Monday, January 28, 2013

1/28 Monday

Core:

1.  Review activity using the paradox of value
2.  Supply/Demand Vocab and reading
3.  Supply and Demand discussion in OpenClass

NO HW

Honors:

1.  Economic Understandings
2.  Slicing the Apple Reading/discussion
3.  Work Time

HW=Finish notes on the types of economies!!  Free, Command, Mixed!!

Friday, January 25, 2013

1/25 Friday

Core:

1.  Value Review
2.  Vocabulary
3.  Pawn Stars using Today's Meet

NO HW

Honors:

1.  Spectrum and Note discussion
2.  Work on taking notes on videos of economic markets in section 4

HW...try to finish your notes and keep working on quizzes!!!!

Thursday, January 24, 2013

1/24 Thursday

Core:

1.  Review Cartoon Quiz
2.  Value activity
3.  Value Quiz
4.  Paradox of Value balloons
5.  Vocab

NO HW

Honors:

1.  Socrative
2.  Analyzing Changes in value activity
3.  Spectrum Review

HW=Bring Headphones

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

1/23 Wednesday

Core:

1.  Take cartoon quiz
2.  Work on cornell notes...for the reading "What Makes Something Valuable" in Section 2
3.  You will copy a cornell notes template in the literacy section.  Label them "What Makes Something Valuable Cornell Notes."

HW...finish your cornell notes for Thursday quiz!!  I want you to have two or three main ideas and a summary because I will be checking them!!  

Honors:

1.  Learn and work with spectrums!!


H.W...Add "shortage" and "surplus" to your vocab and find the definitions of those words.  We will be working with that tomorrow along with the spectrum!!

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

1/22 Tuesday

Core:

1.  Socrative
2.  Wrap up Shark Tank
3.  Talk about Economic Understandings
4.  Cartoon Analysis
5.  Possible Vocab

NO HW

Honors:

1.  Socrative
2.  Comparative Advantage Work
3.  Wrap up Shark Tank

NO HW

Friday, January 18, 2013

1/18 Friday

Core:

1.  3 Economic Questions Review
2.  Watch Shark Tank while using Today's Meet

NO HW...finish your product summaries if needed!!

Honors:

1.  Factors of Production?  Do you really understand?
2.  Job Specilization Discussion/Reading
2.  Paradox of value discussion
3.  Watch Shark Tank while using Today's Meet if we have time!!

HW=In Section 3 there is a reading called "Comparative Advantage."  Make a copy of it if you need.  Read the text and then create a doc called "Comparative Advantage Questions."  Answer the three questions on this document and make sure it is in your correct folder so I can see it.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

1/17 Thursday

Core:

1.  Work a little bit on your product summaries!!
2.  Find the definition and work on 5w's Vocab for these words (Distribute, Service, Consumption, Maximization)
3.  Find a commercial on youtube related to what we have learned so far...(Scarcity, Opportunity Cost,   Maximization, Trade-Offs)!!  Put the link in a Google Doc and label the Google Doc "Economics   Commercial."  Put it in your Global Folder.  Next to the link..explain what it has to do with whatever in economics.

NO HW


Honors:

1.  Sorry for being out of class again..meetings..
2.  This assignment must be completed by the end of the period
3.  Go to open classand find the tab "FOP Practice"  Link if OpenClass Does not work!!
4.  Have one person make a copy for your table
5.  Put all your names on it and have the person who made a copy put it their Global folder so I can see it
6.  This is going to be viewed as a quiz
7.  For each product or service you must figure out as many things that apply for each factor of production...what is needed for the product or service in reagards to land...capital...etc?
8.  I will grade them Thursday night
9.  Email me if you have any problems...

HW=Super easy!!!  Create a document called "Paradox of Value Summary."  Read the reading "What Makes Something Valuable?" under section two.  Write a LEGIT summary for me.  Put your doc in you Global Folder.