Economics Weekly
Monday
Tuesday
9/1
9/2
First Day of School
9th grade only
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9/3
-Intro Cards
4
-Wants v. Needs
-Syllabus and class
overview
-Simulation:
Unequal
Resources
5
-Introduce and
Begin Reading:
The Power of
Markets (Naked
Economics)
-Thinking Like an
Economist
8
-Activity: Scarcity
and Abundance
9
HW: Brown Bag
assignment
10
-Due: Brown Bag
Assignment
-Survivor:
Economics Style
Vocab:
Opportunity Cost
-Activity: To
Choose or Not To
Choose
-Vocab: Choices,
Alternatives,
Benefits, Costs
15
16
-Quiz: Economic
Terms
17
-Broad Social
Goals of Economic
Systems
-Documentary
Excerpts:
Freakanomics
-Introduce
Concept in Action
Assignment
-Vocab: Trade-offs
-Debrief
Vocab: Scarcity,
Resources
11
-Due: The Power
of Markets
Reading &
Questions.
-Discussion
12
-Activity: Rules
Influence
Economic
Behavior
-Quiz Review
-Brown Bag
Activity: Efficiency
vs. Inefficiency
Vocab: Trade,
Utility, Efficiency,
Market Economy,
Command
Economy
18
-First Economic
Model: The
Production
Possibilities
Frontier
-Vocab: Production
Possibilities
Frontier
19
-Second Economic
Model: The
Circular Flow of
Economic Activity
–Economics in
Action
22
-Due: Concept in
Action #1
23
-Introduce Stock
Market Game –
downstairs lab
29
Supply. Demand,
and the Market
30
Due: Market
Watch #1
7
Due: Market
Watch #3
26
Test: Basic
Economic
Concepts
2
Demonstration:
Diminishing
Marginal Utility
3
Lecture: Introduce
the Law of Supply
Lecture: Introduce
the Law of
Demand
Practice Demand
8
9
Due: Economics
By Example (3,4)
Activity: How
Markets Allocate
Resources
HW Reading:
Economics by
Example. Chapters
3,4
Activity: Picturing
and Calculating
Elasticity
10/1
Market
Equilibrium
Practice
Review: TOEISS
and STORES
Practice: Supply
and Demand
together
Due: Market
Watch #2
13
25 (per 1-6)
Review
-Work Time: stock
market
Simulation: The
Market
6
Warm Up: Review
Supply
24
-The Stock Market
Today
Practice
10
No School
Discuss
Concept in Action
#2 work time
HW: Concept in
Action #2
14 A
15 (1/2 day)
16 B
17 C Assembly
PSAT
Elasticity practice
Simulation: A
Market for
Kidneys
HW: Concept in
Action #2
-work time
Hand out test
review
20
21 A
Practice Supply,
Demand, and the
Market: News
Article Analysis
22 B
23 C
24
Economics
Chapter 5. in class
Due: Concept in
Action #2
Graphing review
Review
Test: Supply,
Demand and the
Market
29 Modified B
30 1-6
31
GDP
Nominal & Real
GDP, Gross
National Product,
GDP Deflator
No School for
students
Due: Market
Watch #4
27
28 A
Macroeconomics
and the role of
government
Early Release
Economic
Indicators:
Introduce GDP
Due: Market
Watch #5
11/3
-End of 1st Quarter
4A
Due: Naked
Economics
Chapter 9
Questions
5B
6C
7
Model: AD/AS
QDP Quiz
Inflation
Unemployment
Social Studies
Analysis Work
Day: Turnitin.com
CPI Research
11/12 A
11/13 B
11/14 C
Unanticipated
Inflation
Finish
Documentary
AS/AD
AS/AD
Documentary:
Business Cycle
HW: Naked
Economics
Chapter 10
Discussion
Begin project
11/10
11/11
Inflation: “Royalty
for a Day”
No School
Documentary:
Business Cycle
Due: Essay
11/17
11/18 A
Market Watch
Check-in
11/19 B
11/20 C
11/21
Fiscal Policy
Due: Naked
Economics
Chapter 10
Federal Reserve
Go over Demand &
Supply test
Go over AS/AD
answers
Hand out study
guide
Monetary Policy
Intro: Federal
Reserve
11/24
11/25
11/26
11/27
11/28
Staff Development
Staff Development
No School
No School
Thanksgiving
No School
12/1
12/2
12/3
12/4
12/5 (Assembly)
Macroeconomics
Test
Lecture: Types of
Businesses &
Purpose of
Business
Activity:
Productivity,
Diminishing
Marginal Returns,
and the Demand
for Labor
Review
Market Watch
check-in
12/8
12/9 A
12/10 Modified B
Businesses and
Their Costs
Market Structures
Day 2
Market Structure:
Introduction &
Activities
Introduce Micro
Business Analysis
Project
Documentary:
Swoosh! Inside
Nike
HW: Read
Productivity and
Human Capital
12/11 (1-6)
Practice:
Businesses &
Their Costs
Business Analysis
Work Time
12/12 (1-6)
Due: Productivity
and Human
Capital Reading
& Questions
Discussion
12/15
12/16 A
Due: Micro
Business
Analysis Project
12/17 B
Business Analysis
Presentations
12/18 C
12/19
Review
No School For
Students
Mini-Test:
Microeconomics
Begin
Presentations
1/5
1/6
Survey: Financial
Values
1/7
1/8
1/9
Guest Speaker:
Credit
Guest Speaker:
Financing College
Activity: You’re on
your own kid
Credit
Documentary:
Maxed Out
1/12
1/13
Activity: Banks vs.
Credit Unions
Budgeting
1/14
1/15
1/16
Guest Speaker:
Banking
Market Watch:
Reflection
Final Review
1/21
1/22
1/23
Due: You’re on
your own kid
1/19
1/20
No School: Martin Final Review
Luther King Jr. Day
(Macro & Micro
Economics)
Final
(Basic Concepts &
Supply and
Demand)