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Monday:

1. Journal - How do you think demand is related to price?
2. Turn in Website Project from Unit 1
3. Notes – Demand (Chapter 4 section 1 and 2)
4. Movie Demand worksheet
5. Determinants of Demand Group Work
6. DIGI Questions

Tuesday:

1. Journal - What is the difference on demand between complimentary and substitute goods? Give Examples.
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes – Supply
4. Stossel Video – Farm Subsidies (Stossel 2010)
5. Determinants of Supply Group Work
6. Worksheet: Movie Supply
7. DIGI Questions

Wednesday:

1. Journal - How is working with “Supply” different from working with “Demand”?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes – Equilibrium Price
4. Video Clip Supply and Demand
5. Stossel in the Classroom Clip – Costs of “Free” Healthcare
6. Equilibrium Price Group Work
7. Worksheet: Reasons for Changes in Supply/Demand
8. DIGI Questions

Thursday:

1. Journal - Why is it not always best to just making as much of something as you can?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes – Demand Elasticity (Chap 4 section 3)
4. Elasticity of Demand Video Clip
5. A Market in Wheat Simulation
6. Elasticity of Demand Worksheet
7. Worksheet - Graphing “A Market in Wheat”/Supply and Demand (Movie Prices)
8. DIGI Questions

Friday:

1. Journal – Describe “demand elasticity” in your own words.
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes on Floors and Ceilings
4. Video Clip on Price Gouging  (Stossel 2007)
5. Price Controls Worksheet
6. Worksheet on Combining S&D/Changes in Market Equilibrium
7. DIGI Questions

 

Monday: MLK Holiday

Tuesday:

1. Journal – What does “opportunity cost” mean?  What was the opportunity cost of you coming to class today?
2. DIGI Review
3. Review Yesterday’s Worksheets
4. Notes – Economic Systems and Market Economies
5. Stossel Video – Is Life Getting Worse
6. Introduce Project (So they can prepare for tomorrow)
7. Worksheets – Cartoon/Detective
8. Scholarship Article
9. DIGI Questions

Wednesday:

1. Journal - Which Economic System is the best? Why?
2. Vocab Quiz
3. DIGI Review
4. Notes – Centrally Planned Economies and Modern Economies
5. Begin work on Chap 3 project
6. Circular Flow Diagram
7. Marx vs Smith Diagram
8. DIGI Questions

Thursday:

1. Journal - What are some of the problems with a free market economy?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes Chap 3: Sections 3 & 4
4. Continue Working on  Chap 3 Project
5. Worksheet – Chapter 3, Sections 1 & 2
6. Worksheet – Chapter 3, Sections 3 & 4
7. DIGI Questions

Friday:

1. Test
2. Notebooks Due

 

 



Tuesday:

1. Syllabus/Classroom Expectations/Rules
2. Introductions
3. Thinking like an economist (T/F quiz)

Wednesday:

1. Class Meeting Assembly
2. Pre-Test
3. Scarcity Game

Thursday:

1. Journal – What grade do you hope to get in this class? What are you prepared to do to get that grade?
2. Notes – Scarcity
3. Video Clip on Scarcity
4. Stossel Video on Oil Supplies (2007)
5. Factors of Production Diagram & 3 Pictures w/ explanations
6. Scarcity and the Factors of Prod./Vocabulary Puzzle
7. “Did I Get It?” Questions

Friday:

1. Journal – Think of a job you might like to do for a career.  What are some of the factors of production for that job?
2. “Did I Get It?” Review
3. Notes – Opportunity Cost
4. Video Clip on Opportunity Cost
5. Production  Possibilities Curve Worksheet
6. Scarcity and Opportunity Cost Worksheet
7. Did I Get It? Questions

 

Unit 1:

Download Study Guide - Unit 1 - Honors Econ

Unit 2:

Download Unit 2 Study Guide - Honors

Unit 3:

Download Unit 3 Study Guide - Honors

Unit 4:

Download Unit 4 Study Guide - Honors

Unit 5:

Download Unit 5 Study Guide - Honors

Syllabus:

Download Honors Econ syllabus Spring 2012

Calendar:

Download 2012 spring econ calendar

Important Info for Students and Parents:

Download Important Information for Parents and Students - Economics

Movie Letter:

Download Movie Letter - PG & PG-13

Classroom Expectations:

Download Classroom Expectations - Econ

Out of the Box Assignment Checklist:

Download Out of the Box Assignment Check Sheet - Honors Econ

Monday and Tuesday:

Review for EOCT

Wednesday and Thursday:

Take EOCT

Friday:

Review for Unit 5 Test

 

Monday:

1. Journal - Would you consider running for a position in local government?  Why or why not?
2. DIGI
3. Notes on Local Governments
4. Worksheets on Chapter 24
5. DIGI

Tuesday:

1. Journal - Is having city, county, state and federal governments too much government?  Why or why not?
2. Vocab Quiz
3. DIGI Review
4. Notes – Criminal Courts
5. Guided Reading 15.1 & 15.2
6. Guided Reading 15.3 & Law in America
7. DIGI Questions

Wednesday:

1. Journal - Is it really necessary to have so many steps in a criminal prosecution?  Why or why not?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes – Civil Cases
4. Stossel Video on “Swimming and Lawsuits” (Stossel 2009)
5. Chap. 15 Vocabulary/Cartoon
6. Chap 15 Skill Reinforcement/Reteaching Activity
7. DIGI

Thursday:

1. Unit 8 Test
2. NB’s Due

Friday:

1.       Letter writing project

2.    Review for Final

 



Here's the study guide for the EOCT:

Download Econ Study Guide - Long Version

Here is the study guide for the final. 

Download Final Exam Study Guide - Government

Monday:

1. Notes on Trade Barriers
2. Notes on Exchange Rates
3. Stossel Video on “Boycotts of Sweatshop Products” (Stossel Macroeconomics)

Tuesday:

1. Credit and Debit
2. Credit Card Payments
3. Worksheet on Exchange Rates

Wednesday:

1. Notes on Saving, Investing and Insurance
2. Notes on Credit and Interest
3. John Stossel Video on “Debt and Responsibility” (Stossel 2009)
4. Review for Test

Thursday:

Practice AP Test – Written

Friday:

Practice AP Test – Multiple Choice 



Honors Econ - Week 3: Jan 23 - Jan 27

Monday:

1. Journal - How do you think demand is related to price?
2. Turn in Website Project from Unit 1
3. Notes – Demand (Chapter 4 section 1 and 2)
4. Movie Demand worksheet
5. Determinants of Demand Group Work
6. DIGI Questions

Tuesday:

1. Journal - What is the difference on demand between complimentary and substitute goods? Give Examples.
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes – Supply
4. Stossel Video – Farm Subsidies (Stossel 2010)
5. Determinants of Supply Group Work
6. Worksheet: Movie Supply
7. DIGI Questions

Wednesday:

1. Journal - How is working with “Supply” different from working with “Demand”?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes – Equilibrium Price
4. Video Clip Supply and Demand
5. Stossel in the Classroom Clip – Costs of “Free” Healthcare
6. Equilibrium Price Group Work
7. Worksheet: Reasons for Changes in Supply/Demand
8. DIGI Questions

Thursday:

1. Journal - Why is it not always best to just making as much of something as you can?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes – Demand Elasticity (Chap 4 section 3)
4. Elasticity of Demand Video Clip
5. A Market in Wheat Simulation
6. Elasticity of Demand Worksheet
7. Worksheet - Graphing “A Market in Wheat”/Supply and Demand (Movie Prices)
8. DIGI Questions

Friday:

1. Journal – Describe “demand elasticity” in your own words.
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes on Floors and Ceilings
4. Video Clip on Price Gouging  (Stossel 2007)
5. Price Controls Worksheet
6. Worksheet on Combining S&D/Changes in Market Equilibrium
7. DIGI Questions

 

Honors Econ - Week 2: Jan 17-20

Monday: MLK Holiday

Tuesday:

1. Journal – What does “opportunity cost” mean?  What was the opportunity cost of you coming to class today?
2. DIGI Review
3. Review Yesterday’s Worksheets
4. Notes – Economic Systems and Market Economies
5. Stossel Video – Is Life Getting Worse
6. Introduce Project (So they can prepare for tomorrow)
7. Worksheets – Cartoon/Detective
8. Scholarship Article
9. DIGI Questions

Wednesday:

1. Journal - Which Economic System is the best? Why?
2. Vocab Quiz
3. DIGI Review
4. Notes – Centrally Planned Economies and Modern Economies
5. Begin work on Chap 3 project
6. Circular Flow Diagram
7. Marx vs Smith Diagram
8. DIGI Questions

Thursday:

1. Journal - What are some of the problems with a free market economy?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes Chap 3: Sections 3 & 4
4. Continue Working on  Chap 3 Project
5. Worksheet – Chapter 3, Sections 1 & 2
6. Worksheet – Chapter 3, Sections 3 & 4
7. DIGI Questions

Friday:

1. Test
2. Notebooks Due

 

 



Honors Economics: Week 1 - Jan 10-13

Tuesday:

1. Syllabus/Classroom Expectations/Rules
2. Introductions
3. Thinking like an economist (T/F quiz)

Wednesday:

1. Class Meeting Assembly
2. Pre-Test
3. Scarcity Game

Thursday:

1. Journal – What grade do you hope to get in this class? What are you prepared to do to get that grade?
2. Notes – Scarcity
3. Video Clip on Scarcity
4. Stossel Video on Oil Supplies (2007)
5. Factors of Production Diagram & 3 Pictures w/ explanations
6. Scarcity and the Factors of Prod./Vocabulary Puzzle
7. “Did I Get It?” Questions

Friday:

1. Journal – Think of a job you might like to do for a career.  What are some of the factors of production for that job?
2. “Did I Get It?” Review
3. Notes – Opportunity Cost
4. Video Clip on Opportunity Cost
5. Production  Possibilities Curve Worksheet
6. Scarcity and Opportunity Cost Worksheet
7. Did I Get It? Questions

 

Honors Economics: Vocab Lists and Unit Study Guides

Unit 1:

Download Study Guide - Unit 1 - Honors Econ

Unit 2:

Download Unit 2 Study Guide - Honors

Unit 3:

Download Unit 3 Study Guide - Honors

Unit 4:

Download Unit 4 Study Guide - Honors

Unit 5:

Download Unit 5 Study Guide - Honors

Honors Economics: Important Documents for Spring 2012

Syllabus:

Download Honors Econ syllabus Spring 2012

Calendar:

Download 2012 spring econ calendar

Important Info for Students and Parents:

Download Important Information for Parents and Students - Economics

Movie Letter:

Download Movie Letter - PG & PG-13

Classroom Expectations:

Download Classroom Expectations - Econ

Out of the Box Assignment Checklist:

Download Out of the Box Assignment Check Sheet - Honors Econ

AP Econ - Week 17: Dec 12-16

Monday and Tuesday:

Review for EOCT

Wednesday and Thursday:

Take EOCT

Friday:

Review for Unit 5 Test

 

Honors Government - Week 17: Dec 12-16

Monday:

1. Journal - Would you consider running for a position in local government?  Why or why not?
2. DIGI
3. Notes on Local Governments
4. Worksheets on Chapter 24
5. DIGI

Tuesday:

1. Journal - Is having city, county, state and federal governments too much government?  Why or why not?
2. Vocab Quiz
3. DIGI Review
4. Notes – Criminal Courts
5. Guided Reading 15.1 & 15.2
6. Guided Reading 15.3 & Law in America
7. DIGI Questions

Wednesday:

1. Journal - Is it really necessary to have so many steps in a criminal prosecution?  Why or why not?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes – Civil Cases
4. Stossel Video on “Swimming and Lawsuits” (Stossel 2009)
5. Chap. 15 Vocabulary/Cartoon
6. Chap 15 Skill Reinforcement/Reteaching Activity
7. DIGI

Thursday:

1. Unit 8 Test
2. NB’s Due

Friday:

1.       Letter writing project

2.    Review for Final

 



AP ECON: EOCT Study Guide

Here's the study guide for the EOCT:

Download Econ Study Guide - Long Version

Honors Government - Final Study Guide

Here is the study guide for the final. 

Download Final Exam Study Guide - Government

AP Econ - Week 16: Dec 5-9

Monday:

1. Notes on Trade Barriers
2. Notes on Exchange Rates
3. Stossel Video on “Boycotts of Sweatshop Products” (Stossel Macroeconomics)

Tuesday:

1. Credit and Debit
2. Credit Card Payments
3. Worksheet on Exchange Rates

Wednesday:

1. Notes on Saving, Investing and Insurance
2. Notes on Credit and Interest
3. John Stossel Video on “Debt and Responsibility” (Stossel 2009)
4. Review for Test

Thursday:

Practice AP Test – Written

Friday:

Practice AP Test – Multiple Choice