REPORT/ESSAY
REVISIONS DUE BY SUNDAY AT MIDNIGHT!
Send email to
jelfrank1@gmail.com with report attached or reminding me
it's on Google Docs with the name of the report on the list.
Does your have a title,
everyone's names, footnotes, reflections? They are supposed
to. Heavy losses of points for not having these.
Do it by Friday and re-share with
jelfrank1@gmail.com
1/15/2010 - Climate Action: take Cornell notes on the
actions taken around the world. What were they trying to
accomplish? Have they been successful?
1/14/2010
How is 350.org trying to help YOU have a future?
Go to:
www.350.org and answer the
following questions:
1. Who are they?
2. Why is the number "350" so important to them?
3. What would these people at 350.org say about
yesterday's presenter on our choices about the climate
change question?
4. What was the
purpose of the Copenhagen Conference?
5. Why does 350 consider it a failure?
6. How does 350 think you can help?
Having trouble finding
the answers? Hint: try their "about" link.
Note down your answers
in Cornell notes format.
1/12-13/2010
Tragedy in Haiti: What can we do? 1. Reach out to Haitians here
2. Donate to relief efforts
3. Monitor the situation
1/5/2010 Test III
Take out a separate piece of paper to use as a backup.
1/4/2010 Welcome back!
Test tomorrow
on Labor (everything since 12/2) and film Norma Rae.
Today- work
in pairs to review:
1. How do unions work to protect workers? class notes
2. What is "collective bargaining"? How does it change the
power relationship in a work place? class notes/ film notes.
3. What are the steps for resolving labor disputes between
management and labor? class notes/film notes
4. What are the reasons for and against joining a union?
class notes/ film notes
5. How did the company try to prevent a union from taking
hold in the O.P. Henley textile mill? film notes
6. Why were they not successful? film notes
7. How did Martin Luther King, Jr. connect the labor
movement with the civil rights movement? 12/7 - 12/8
8. How does unemployment affect wages? 12/14
9. Compare/contrast "living wage" with "minimum wage". 12/18
10. How does your education affect your earning potential?
12/21 & 22
12/21 & 22
Project presentations Take Cornell
Notes
Tonight: How
does your education affect your wage earning potential?
12/8/2009
What is the link
between the labor movement and the civil rights movement
according to Dr. King? see highlights
That the struggle is for dignity as workers and consumers so
as to be full participants in the American dream, just at
the civil rights movement was a recognition of equality as
human beings.
Continue
with film.
12/7/2009 -
"That's the question before you tonight.
Not, "If I stop to help the sanitation workers, what will
happen to all of the hours that I usually spend in my office
every day and every week as a pastor?" The question is not,
"If I stop to help this man in need, what will happen to
me?" "If I do not stop to help the sanitation workers, what
will happen to them?" That's the question." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
delivered this speech in support of the striking sanitation
workers at Mason Temple in Memphis, TN on April 3, 1968 —
the day before he was assassinated.
video excerpt:
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/1/19/dr_martin_luther_king_jr_1929 49 min. into video
11/30
PowerPoint Demo - watch
Begin phase III of
the project.
11/25 Loose Ends Day
To get caught up of loose ends.
Do a
self-assessment of where you think you stand on the 5
course goals. I won't hold it against you but want to see where you
think you HONESTLY stand.
Check your status on the
project
. What are the deadlines? Will you be ready to present soon?
Is your essay finished and uploaded on Google Docs shared
with me?
nts/questions
on your own.
Topics for
Tuesday's Test on Money/Finances and the Consumer
1. What is
money? How can local currency impact the local community?
Why does the US government tolerate "dirty money" flows into
its banks?
2. The financial crisis (How did we get there? What is the
difference between and Ponzi scheme and the housing bubble?)
3. The role of banks (What is their purpose?, Why are they
regulated? What is TARP?)
4. Consumer issues - (What is conscious consumption? How can
credit cards be a trap? How do you use a credit card
responsibly?)
11/20 How many
planets would it take for support if everyone lived like
you?
1. Find out
at:
http://www.earthday.net/footprint/flash.html - tip. when
taking the quiz you slide the bar to the right or left to
answer then click on OK. 2. Once done, note the number of planets it takes to
sustain your lifestyle if everyone lived like you.
3. Research:
Find out what percentage of the world's resources Americans
consume. Compare to the percentage of the world's population
Americans make up.
Review Finance Basics
(refer to your class notes)
Answer in Cornell Notes:
1. What are banks'
primary role?
2. How do banks make money?
3. Why are they supposed to be regulated by the government?
4. How did banks fail last year causing the crisis?
5. Why does the government say it's important to bail them
out?
6. What should be done to make sure it doesn't happen again?
Next Level (refer to
class readings) Due Monday 11/16 Answer in Cornell Notes.
1. How have the role of
banks changed in the last 30 years?
2. What are some examples of the new risky financial
instruments banks used to get themselves into trouble?
3. Do you blame the borrowers or banks?
4. Do you believe in the "Too Big to Fail" doctrine?
5. Is the Obama administration doing enough to prevent such
a crisis from happening again?
11/10 How are you doing (in this class)?
Student Self - Assessment
Review slide content
and take Cornell notes. Be sure to note the causes and
assumptions that created our economic crisis. Also, who was
responsible? What can be done?
Homework: How does
Wolf's view in last night's homework differ regarding the
root cause of the crisis?
Ali
Wolf
Three
basic assumptions about the American economy:
homes will increase in value over time, wages will
go up over time and investments in the stock market
will go up over time.
The decline in real
wages caused Americans to borrow their way to
the "American Dream" because they assumed economic
growth would carry them through.
Note in your
Google document research page a score for each source.
Aim:
Introduction to Financial Institutions & the Consumer
Why don't we have the government print enough money so we can all be
millionaires?! Write your answer in a paragraph in your
notebook.
1. Review new homework assignments
2. Concepts of Money (do by Tuesday) - Research and define: money,
currency, barter, credit, interest rate, inflation.
Money - Why is it
important to the economy?
Do Now: Copy the Attributes and explain why each is important.
Activity 2. Apply the Search
Technique (15)
Use the techniques of this guide to search for an
article for your
topic.
Post your find in a response to the Google Group
by clicking on "reply" to the post
Google Search
Include the following information:
1. What your question
was.
2. What key terms your typed in. How you rephrased
it, if necessary.
Activity 3. Apply the Critical
Thinking Exercise (10)
Refer to our
Source Evaluation
Rubric and rate the
information from the previous
activity. Include this analysis in
your post from the previous activity.
If you have time, work in your
groups to continue your research process in the shared
document.
Oct. 26 "Dirty Money" Do homework assignment:
1. answer fill-in in your notebooks, 2. Create a Cornell
notes entry for the article.
1. Review new homework assignments
2. Concepts of Money (do by Tuesday) - Research and define: money,
currency, barter, credit, interest rate, inflation.
Money - Why is it
important to the economy?
Do Now: Copy the Attributes and explain why each is important.
Activity 2. Apply the Search
Technique (15)
Use the techniques of this guide to search for an
article for your
topic.
Post your find in a response to the Google Group
by clicking on "reply" to the post
Google Search
Include the following information:
1. What your question
was.
2. What key terms your typed in. How you rephrased
it, if necessary.
Activity 3. Apply the Critical
Thinking Exercise (10)
Refer to our
Source Evaluation
Rubric and rate the
information from the previous
activity. Include this analysis in
your post from the previous activity.
If you have time, work in your
groups to continue your research process in the shared
document.
Oct. 13
Test on
Project, Thursday 10/15.
Be prepared to discuss your topic, questions and issues,
where you are going as well as share a few links you have
explored. See what you
will be expected to answer.
Oct. 6 Test 1
Take out a separate
sheet of paper and put your name and OSIS on it.
Oct. 5 - Finish your review sheet in Google docs...
1.
What, How
and Who - explain what these questions mean.
2. Three types of economic systems - what are they and how
do they manifest themselves in our economy?
3.
Supply and Demand (including
elasticity- why can supply and demand change a little or
a lot, and critique of supply and demand- what are the
assumptions of that theory?)
4. The corporation: how is it a psychopath, paradox and
dominant institution. (See
your Cornell Notes)
5. The
Commandments of Capitalism - Is life fair? How does the
conservative answer support capitalism? How does the liberal
answer differ? Refer to your notes.
6. Market Economy and
the Price System: How does it work?
Oct. 2, 2009 - Film Friday!
The Corporation - The Assault on the "Commons"
Oct. 1,
2009
Announcing: Test 1 Tuesday, Oct. 6
Review:
1.
What, How
and Who - explain what these questions mean.
2. Three types of economic systems - what are they and how
do they manifest themselves in our economy?
3.
Supply and Demand (including
elasticity- why can supply and demand change a little or
a lot, and critique of supply and demand- what are the
assumptions of that theory?)
4. The corporation: how is it a psychopath, paradox and
dominant institution. (See
your Cornell Notes)
5. The
Commandments of Capitalism - Is life fair? How does the
conservative answer support capitalism? How does the liberal
answer differ? Refer to your notes.
6. Market Economy and
the Price System: How does it work?
Review for the test over the weekend.
Go to Google, Login, go to Documents, Create a New Document
and answer the 6 questions above. Share with
jelfrank1@gmail.com allow editing. Due Monday, Oct. 5.
9/29 - 9/30
Moving forward with our projects: see
today's lesson plan - see homework in "follow-up"
section of lesson plan.
Financial Unit: What are the Causes
and Solutions for the Current Economic Crisis The Decline of "Real Wages"
The root cause? Read article and
answer questions.
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