4 and do questions 1-4 on page 83 and questions 1-4 and 6-7 on page 88
- Wednesday: Finish assignment from Tuesday (sub did not give correct pages)
- Thursday: Discuss Demand and shifts in demand; Notes; Skills Builder: Phase 1 - Understanding and analyzing demand headlines;
- Friday: Finish Sills builder Phase 1 and do graphs with discussion; Understanding supply: Read sections 4-5 from TCI book and do worksheet
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 25
- Monday: Continue activities from when guest speaker was here
- Tuesday: SIP work
- Wednesday: SIP work continued - due by Thursday at 7:00 p.m. (share with me on google docs)
- Thursday: SIP work continued - due by Thursday at 7:00 p.m. (share with me on google docs)
- Friday: Half Day:
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 18
- Monday: NO SCHOOL - Presidents' Day Weekend
- Tuesday: Notes on Economic Systems
- Wednesday: Review
- Thursday: Guest speaker
- Friday: TEST on Economic Systems
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 12
- Monday: Experience a command and market economy (Simulation) and debrief
- Tuesday: NO SCHOOL
- Wednesday: NO SCHOOL
- Thursday: Read pages 28-44; Questions on page 32 (2, 4, 6, 7, 10) page 38 (1, 4, 5) and page 44 (1,2)
- Friday: NO SCHOOL - Presidents' Day Weekend
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 4
- Monday: TEST
- Tuesday: Begin Economic Systems - Values worksheet
- Wednesday: NO SCHOOL
- Thursday: Discuss Values worksheet; Notes on Key questions of economic systems and values; Read 2.1 and worksheet; Pass out study guide
- Friday: Experience a command and market economy (Simulation)
WEEK OF JANUARY 28
- Monday: NO SCHOOL
- Tuesday: Notes on section 3; Production Possibilities Frontier worksheet
- Wednesday: NO SCHOOL
- Thursday: NO SCHOOL
- Friday: Review for test Monday
WEEK OF JANUARY 21
- Monday: no school - MLK DAY
- Tuesday: Anticipation guide and discussion about opportunity costs and tradeoffs; Read section 2 and do all questions
- Wednesday: NO SCHOOL
- Thursday: NO School
- Friday: Notes on section 2; in class applications of opportunity costs and tradeoffs; Read section 3 and do questions
WEEK OF JANUARY 14
- 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: 2 hour late start: The Power to Choose
- Thursday: Finish goods v. services game; Notes on factors of production;
- Friday: factors of production game; pass out Study Guide
WEEK OF JANUARY 7
- Monday: Sub - Review of break, goals for the new year, expectation from students
- 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