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Today: June 10 & 13, 2011
Objective: Finish
Film- Capitalism a Love Story and Read
Critiques
Essential Question: How are
economic questions moral questions?
Aim:
How accurate were Michael Moore's essential claims in the
film?
Agenda:
Warm up:
Review last time - Is Capitalism immoral?
Lesson: Show
the students Moore's Thesis, and essential claims.
Activity:
Finish the film.
Research Activity:
Find criticism and a response to criticism of the film.
Summary:
Post your thoughts in the "Capitalism a Love Story" thread
in Google discussion. Comment on your classmates'
posts.
June 8, 2011
Cooperative Economies
Objective:
To discuss how our economy could be different
Essential Question: How can the workplace become
democratic?
Aim: How does a cooperative
differ from the corporate model?
Warm up:
Review- How did that robotics company in yesterday's
film operate differently than most businesses?
Lesson: Film
Activity: Take Cornell notes
Activity2: Share with your
nieghbor and generate questions the notes have answered.
Summary: Discuss in your
notes the aim. How would education be different if it was
based on a cooperative model?
June 7, 2011
Capitalism a Love
Story
Objective:
To take Cornell notes on film: Capitalism a Love
Story
Essential Question:
Is capitalism ethical?
Aim:
How has the middle class been
evaporating since Ronald Reagan?
Warm up -
Define "Middle Class". Why do you think an economy needs
one?
Put in your Cornell notes.
Lesson: Film
Capitalism a Love Story take notes (25)
Activity:
Compare notes with your neighbor and make up questions for
Cornell notes.
Summary:
Make up your summary and curiosity questions
Homework:
June 6, 2011
Capitalism a Love
Story
Objective:
To take Cornell notes on film: Capitalism a Love
Story
Essential Question:
How did the economic collapse of 2008
happen?
Aim:
How has the middle class been
evaporating since Ronald Reagan?
Warm up -
Define "Middle Class". Why do you think an economy needs
one?
Put in your Cornell notes.
Lesson: Film
Capitalism a Love Story take notes (25)
Activity:
Compare notes with your neighbor and make up questions for
Cornell notes.
Summary:
Make up your summary and curiosity questions
Homework:
June 3, 2011
Capitalism a Love
Story
Objective:
To take Cornell notes on film: Capitalism a Love
Story
Essential Question:
How did the economic collapse of 2008
happen?
Aim:
How has the middle class been
evaporating since Ronald Reagan?
Warm up -
use Google to define: Sub-Prime Loan, Derivatives, .
Put in your Cornell notes.
Lesson: Film
Capitalism a Love Story take notes (25)
Activity:
Compare notes with your neighbor and make up questions for
Cornell notes.
Summary:
Make up your summary and curiosity questions
Homework:
May 31,
2011
Objective:
To take Cornell notes on film: Norma Rae
Essential Question:
How has labor struggled for collective
bargaining rights?
Aim:
Why were workers at the textile mill
wary of joining a union?
Warm up -
use Google to define: Labor, Collective Bargaining, Strike,
Mediation, Arbitration. / Friday: Review yesterday's notes.
New term: Cooptation
Put in your Cornell notes.
Lesson: Film
Norma Rae take notes (25)
Activity:
Compare notes with your neighbor and make up questions for
Cornell notes.
Summary:
Make up your summary and curiosity questions
Homework:
Interview your parents (or other brother /sister,
aunt/uncle) about their work. Do they like it? Why or why
not? What could make it better for them? email your answers
to jelfrank1@gmail.com.
Put Subject - "Parental interview". Due Friday.
May 25,
2011
Objective:
To take notes and ask questions of the presenters.
Essential Question: How do guest speakers inform
our career decision-making?
Agenda
Warm up:
Get ready to take Cornell notes.
Lesson:
Student/Guest Presentations
Activity:
1.
Take Cornell notes.
Summary: Q &
A
May 23,
2011
Project Presentations...
Then...
The World is Still
Here!
Objective:
Students will learn how to prepare for the next End
of Days.
Essential Question:
How can we be savvy consumers?
Aim:
What is sound economics for the
Apocalypse?
Agenda
Warm up:
Read this article -
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/05/apocalyptic-economics-whether-zombies-or-rapture-be-prepared/239234/
Lesson:
Discuss with your neighbor your plans
Activity: Why does the media
give these "prophets of apocalypse" any attention?
Activity 2: Read this passage
from Noam Chomsky and decide how he would explain this
attention on these End of Days claims.
On the system of thought
control in democracies:
This is done by organizing the world so that the
major decisions are not in the public arena. And by imposing
on the people - I am now quoting from manuals of the public
relations industry - a "philosophy of futility".
This is done so that the attention of the people is focused
on the superficial things of life like fashionable
consumption.
From infancy children have drilled into them, from
television, advertising and in every possible way, that they
have to have a "philosophy of futility" as far as serious
decisions are concerned and that they have to perceive
themselves as passive consumers. It does not really matter
what you know about the world. The less you know, the
better.
That is the model. It does not work, but that is the
model. The rabble (common people) never accepts this. It
continually resists and struggles against this. That also
requires the use of other techniques to try and control
people. The elite media are mostly directed to the small
decision-making sector - people who make choices in
decisions that run society. They have to be properly
indoctrinated by not just the media but by the education
system and everything else. The true mass media that go to
the general audience, they mostly distract, making people
pay attention to something else - popular music, purchasing.
source:
http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/200111--.htm
Summary: Discuss in class.
May 19 &
20,
2011
FINISH THIS! You have your Google
discussion assignment below!
I may not be in school today
but I have my eyes on you!
Ecological Footprint
Objective: Students
will learn about their "ecological footprint" and what they
can do to impact it.
Essential Question:
How can consumers impact climate change?
Aim:
How can you impact your ecological footprint?
Agenda
Warm up: Review today's agenda.
Lesson: Go to -
http://www.myfootprint.org/ and read what your
"footprint" means.
Activity:
Select your language and begin the quiz.
Activity 2:
Compare your foot print with your neighbor's. 1. Why is it
more or less or same? 2. What is it about your lifestyle
that if everyone lived like you we'd have environmental
catastrophe?
3. What would you have to
change to get a footprint of 1 planet?
Summary:
Post your foot print, why it's what it is and what you can
do to reduce it on the " Ecological Footprint" thread.
Homework:
Climate Change - Myth or Reality? Do Internet research and
find one argument calling it a myth and another argument
saying it is real. Post your answer as a Reply to your post
from today's lesson.
May 18,
2011
Objective:
To take notes and ask questions of the presenters.
Essential Question: How do guest speakers inform
our career decision-making?
Agenda
Warm up:
Get ready to take Cornell notes.
Lesson:
Student/Guest Presentations
Activity:
1.
Take Cornell notes.
Summary: Q &
A
May 17,
2011
Objective:
To take notes and ask questions of the presenters.
Essential Question: How do guest speakers inform
our career decision-making?
Agenda
Warm up:
Get ready to take Cornell notes.
Lesson:
Student/Guest Presentations
Activity:
1.
Take Cornell notes.
Summary: Q &
A
May 16,
2011
Objective:
To take notes and ask questions of the presenters.
Essential Question: How do guest speakers inform
our career decision-making?
Agenda
Warm up:
Get ready to take Cornell notes.
Lesson:
Student/Guest Presentations
Activity:
Take Cornell notes. 2: Conclusion of
The Corporation - How can corporations be held
accountable?
Summary: Q &
A
May 13,
2011
Objective:
To take notes and ask questions of the presenters.
Essential Question: How do guest speakers inform
our career decision-making?
Agenda
Warm up:
Get ready to take Cornell notes.
Lesson:
Student/Guest Presentations
Activity:
Take Cornell notes.
Summary: Q &
A.
May 12 -
Career Day
Objective:
To take notes and ask questions of the presenters.
Essential Question: How do guest speakers inform
our career decision-making?
Agenda
Warm up:
Welcome Mr. Hilton from the Federal Reserve Bank or
Student presenters.
Lesson:
Student/Guest Presentations
Activity:
Take Cornell notes.
Summary: Q &
A.
May 11 -
The History of the Federal Reserve Bank
Objective: To
interpret a time line.
Essential Question:
Why was it necessary to create a Central Bank (Federal
Reserve)?
Aim: How does the existence of
the Federal Reserve Bank speak to the stability of
capitalism as an economic system?
Agenda
Warm up: go
to Google to define:
Economic Recession, Economic
Depression, Economic Boom, GDP (Gross Domestic Product).
Lesson:
The History of the Federal Reserve Bank,
(5/10),
Business Cycle
(5/11)
Activity:
In groups answer the aim, provide evidence and answer on
Google groups in a reply post to the The FED thread.
Summary:
Post your answers.
May
9
Objective:
Develop your presentations in accordance with a
rubric
Essential Question: What makes an effective
presentation
Aim: How do we produce an effective
presentation?
Agenda
Warm up:
review today's agenda and open your project essay (5)
Lesson:
Review
the presentation rubric (10)
Activity:
Working in groups divide up the number of slides
and produce your bullet points inserting imagery. (20)
Summary:
Share with the class your work thus far.
May 6
Film:
The Corporation
Objective:
To view the film and take Cornell Notes
Essential Question:
How is the corporation a paradox?
Aim:
How has the corporation caused great
harm?
Warm up: Review the agenda and open Cornell
notes. (5)
Lesson: Film
(25)
Activity:
Share your notes with your neighbor and make up questions
together.
Summary:
Write your summary.
May 5
Project
Presentations
Objective: To start our presentation
Essential Question: What makes an effective presentation?
Aim: To produce our presentation...
Agenda
Warm up: Review today's
agenda and links.
Assign-
Lesson: How to make your
presentation
1. Take a paragraph of
text.
2.
Create a bullet point
3. A graphic (if appropriate).
How to present:
See
presentation Rubric
Activity: meet in your
group and open a Google presentation. S
Create slides (one per
paragraph).
Summary: hare it with
everyone and me.
May 4, 2011
Project
Presentations
Objective: To start our presentation
Essential Question: What makes an effective presentation?
Aim: To produce our presentation...
Agenda
Warm up: Review today's
agenda and links.
Lesson: How to make your
presentation
1. Take a paragraph of
text.
2.
Create a bullet point
3. A graphic (if appropriate).
How to present:
See
presentation Rubric
Activity: meet in your
group and open a Google presentation. S
Create slides (one per
paragraph).
Summary: hare it with
everyone and me.
May 2 & 3, 2011
Project Draft
Editing
Essential Question: How can we
collaborate to produce a sound essay?
Aim: To edit each
other's draft.
Agenda:
Warm up:
Review today's agenda and
the project rubric.
Lesson: How to
edit each other's writing using
Google docs (5-7 min).
Activity: Open your project
draft and review and make suggestions to each other's
writing.
Summary:
Upload edit suggestions to Google docs, be sure you have
shared the document with me (jelfrank1@gmail.com) if you
haven't already.
April 29, 2011
Objective: To take
Cornell notes on The Secret History of the Credit
Card
Essential Question: How can we be savvy consumers
of credit?
Aim: How do credit cards play a big role in
people's lives today?
Agenda
Warm up:
Login and get ready to take Cornell notes.
Enter these
terms in your notes section:
APR-
Credit Rating-
Minimum Monthly Payment-
Regulation-
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency-
Jurisdiction -
(5)
Lesson:
Part 1 of The Secret History of the Credit Card
(25)
Activity:
Compare notes with your neighbor, Make up questions
notes have answered. (10)
Summary/Share:
Write your summary and share with the class. (5)
Homework:
Read
pp. 224 - 225 and take Cornell notes.
April
28
NEW - UNIT 3: Consumer Economics
Objective:
Students will calculate costs of using credit and
discuss best practices.
Essential Question:
How can our credit system help and hurt consumers?
Aim:
How can you use credit wisely?
Warm Up: Define "credit"
Lesson:
Read and take notes (in Word or Cornell form) tips for young people and credit cards.
Points:
1. Minimum Monthly Payments, "deadbeats"
2. APR
3. Credit Rating
Activity 2 (in pairs):
Calculate how long it will take to pay off a credit card.
Go here:
http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/debtplanner/debtplanner.jsp
Enter the following
information:
1. Credit card name: MC,
Balance: $1800.00, Interest: 5, Min. Monthly Payment:
25
2. Select "Minimum Payments" and click on "calculate"
How long will it take to payoff the credit card? How much did you
pay to the credit card in interest?
Do it again, except double the min. monthly payment.
What's the difference?
Summary:
Answer the aim - Share wit the class.
Homework:
Read
pp. 221 - 223 and take Cornell Notes.
April 15,
2011
Test 4
April
13, 2011
Objective:
Prepare for Tomorrow's Test
Aim: How do we review
for tomorrow's test?
Agenda
Warm up:
Review today's agenda.
Review
Questions: Work in pairs to compare notes (from
March 14
to present). Use
Cornell notes or Google docs you may access
during the test.
1. What is the traditional
role of banks in our economic system?
2. How and why
did that role of banks change in the last 30 years?
3. How did this new banking role cause the economic collapse
of
2008?
4. How do we
the taxpayers take the hit for the activities of the
banks?
5. How was Triangle
Shirtwaist fire a spark for labor rights in the U.S.?
6. How was Martin Luther King a complex individual? What
was his views on distribution of wealth and labor rights?
7. What is "dirty money" and how do banks in the U.S.
profit from it?
8. According to Joseph Stiglitz why
is there income disparity in the U.S. between top 1 percent
and the rest of us? How has opportunity to improve one's
economic position changed in the U.S.?
Essay:
(Project Score for this marking period)
1. Describe your
topic, (1 sentence)
2. What questions are you answering?
3. What have your found out regarding these
questions? (200+
words)
4.
List your sources you are using.
April 12, 2011
Work on your project or the
Ponzi Scheme
Ponzi Schemes
Objective: To complete a close passage and describe
how a Ponzi scheme works.
 Essential
Question: How do banks commit fraud?
Aim: How does a Ponzi Scheme differ from a bubble?
Warm up:
Review today's agenda.
Lesson:
Read and do close passage:
Ponzi_Banks.htm
Put your answers in Cornell notes.
Summary:
Make up your summary and curiosity question.
Homework:
Carry on with your projects.
Activity: Share you answers with your
neighbor to make sure they are correct.
April 8, 2011
Income in America
Objective: To listen to an interview by a
Nobel Prize winning economist.
Essential Question:
How do economic systems distribute resources?
Aim: How does Professor Stiglitz argue economic
disparity has increased?
Agenda:
Warm up:
Get ready to take Cornell notes. (5)
Lesson:
Watch interview, with interjections by John, take notes.
(25)
Activity:
Compare notes with your neighbor, make up questions notes
have answered,
Summary:
Write your summary and curiosity question(s).
April 7, 2011
Objective:
To develop questions and research to answer those questions.
Essential Question: How do we think
critically about information?
Aim: To
start drafting answers to our questions
Warm up: In
your group, review the project page. Where should you be
right now? Draft a plan for getting caught up. Describe
everyone's role. See shared document, Member Roles. (10)
Lesson: See
sample presented by John (10)
Activity:
Carry on with work, adding information to your research
page. (20)
Summary:
Finish your roles document. You may combine into your
contact document if you like. (5)
Homework:
Review for next week's test everything since March 11 - Your
Cornell notes on class work and homework.
April 6, 2011
Film:
The Corporation
Objective:
To view the film and take Cornell Notes
Essential Question:
How is the corporation a paradox?
Aim:
How has the corporation caused great
harm?
Warm up: Review the agenda and open Cornell
notes. (5)
Lesson: Film
(25)
Activity:
Share your notes with your neighbor and make up questions
together.
Summary:
Write your summary.
Homework:
Read about
"Dirty Money" Why do U.S.
banks depend on the illegal drug trade? Take Cornell notes.
April 5, 2011
Objective:
To develop questions and research to answer those questions.
Essential Question: How do we think
critically about information?
Aim: To
start drafting answers to our questions
Warm up: In
your group, review the project page. Where should you be
right now? Draft a plan for getting caught up. Describe
everyone's role. See shared document, Member Roles. (10)
Lesson: See
sample presented by John (10)
Activity:
Carry on with work, adding information to your research
page. (20)
Summary:
Finish your roles document. (5)
Homework:
Carry on with your projects.
April 4, 2011
 Martin
Luther King, Jr. - More than Civil Rights
Objective:
To view the film and read an analysis of MLK.
Essential Question: How was Martin Luther King Jr.
a complex historical figure?
Aim: How
is King's labor message relevant to today?
Warm up:
What comes to mind when you hear the name Martin Luther King
Jr? Jot down in your Cornell Notes.
View film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBodqhUGoq0
Martin
Luther King Speaks on Workers' Rights. Discuss what's
different.
Lesson:
Read article on the relevance of Dr. King today.
Activity:
Take Cornell Notes and share and develop questions with
your neighbor.
Summary:
Write your summary and curiosity questions.
Homework:
Work on your project.
April 1, 2011
Project Phase II
Transition
Objective: To develop questions and
research answers.
Essential Question:
How can we research effectively using the Internet?
Aim: How do we scaffold questions?
Lesson:
Review of the Project Assignment, critical thinking and
citation.
Scaffolding
Questions - Main Questions >>> Sub Questions
Essay Structure: Intro >>> Body >>>
Conclusion >>> Sources >>> Reflections
Citation -
Chicago Manual of Style (see project page)
Activity:
Work in your groups on scaffolding and answering your
questions.
Summary:
Upload your changes to your Research Doc on Google.
Homework:
Continue finishing Phase II
March 30, 2011
Pd. 7 Work on your projects. Phase I
into Phase II. See the project link above. I will check your
Google docs for progress!
Film:
The Corporation
Objective:
To view the film and take Cornell Notes
Essential Question:
How is the corporation a paradox?
Aim:
How has the corporation caused great
harm?
Warm up: Review the agenda and open Cornell
notes. (5)
Lesson: Film
(25)
Activity:
Share your notes with your neighbor and make up questions
together.
Summary:
Write your summary.
March 28 & 29, 2011
Objective:
To develop queries for your project.
Essential
Question - How do Web 2.0 tools enhance the
research process?
Aim: How do we
research our project topic?
Warm up:
Finish your project contracts with group member names and
topic. (10)
Lesson:
Google search techniques - See project page.
Activity:
Carry on with
Phase I & II of the
project. (20)
Summary:
Put your questions and links on your research document (10)
Homework:
Discuss with your group members what topic you would like to
do. Reach a consensus. cc: me in the email communication.
Hit REPLY ALL when commenting.
March 25, 2011 -
SPECIAL LESSON
100th Anniversary of
the Triangle Fire
Objective:
To take Cornell notes on a documentary
Then
 Essential
Question: How does collective bargaining empower
workers.
Aim: How did
the Triangle Fire change America?
Warm up:
Login and review the agenda. Use Google Maps and find out
where exactly did the famous Triangle Fire take place. (5)
Lesson:
Film-
Triangle Returns/Discussion (25
min).
source:
http://fromthevaultradio.org/home/2010/10/15/ftv-231-the-triangle-fire-of-1911/
Today
 Activity:
Research the details of the Triangle and Bangladesh Fires
using the new Google search methods(10)
Summary:
Share your findings on the Google Discussion Thread
"Triangle Fire". (5)
source:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1543896/Hundreds-trapped-in-Bangladesh-fire.html
March 24, 2011
PD 7 finish
yesterday's work.
Objective:
To take Cornell notes on a documentary.
Essential Question:
To what extent should the government
regulate the financial system?
Aim: What is
the film's thesis?
Lesson: John
models the taking of notes.
Film Inside Job (25)
with frequent interjections and questions
Activity:
Generate questions with your neighbor for your notes.
Summary:
Write a 3 - 5 sentence summary and generate curiosity
questions.
March 23, 2011 Evaluating Web
Content
Objective: To practice applying critical thinking
to Web content.
Essential Question:
To what extent should the government
regulate the financial system?
Aim:
How did the banks
cause the economic crisis of 2008?
Agenda
Warm up: Log
in and Review today's agenda. Review last night's homework.
Lesson:
Review - How do I search for sources of information that
are: from a University and less than 3 years old? Discuss
with your neighbor and prepare to present an answer.
Activity:
With your group members find three sources related to
today's Aim. Using an query of your own creation.
Find only university
sources, designate the appropriate time range.
Create a citation
based on
the
project rubric's requirements. Include a paragraph
number.
Summary:
Publish this information on your shared research Google doc.
Each group member adds their own source and citation.
Extra time? - Carry on with
your project research.
Homework:
Read p. 2 - 3 of
Why isn't Wall St. in Jail? and take Cornell notes. Due tomorrow.
March 22, 2011 Critical
Thinking for Web Content
Objective:
To practice asking
questions and citing information.
Essential Question:
To what extent should the government
regulate the financial system?
Aim:
How have banks changed over the past 30 years?
Agenda:
Warm up: Review yesterday's
notes (shared Google doc), what is our objective and aim for
today? (5)
Lesson -
How does web content differ from books and newspapers? Why
does that require us to approach it differently? Why are
Google and Wikipedia not acceptable as sources for research?
Take notes in your shared Google doc (one of you).
Dynamic/HyperTextual
Paragraphs
Direct sources
Query: What were
the causes of the economic meltdown of 2008. Review
the advanced Google search techniques (15),
Activity -
In your project groups use the advanced search techniques to
limit your results to university web sites, and articles no
more than 2 years old on the question - How have banks
in the U.S. changed over the last 30 or so years?
In your Google doc list
three sources you think are of high quality.
1. Create a
citation in accordance with
project guidelines
for each. 2. Annotate (create a one sentence description)
explaining who the source is.
Summary -
Which source do you trust the most? Try and reach a
consensus within your group and put an explanation in your
Google document.
Continue your project work
or start the homework
Homework:
Why isn't Wall St. in Jail?
Read this article and take Cornell notes. Due tomorrow.
March 21, 2011 Effective
search strategies using Google
Objective: To practice
developing queries using Google search techniques to find
information.
Essential Question: To what
extent should the government regulate the financial system?
Aim: How do banks work in our economic
system?
Agenda:
Warm up-
Review today's agenda. What is the objective and aim?
List in your notes what comes to mind when you think of
banks. What kinds our resources are involved? (5)
Lesson -
Query: What is the role of banks in an economy?
Review
Basic Google Search Techniques. (10)
Activity in
Groups- (10)
1. Fashion an
appropriate query to answer today's aim using the techniques
from the lesson
2. Review
the results - how many pages, how accurate?
3. Revise your query to reduce and focus results.
Summary
Activity (10)
Open a Google Doc and share it with group
members and
jelfrank1@gmail.com, Title it "Banking- Group no. ___"
Put your query, your chosen link and a summary of what you
read.
Homework -
Finish what you didn't have time for in class.
Read p. 1 of article: How Stuff Works - Banks
and take Cornell notes.
March 17,2011
Objective:
To develop queries for your project.
Essential
Question - How do Web 2.0 tools enhance the
research process?
Aim: How do we
research our project topic?
Warm up:
Finish your project contracts with group member names and
topc. (10)
Lesson:
Google search techniques - See project page.
Activity:
Carry on with
Phase I of the
project. (20)
Summary:
Put your questions and links on your research document (10)
Homework:
Discuss with your group members what topic you would like to
do. Reach a consensus. cc: me in the email communication.
Hit REPLY ALL when commenting.
March 16, 2011
Objective:
To form groups and decide on a topic.
Essential
Question - How do Web 2.0 tools enhance the
research process?
Aim: How do we
complete the project?
Warm up:
Finish your project contracts with group member names and
topc. (10)
Activity:
Finish your contracts and carry on with
Phase I of the
project. (15)
Summary: (15)
Homework:
Discuss with your group members what topic you would like to
do. Reach a consensus. cc: me in the email communication.
Hit REPLY ALL when commenting.
March 15, 2011
Objective:
To form groups and decide on a topic.
Essential
Question - How do Web 2.0 tools enhance the
research process?
Aim: How do we
complete the project?
Warm up:
Read:
Project Introduction (10)
Activity:
Choose a group of 3 members. Create a work contract with
each other outlining your responsibilities. (15)
Summary: All
three members put their name on it and upload to Google Docs
and share with all members and me:
jelfrank1@gmail.com
Name the file EcoProject Group no. (I will assign you a
number. (15)
Homework:
Discuss with your group members what topic you would like to
do. Reach a consensus. cc: me in the email communication.
Hit REPLY ALL when commenting.
March 14, 2011
Welcome -
Välkommen!
to our friends from
Fredrika Bremergymmanasierna
March 11, 2011
Film:
The Corporation
Objective:
To view the film and take Cornell Notes
Essential Question:
How is the corporation a paradox?
Aim:
How has the corporation caused great
harm?
Warm up: Review the agenda and open Cornell
notes. (5)
Lesson: Film
(25)
Activity:
Share your notes with your neighbor and make up questions
together.
Summary:
Write your summary.
March 10, 2011
Warm up: Review your notes
(10 - 20 min.)
Test 3 (20 - 35) Open Notes
March 9, 2011
Test tomorrow
Critique of Supply and Demand
Objective:
To apply economic thinking to real
situations
Essential Question:
How does the theory of Supply and
Demand explain economic activity?
Aim: Why is supply and demand theory
flawed?
Warm up:
Finish yesterday's work - Reply in Google discussion to the
post on Price Elasticity. (10)
Lesson:
Critique of Supply and Demand (10) - read aloud, ask
questions
Activity:
with your neighbor answer the questions below. (10-15)
Summary:
Finish what you didn't have time to in class.
Review below Supply & Demand, intro to
The Corporation for Test Tomorrow March 1 - Present.
Homework Study
Topics:
Define Supply and Demand, the
Law of Supply, the Law of Demand, Review supply and demand
curves, Equilibrium Price, Elasticity, Critique of Supply
and Demand. The Corporation, paradox, 14th Amendment,
Externalities.
March 7-8, 2011
Announcement of
Bergtraum Ambassadors for our friends from Fredrika
Bremer School - Extra Credit Opp.
Objective:
To use Excel to plot Supply and Demand
Essential Question:
How does the theory of Supply and
Demand explain economic activity?
Aim: How does elasticity affect price?
Warm Up: Review last week's notes on
Supply and Demand
The "Invisible Hand" - how do supply
and demand curves show how it works? Hint- The theory of
free markets is that consumers get the best quality products
at the lowest possible price. Put your answer in your
notebooks. (10)
Activity:
Review
causes of Price Elasticity of Demand and Price
Elasticity of Supply - refers to a change in supply as a
result of a change in price. (15) Read and take Cornell
Notes.
Summary Activity 2:
Watch Demo on Supply and Demand using Excel.
Start
Activity on
Price Elasticity
Homework:
Finish what you didn't have time finish in class.
March 4, 2011
Objective: Introduction to the Corporation - Take
Cornell notes on the film: The Corporation.
View at home on YouTube.
Essential Question
- Why do we live in a corporate state?
Warm up: Review your Cornell
notes from the last viewing (2/28) . (5)
Lesson: Film
(25)
Activity:
Share your notes with your neighbor and make up questions
together.
Summary:
Write your summary.
March 3, 2011
Objective:
To illustrate elasticity of supply and demand
Essential Question:
How does the theory of Supply and
Demand explain economic activity?
Aim:
How does elasticity affect price?
Warm Up:
Review yesterday's notes. (5)
Lesson:
Review - Equilibrium Price |
Elasticity
of Supply and Demand (15)
Activity:
Plot the Supply and Demand Curves on your notebooks for
Butter and Cigarettes. Share with your neighbor- check each
other's work. (15)
Summary: Use
Word draw to illustrate your work from today and upload to
Google Discussion and attach the file. Write a one paragraph
description of what the graphs are illustrating. (10)
Homework:
Finish what you didn't have time to in class.
March 2, 2011
Objective:
To illustrate the theory of Supply and
Demand
Essential Question:
How does the theory of Supply and
Demand explain economic activity?
Aim:
How do we graph supply and demand?
Warm up:
Review yesterday's work. (5)
Lesson:
Activity
on Supply and Demand (20)
Activity 2:
with your neighbor discuss the answers to the second part of
the activity. Share with the class. (5)
Activity 3:
Open Excel (watch) and enter the table information in Excel.
(10)
Summary:
Save on your H: drive and upload to Google docs and share
with
jelfrank1@gmail.com (5)
Homework:
Complete what you didn't have time to finish in class.
March 1, 2011
Introduction to Supply and
Demand
Read and
complete this Activity on Supply and Demand
February 28, 2011
Welcome back!
Essential Question
- Why do we live in a corporate state?
Objective: Introduction to the Corporation - Take
Cornell notes on the film: The Corporation.
Warm up: Review the agenda and open Cornell
notes. (5)
Lesson: Film
(25)
Activity:
Share your notes with your neighbor and make up questions
together.
Summary:
Write your summary.
February 18, 2011
Test 2
| Chart for
test
Film Friday - Introduction to
the Corporation, Take Cornell Notes.
February 17, 2011
Test Tomorrow on Circular Flow of
Economic Activity and Opportunity Costs
Objective:
To describe and comment on the President's economic
priorities.
Essential Question: How do economies answer
the problem of scarcity?
Aim: How is
president Obama engaged in economic decision making when
producing the federal budget?
Warm up: Log
in and review the agenda, read: (5)
Lesson: Guns & Butter
1.
View/or
Read Democracy Now! report on the Obama Budget and take
Cornell Notes. (20)
Activity:
2.
How does today's story reflect the
dilemma of opportunity costs?
define: Opportunity
Costs & Zero Sum. Choose the best definition to
describe today's story. (10) Add to your Cornell
Notes. Discuss with your neighbor.
Summary:
State your opinion about the President's decision. Was it
guns over butter or the other way around? Explain in the
President's budget thread on Google discussion. Comment on
each other's post. (15)
Homework: Review for tomorrow's test.
February 16, 2011
Objective:
To illustrate and describe the circular flow of economic
activity in
various economic circumstances. (day 2 or 2)
Essential Question: How do economies answer
the problem of scarcity?
Aim: How does
our economy function as a system?
Warm up: Log
in and review the agenda, reread:
the Circular Flow of Economic Activity? (5)
Lesson:
Review of how we got here
1. See demo on What if
scenarios
Activity (review): In pairs or
individuals discuss and decide what would happen if... (use
your diagram created yesterday to help you decide)
1. The people in the household lost
their jobs - How would that impact the government and
businesses? 3+ sentences
2.
The government spent more taxes than it brought in from
businesses and households. How might that impact businesses
and households? 3+ sentences
3. The Business stop paying taxes - what
impact would that have on government and households? 3+
sentences
Share your answers on Google Discussion
thread (if not done so already)... The Interdependence of our Economic System. Also,
explain Why is our economy a "system"? (5 - 15)
Summary:
Final scenario -
Our government needs to fund
two wars abroad, the wealthy want tax breaks, the rest of us
want tax breaks, there's less tax money coming in from
businesses and unemployment is high. How might your chart
look different? Hint - you will need to introduce ONE more
player so there will be FOUR.
Either explain in a
5 to 10 sentences, OR, make appropriate modification to your
diagram. (10-15)
Homework - See right
February 15, 2011
Objective:
To illustrate and describe the circular flow of economic
activity in
various economic circumstances.
Essential Question: How do economies answer
the problem of scarcity?
Aim: Why is our
economy a "system"?
Warm up: Log
in and review the agenda, and define "system". Use Google
and select what you think is the best definition for our
lesson. Where else have you studied "systems"?(5)
Lesson:
1. Open yesterday's
work, ID the components of the system.
2.
How does each interact with the other two?
(5-10)
3. Read this on
the Circular Flow of Economic Activity
Activity: In pairs or
individuals discuss and decide what would happen if... (use
your diagram created yesterday to help you decide)
1. The people in the household lost
their jobs - How would that impact the government and
businesses? 3+ sentences
2.
The government spent more taxes than it brought in from
businesses and households. How might that impact businesses
and households? 3+ sentences
3. The Business stop paying taxes - what
impact would that have on government and households? 3+
sentences
Share your answers on Google Discussion
thread... The Interdependence of our Economic System. Also,
explain Why is our economy a "system"? (5 - 15)
Summary:
Final scenario -
Our government needs to fund
two wars abroad, the wealthy want tax breaks, the rest of us
want tax breaks, there's less tax money coming in from
businesses and unemployment is high. How might your chart
look different? Hint - you will need to introduce ONE more
player so there will be FOUR.
Either explain in a
5 to 10 sentences, OR, make appropriate modification to your
diagram. (10-15)
Homework - See right
February 14, 2011
Objective:
To illustrate and describe the circular flow of income
Essential Question: How do economies answer
the problem of scarcity?
Aim:
How can
you describe our economic activity as "circular"?
Warm up: Log
in and review the agenda, check your attendance record
above- click on "grade book". (5)
Lesson: Activity:
Circular Flow of Income: How does money circulate in our economy?
(10)
1. What adds to the circular flow?
2. What detracts from this flow?
3. Is it good or bad when money is deflected from the flow?
Summary:
Use the Draw tool in Word to create a Circular Flow
of Income chart. Watch Demo in class first. (15)
Share with your
neighbor, upload as an attachment to the Google
Discussion Thread: "Circular Flow" and write a 5+ sentence
description of what your chart shows. (5)
Homework -
February 11, 2011
Ideology & Capitalism
-
Objective:
To think critically about the
ideological underpinnings of capitalism.
Essential Question:
How do social belief systems support economic theories?
Aim: How do
conservatives and liberals answer the question: Is life
fair?
Warm up: Review yesterday's notes. (5)
Lesson: Review answers to yesterday's
reading. (10)
Activity:
Answer question on Google
Discussion- Are you a liberal or conservative? Review the
Rubric for Online Discussions and rules of "Netiquette" Respond to
someone else's post with a polite question or comment.
Homework:
To
finish what you didn't have time to do in class.
February 10 -11, 2011
Ideology & Capitalism
Objective:
To think critically about the
ideological underpinnings of capitalism.
Essential Question:
How do social belief systems support economic theories?
image source:
http://www.nesseq.com/capitalism-and-climate-change/
Aim:
How do
conservatives and liberals answer the question: Is life
fair?
Warm up:
Define "ideology" and "capitalism"
using Google. Write in your Cornell notes a sentence
using the term ideology. (5-10)
Lesson:
Do you give to people on the subway? Why or why not?
Together review the reading:
Commandments of Capitalism
. (10)
Activity:
In pairs read and answer the questions
at the bottom. (20-25)
Summary: Discuss the
question - How do conservative and
liberals see the card game analogy differently?
Discuss/share your answer and opinion online with each other
in the Are you a conservative or liberal? thread. (20)
Homework:
Finish what you didn't have time to do
in class.
February 9, 2011
Objective/Aim: To review and
take a test.
Agenda
Warm up:
Login and open your notes and homework.
(5)
Activity 1:
Compare your notes with your neighbor's
notes. Discuss and update your notes based on your
conversation.
Review:
Definition of Economics, Scarcity, types of economic systems
examples, 3 Economic Questions. (10-15)
Begin Test 1
when ready -
Take by yourself. (10 - 20)
Homework:
Read pp.
49, 42 - 43 in
Text and take
Cornell Notes on Our Nation's Economic Goals. Due
tomorrow.
February 8. 2011
REVIEW FOR TOMORROW'S TEST
(POSTPONED)
February 7, 2011
Objective:
To identify the three types of economic
systems
Essential Question:
To what extent does the U.S. have a "free market" system?
Aim:
Why is there no pure
economic model in practice?
Agenda
Warm up:
Login and review today's agenda. (5)
Lesson:
Click here
for lesson Read together and discuss. (5-10)
Activity:
Work in pairs on the examples (15-20)
Summary
Activity:
Download Ven
diagram (watch John do it)-
Label it to represent what
you learned today about the 3 types of economic systems.
Provide some examples under the title you give for each
sphere. (5-10)
Homework-Share:
Upload to Google Discussion Thread: Mixed Economy by
attaching the file and writing a 3-5 sentence summary on the
Aim.
Test Tomorrow: Introduction to
Economics, Problem of Scarcity, Three Types of Economic
Systems.
February 4, 2011
Lesson on Three Types of
Economic Systems Answer
Read all the instructions
first.
1.
Using last night's homework as a guide:
Click here
for lesson, read and answer the questions.
2.
Post
your answers in the notes section of Cornell Notes and
submit by the end of the period.
Test Next Week on everything
we covered.
February 3, 2011 -
Happy Chinese New Year!
Objective:
To define "scarcity" and the purpose of
economics.
Essential
Question: How do societies cope with
the problem of scarcity?
Aim:
Why do all
societies have to grapple with the problem of scarcity?
Agenda -
Newbees do
first day's activities first.
Warm up:
1.
Return to yesterday's post on
Google discussion and argue with someone about why your idea
of how you will spend your money makes the most sense and
where their argument falls short. (10)
Activities:
2. The Problem of Scarcity: Describe the minimum about of
money
per
hour you will work for. How much is it? Write it down and
discuss with
your neighbor. (5)
Describe the maximum amount
of money you will work for and explain why to your neighbor.
Write it down (5)
3.
View film on scarcity (just watch the first time, then
take notes pausing the second time). Share notes with your
neighbor.
Summary: Define economics,
your own way, referring to last night's homework. (Cornell
notes review).
Homework:
Read pp. 10-12
-
and take Cornell notes on 3 types of economic systems. Due
Friday.
February 2, 2011 (low turnout day, just
do homework)
Objective:
To define "scarcity" and the purpose of
economics.
Essential
Question: How do societies cope with
the problem of scarcity?
Aim:
Why do all
societies have to grapple with the problem of scarcity?
Agenda -
Newbees do yesterday's activities first.
Warm up:
1.
Return to yesterday's post on
Google discussion and argue with someone about why your idea
of how you will spend your money makes the most sense and
where their argument falls short. (10)
Activities:
2. The Problem of Scarcity: Describe the minimum about of
money
per
hour you will work for. How much is it? Write it down and
discuss with
your neighbor. (5)
Describe the maximum amount
of money you will work for and explain why to your neighbor.
Write it down (5)
3.
View film on scarcity (just watch the first time, then
take notes pausing the second time). Share notes with your
neighbor.
Summary: Define economics,
your own way, referring to last night's homework. (Cornell
notes review).
Homework:
Read pp. 8 - top of 10
and take Cornell notes. Due tomorrow.
February 1, 2011
Objective:
To register and get a clear
understanding of the course.
Essential
Question: How is this class organized
and what is expected of
the students and teacher?
Aim:
Agenda
Warm up:
1.
Create a
GMail account if you don't already have one
2.
Register for the Class
Activities:
3. Review Course Requirements
4. Register
for
Google Discussion
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