Week of: September 8, 2014
Subject: Economics
Date
Lesson Activities
Teacher: Miss Hribal
Assessment/Assignment
Three Basic
Questions/
Scarcity
Chapter Objectives:
Students will…
*explain the concept of scarcity and why it is always present in our economy
*differentiate between production, distribution, and consumption
*construct an example of the want-satisfaction chain in the real world
Monday
9/8/14
Activities:
1. Question of the Day
2. Economic Skills Lab
3. Three Basic Questions
reading
4. The Want-Satisfaction
Chain
5. The Elusive McRib
reading
6. Video clips-Production
7. Opportunity Cost WKS
Tuesday
9/9/14
Wednesday
9/10/14
The Pillars
of free
enterprise
Thursday
9/11/14
Friday
9/12/14
Assessment: reading responses; oral
responses
Assignment:
Assessment: student responses; Final
Activities:
1. Question of the Day
project
2. The Cost/Benefit WKS
Assignment:
3. Production Project
Activities:
Assessment: reading responses; oral
1. Question of the Day
responses
2. Supply and Demand
Assignment: Study for Quiz-Factors of
reading
3. Corn Shortage reading
Production
4. Supply and Demand video
clips
5. Prices are set in the
Market reading
Chapter Objectives:
Students will…
* produce examples of the different categories of private properties
* compare and contrast examples of private and public property
Activities:
1. Question of the Day
2. Introduce vocabulary
3. Freedoms of a Free
Enterprise System reading
4. The Role of the Consumer
Assessment: quiz; vocabulary activity
Activities:
1. Question of the Day
2. What is Property? Why
Protect It?
Assessment: comprehension questions
Assignment:
Assignment: