2nd- Six Week Grading Period
Date
Friday
March 8th
Class Topics /
Assigned Homework
nd
Start of the 2 6-week grading period
Items Due
Ask –what do you want to know about personal
finance? Question cards (prep for final 6 weeks)
Catch up on Current Events
Unit 4:
Chapter 11
Discussion- How is the stock market working for you?
What have your strategies been? Are they working for
you? What have you learned?
Assign homework: Understanding the Financial Market
Monday
March 11th
What Economics Is Really All About: Exercise
Tuesday 12th
No Class
Wednesday
13th
Block Day: Minimum Day Class Starts at 8:50 to 10:06
Finish Monday’s Exercise
Jigsaw Discussion: Teach What you Know!
The Financial Markets
Thursday
March 14th
Friday 15th
Need 6 copies of
your handout/
homework
1-6 class schedule
Define Wealth
Concentration of Wealth Game
Video example:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26315908/
Income Inequality: Reading Activity
Monday 18th
Supply and Demand Intro
Calvin & Hobbs cartoon
The Details of Understanding Supply and Demand
Reading Unit 2
Chapters 4,5,6,7
Tuesday 19th
The Supply and Demand Game: Buyers and Sellers
Wednesday
March 20th
Discuss Regulation and Deregulation:
Connecting Milton Friedman to Regulation
Thursday 21
Video: Enron – The Smartest Guys in the Room
110 minutes
No Class
Friday 22nd
Finish Video: Enron
Monday
March 25th
Determinants of Supply and Demand
Unit 3: Chapters
8&9
Price Elasticity: Khan Academy
Rough Draft of
Econ Paper Due
25 points.
Turn in
something!
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/microecono
mics/elasticity-tutorial/price-elasticitytutorial/v/price-elasticity-of-demand
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/microecono
mics/elasticity-tutorial/price-elasticitytutorial/v/more-on-elasticity-of-demand
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/microecono
mics/elasticity-tutorial/price-elasticitytutorial/v/perfect-inelasticity-and-perfect-elasticityof-demand
The Price is Right? Or Wrong?
Tuesday
March 26th
Library:
Labor & Wages:
See Homework Section on teacher website:
Read the articles and answer the questions: The
questions on listed in the article.
Wednesday
March 27
1-6 Class Schedule
Video: Is Wal-Mart Good for America: Frontline
Thursday 28
Minimum Day 8:50 9:24
1-6 Class Schedule
Labor & Wages
Homework Due
Labor & Wages Continued:
Supply and Demand of Labor
Types of Labor:
What determines wages?
Union vs. non-union
Education level
http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/wages/
“Right to Work” Laws
Friday
March 29
Monday
April 1st
Tuesday April
2nd
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
April 5
Monday
April 8
No School – Spring Break
No School – Spring Break
No School – Spring Break
No School – Spring Break
No School – Spring Break
No School – Spring Break
Working Conditions:
Who is OSHA and what does it mean to you?
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/all_about_OSHA.p
df
Homework:
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/index.html
Tuesday
April 9
Unions and Management
Triangle Fire:
Wednesday
April10
Thursday 11
Time to work on Economics paper.
Library
Friday 12
Peer editing of econ papers
2nd Draft of
Economics Paper
Due: 25 points
Bring in 2 copies
of your paper
Monday
April 15
Types of Businesses: Sole Proprietorships; Partnerships;
Corporations
Tuesday
April 16
Class 8:50 – 9:24
Minimum Day periods 1-6
Goods and Services;
Public Goods/ Private Goods / Free riders
Wednesday
April 17th
Block Day 1-3-5
Thursday
Friday 19th
No Class
No Class: Block Day 2-4-6
Monday 22
Block Day 1-3-5
Economics Paper is Due
Tuesday 23
Test Review
No Class – Block Day 2-4-6
Wednesday
24
Block Day 1-3-5
End Of Grading Period Exam:
Economics
Research Paper
Due. Must
Submit to
Turnitin.com