Daily+Lessons_Work

8/24/11 Name Game Ice Breaker Syllabus Wiki Books

8/25/11 Artist Game Get to know you Bball

8/26/11 Collages Present collages

8/29/11 Activity Read pages 3-7 and create outline Episode 2 - 4:36 media type="youtube" key="yoVc_S_gd_0" height="345" width="420" [|Video Episode 3] 4:21 media type="youtube" key="0PgP0dXAGAE" height="345" width="420"

8/30/11 Activity Read pages 8-11 and create outline [|Video Episode 8] 3:39 media type="youtube" key="PSU-_n81QT0" height="345" width="420"

8/31/11 Activity Worksheet Questions and Answer activity

__Homework__ Read pages 13-18 and create outline [|Video Episode 7] 6:12 media type="youtube" key="JCEWQ_cafUs" height="345" width="420" [|Video Episode 9] 7:39 media type="youtube" key="ApWWs_sZQQg" height="345" width="420" [|Video Episode 10] 3:05 media type="youtube" key="6LIuLAu-KNs" height="345" width="420"

9/1/11 Review Questions and Review Game

9/2/11 Chapter 1 Quiz

9/6/11 Three economic questions activity Discuss economic goals [|U.S. Economic Goals]- How does the President plan to grow the American economy? Economic system activity read pages 23-27 and take notes

9/7/11 Free market activity Discuss free market [|Adam Smith]

media type="youtube" key="pU0QA2u1K4A" height="345" width="420" read pages 28-32 and take notes

9/8/11 Explanation of Centrally Planned Economy [|Portions of Moscow on the Hudson] [|North Korea] Anderson Prison Activity read pages 34-38 and take notes

9/12/11 Modern economics activity discuss modern economics read pages 40-44 and take notes Review packet for chapter 2

9/13/11 Chapter 2 review

9/14/11 Chapter 2 quiz [|Russia]

9/15/11 - 9/16/11 Video: China in the Red

9/19/11 Lecture/Discussion about chapter 3 section 1 [|Video] [|Website] Assignment: Research an interest group and find the following: 1. What their all about 2. Interesting facts 3. In your opinion are they for the good of all society 4. Any policies they are currently opposing or supporting

9/20/11 Lecture/Discussion about chapter 3 section 2 [|Video]

9/21/11 Lecture/Discussion on chapter 3 section 3 School public good activity

9/22/11 Substitute Read chapter 3 section 4 Class activity lead by substitute

9/23/11 Activity lead by substitute Receive and complete chapter 3 questions

9/26/11 Review for Chapter 3 quiz before lunch Chapter 3 quiz after lunch

9/27/11 - 9/30/11 Review for Unit 1 Test [|video]

10/3/11 Unit 1 Test

10/4/11 Lecture - Demand Review - Watch videos below Read Chapter 4 Sections 1 and 2 media type="youtube" key="uXlZIn6W7Ew" height="315" width="420" media type="youtube" key="aTSwcXJ700c" height="315" width="420"

10/5/11 Demand Activity

10/6/11

media type="youtube" key="4oj_lnj6pXA" height="315" width="420" [|Demand Elasticity examples]

10/7/11 Worksheet on Elasticity Present Demand Graphs Review Quizzes Time to read and take notes for quiz

10/11/11 - 10/12/11 Review videos Time remaining:
 * 1) look at possible stock to buy and why
 * 2) study for chapter 4 quiz

10/13/11 Quiz Find article on demand and calculate the elasticity Present article to class

10/14/11 What is a stock? Reading Stock quotes Diversification

10/17/11 Stock Market Game

10/18/11 Law of Supply media type="youtube" key="KccMcf_xOQU" height="315" width="420" Supply Shifters

10/19/11 Production Activity Marginal Product

10/20/11 media type="youtube" key="FgttpKZZz7o" height="315" width="420" Production Cost Activity Fixed and Variable Cost Marginal product cost

10/21/11- 10/25/11 Chapter 5 review videos

10/27/11 Chapter 5 Quiz Stock Market Game

10/26/11 JA Titan Challenge

10/28/11 Chapter 6 - Equilibrium discussion media type="youtube" key="XgBPAucs-W4" height="315" width="420" Practice problems

10/31/11 Open-book quiz chapter 6

11/1/11 Mutual Funds Open-Ended Mutual Fund media type="youtube" key="Dy6SAdpAc8I" height="315" width="560" Closed-End Mutual Fund media type="youtube" key="VpVu25KhozQ" height="315" width="560" Time to research and buy/trade stocks or mutual funds

11/2/11 Market Structure Activity Review video's with notes sheet http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7424700n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox media type="youtube" key="9Hxy-TuX9fs" height="315" width="420" media type="youtube" key="61GCogalzVc" height="315" width="420" media type="youtube" key="T3F1Vt3IyNc" height="315" width="420" media type="youtube" key="ElBF2D7IHAI" height="315" width="420" media type="youtube" key="7UWgKZsKZOc" height="315" width="420" media type="youtube" key="lZfbZDK0hLw" height="315" width="420" Market Structure example worksheet Students create PP with examples of market structure

11/3/11 - 11/8/11 Market Structure Project

11/9/11 JA Titan Challenge

11/10/11 Market Structure Project

11/11/11 Market Structure Project Completed Chapter 7 Quiz

11/14/11 Unit 2 Review

11/15/11 Unit 2 Test

11/16/11 Business Organizations Project Case Study video

11/17/11 Case Study Video

11/18/11 - 11/21/11 Chapter 8 review video creation

11/22/11 Chapter 8 Quiz Reading Guide Due

11/29/11 JA - Titan Challenge Econ Challenge Practice

11/30/11 - 12/1/11 [|The Ascent of Money/]

12/2/11 Econ Challenge Practice Stock Market Game

12/5/11 Investments and Savings PowerPoint Grandma's $ Activity Financial advisor activity

12/6/11 Guest speaker from Susquehanna Bank [|Econ Challenge Practice]

12/7/11 What is this? (type of bond) Bond PowerPoint What is a bond? worksheet

12/8/11 Stock Market Video Options

12/9/11 - 12/12/11 Review Videos

12/13/11 Chapter 11 Quiz

12/14/11 Economics Challenge Chapter 12 Section 1 - GDP

12/15/11 Chapter 12 Section 2 - Business/Economic Cycle Class discussion Class Poster for Economic Indicator due by end of period Business Cycle Forecasting
 * 1) Students research the top 10 leading economic indicators and create a poster identifying each indicator by name
 * 2) Image to help explain/identify indicator
 * 3) In your own words explain how the indicator might help economist forecast future economic trends.
 * 4) Who releases? Where and when is this info released?
 * 5) Current Value

Poster Grading: 20 points for completion 20 points for accuracy and understandability 10 points for professionalism/creativity

12/16/11 Economic Indicators Poster

12/19/11 Complete Economic Indicators Poster Complete Chapter 12 Reading Guide Stock Market Games

12/20/11 Review Economic Growth and take Chapter 12 quiz [|GDP Link] [|GEP per Capita] [|Saving Rates]

12/21/11 JA - Titan Challenge

12/22/11 JA - Titan Challenge

1/2/12 - 1/4/12 Chapter 13 Assignment

1/5/12 Present Chapter 12 Assignment

1/6/12 - 1/11/12 Final Review/Stock Market Games

1/12/12 Final