Friday, January 31, 2020

Feb 3-7

Monday:
  1. Undercover Economist Chap 2 Quiz
  2. Discussion on UE Chap 2
  3. Go Over Half Unit Test 
Tuesday:
  1. Summary Due: Section 9: Modules 46-48
  2. Notes on Elasticity Part 1
  3. Elasticity Worksheet
  4. Elasticity an Introduction (Activity 2-3)
Wednesday:
  1. Notes on Elasticity Part 2
  2. Elasticity Worksheet (same one as yesterday, except now they can do it using Total Revenue Test) (go over in class)
  3. TR, MR, Ed for a Downward Sloping Curve/Example of Finding Equilibrium/Practice Exercises/Is Demand Elastic (Stone 53, 58, 73, 75)
Thursday:
  1. Notes on Elasticity Part 3
  2. Elasticity in the Real World Worksheet (l4, A20) & Stone 68
  3. Go over any old worksheets that we need to go over
Friday:
  1. Elasticity Quiz
  2. Summary Due – Sect 9: Mod 49 & 50
  3. Discuss Excise Taxes
  4. Excise Taxes (Activity 2-6)

Monday, January 27, 2020

Equilibrium Notes

Because a few people were confused, here are the notes from last Friday about Equilibrium.

Equilibrium Notes


Friday, January 24, 2020

Jan 27 - Jan 31

Monday:
  1. UE Ch1 Quiz
  2. Discuss UE Ch 1
  3. S&D Determinants Quiz
  4. Market in Wheat Simulation
  5. Equilibrium Price and Equilibrium Quantity (Activity 1-8)
  6. S&D Practice Quiz (Stone 37 & 38)
Tuesday:
  1. Go over Determinants Quiz
  2. Notes – Floors & Ceilings
  3. Stossel - Price Gouging
  4. Stossel – Minimum Wage
  5. Price Controls Worksheet
  6. Maximum and Minimum Price Controls (Activity 2-7)
Wednesday:
  1. Quiz on D&S
  2. Retake of S&D Determinants Quiz
  3. Shifts in Supply and Demand (Activity 1-9)
  4. S&D Practice Quiz (Stone 37 & 38)
  5. How Markets Allocate Resources (Activity 2-1)
Thursday:
  1. Going over Quizzes
  2. Review for ½ test
Friday:
Mid Unit Half Test


Friday, January 17, 2020

Jan 20-24

Monday:

No Class - MLK Holiday

Tuesday:
  1. Test on Unit 1 
  2. Unit 1 Classwork DueExplain Test Corrections
Wednesday:
  1. Talk about Book – Undercover Economist
  2. Go Over Unit 1 Test
  3. Explain Test Corrections
  4. Finish Demand Notes
  5. Demand Worksheets
Thursday:
  1. Notes on Supply
  2. Determinants of Supply
  3. Supply Worksheet (Activity 1-6) 
Friday:
  1. Section 2: Mod 7 & 8 Summary Due
  2. Equilibrium Prices Notes
  3. Stossel in the Classroom Video – “Costs of “Free” Healthcare (2009)
  4. Crash Course Econ: Episode #29 Healthcare
  5. Reasons for Changes to Supply Worksheet
  6. Reasons for Changes to Demand Worksheet
  7. Equilibrium Price Worksheet

Friday, January 10, 2020

Jan 13-17

Monday:
  1. Section 3: Mod 10 Due (Stop when you get to the part about GDP)
  2. PPC Quiz
  3. Econoland Activity
  4. Circular Flow Worksheet
  5. Campus Parking Activity
Tuesday:
  1. Notes on Economic Systems
  2. Stossel Video on “The Role of Freedom in Prosperity
  3. Stossel Video on “Economic Freedom in the US, Hong Kong and India
  4. “Marvel of Cooperation” Article
Wednesday:
  1. Section 1: Mod 4 Due
  2. Notes on Comparative Advantage
  3. Stossel Video “Does Outsourcing Hurt the U.S.” (Stossel Macroeconomics)
  4. Sanchez- Martin/Ukraine-Croatia Worksheet (together in class)
  5. Four More Comp. Adv and Opp. Cost Worksheets for various countries (homework)
Thursday:
  1. Review Second set of Comp Adv. Worksheets
  2. Comparative Advantage Quiz
  3. Go over Comparative Advantage Quiz
  4. Unit Check Sheet
  5. Study Guide
Friday:
  1. Last Minute Review
  2. Test
  3. Classwork Due

Thursday, January 2, 2020

Jan 6-10

Monday:
  1. Syllabus/Classroom Expectations/Calendar
  2. Introductions
  3. AP Econ is different PPT/demonstration
  4. Work Smarter Not Harder
  5. Boards and Partners
  6. Area of Shapes Worksheet 
Tuesday:
  1. Section 1: Mod 1&3 Due
  2. Go Over Area of Shapes
  3. Notes – Day 1
  4. Stossel Video on “Oil Supplies”
  5. Lemonade Worksheet 
Wednesday:
Class meetings

Thursday:
  1. Review Lemonade Worksheet
  2. Law of Increasing Costs Demonstration
  3. Notes on Opportunity Cost and PPC’s
  4. PPC Worksheet
  5. Scarcity Opp. Cost and PPC (Activity 1-2)
Friday:
  1. Review PPC Worksheet
  2. Notes on Economic Questions, Goals and Values
  3. Stossel Video – Is Life Getting Worse?
  4. Smith/Marx Comparison

Friday, December 13, 2019

December 16

Replacement Assessment for the EOC will be taken on Monday, December 16.

Monday, December 2, 2019

Dec 2 - 6

Monday:
Review for Practice AP Exam

Tuesday:
Practice AP Exam

Wednesday:
Practice AP Exam

Thursday:
Practice AP Exam

Friday:
Practice AP Exam


Friday, November 15, 2019

Nov 18-22

Monday:
  1. Notes – Debt vs. Deficit
  2. Notes - Federal Spending & State Taxes
  3. Compare and Contrast Two Debt Articles
Tuesday:
  1. Notes on Trade Barriers
  2. Stossel Video on “Boycotts of Sweatshop Products” (Stossel Macroeconomics) 
Wednesday:
  1. Notes on Exchange Rates
  2. Worksheet on Exchange Rates
Thursday:
  1. Notes on Credit and Interest
  2. Credit and Debit
  3. Credit Card Payments
  4. John Stossel Video on “Debt and Responsibility” (Stossel 2009)
Friday:
  1. Notes on Saving, Investing and Insurance
  2. NB Check Sheet

Friday, November 8, 2019

November 11 - 15

Monday:

Go Over Unit 4 Test

Tuesday:
  1. Bag of Mystery
  2. Notes – Inflation
  3. Video clips: “Inflation”
  4. Stoseel Clip – Gas Prices (Macro)
  5. Price Indexes (Morton 3/13)
  6. Who is Hurt and Who is Helped by Inflation? (Morton 3/15)
Wednesday:
  1. Notes – The Fed
  2. Measuring Broad Economic Goals (Morton 2/11)
  3. Test Your Understanding of Macro Indicators (Morton 5/18)
  4. Creating Money Demonstration
  5. Notes on Monetary Policy
  6. Video clip on Monetary Policy
  7. The Fed: Mechanics of Monetary Policy (Morton 4/38)
Thursday:
  1. Notes on Fiscal Policy
  2. Notes on Taxes
  3. Video clip on Fiscal Policy
  4. Stossel Video “Broken Windows” (Macro)
  5. Tools of Fiscal Policy (Morton 8/30)
  6. Discretionary and Automatic Fiscal Policy (8/31)
  7. Yes, I Love Taxes Reading
Friday:
  1. Notes – Debt vs. Deficit
  2. Notes - Federal Spending & State Taxes
  3. Stossel Video: Is Government Too Big (Macro)
  4. Stossel Video: Government Growth (Macro)
  5. Stossel Video: Federal Spending (2009)
  6. Stossel Video on Pork Barrel Spending (Stossel
  7. Video on Budget Cuts Visualization
  8. Compare and Contrast Two Debt Articles

Friday, November 1, 2019

November 4-8

Monday:
  1. Practice AP Questions
  2. Review for Test
  3. Finish Work
Tuesday:

No School

Wednesday:
Unit 4 Test - Written

Thursday:
Unit 4 Test - MC

Friday:

1. Unemployment
2. GDP
3. Work