Economics
The daily slides presentations are labeled by class name, week, and day of the week. For instance, with the label ECON2-1, the two tells you it is a slide show we used during the second week and the one tells you it was the first slide show of that week.
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Timeline template for Google Slides below:
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Weeks 1 - 6: Economics Basics
Wk1 - What is Economics?
- Introductions, discussion on classroom procedures, and syllabus discussed.
- Day 1 homework: Step 1 - Log on to Memrise. Step 2 - Click here to join the class group and find this week's vocabulary assignment. (50 points)
- Chapter 1 (pp. 3-12) in our text, Think-Pair-Share assignment with paired reading summary log. (25 points)
- Chapter 1 (pp. 13-15) in our text, Think-Pair-Share assignment with paired reading summary log. (25 points)
- Notes from Wednesday's presentation/discussion (25 points)
- Jeopardy review (25 points - cannot be made up)
- Quiz (25 points)
- Daily "Do Now" and "Exit Tickets" (completed log = up to 50 points)
- Reading assignment 1: (pp. 85-90, 109-113)
- Chapter 2 (pp. 23-27) in our text, Think-Pair-Share assignment with paired reading summary log (25 points)
- Chapter 2 (pp. 28-44) in our text, Think-Pair-Share assignment with paired reading summary log (25 points)
- Jeopardy review (25 points - cannot be made up)
- Quiz (25 points)
- Daily "Do Now" and "Exit Tickets" (completed log = up to 50 points)
- "Markets Game" (25 points)
- Reading assignment 2: (pp. 92, 97, 98, 133-137)
- Jeopardy review (25 points - cannot be made up)
- Quiz (25 points)
- Daily "Do Now" and "Exit Tickets" (completed log = up to 50 points)
- Memrise homework (50 points)
- Short Video, Short Reading, Think-Pair-Share assignment with paired reading summary log. (25 points)
- Short Reading with paired reading summary log (pp. 447-454) (25 points)
- Notes from Wednesday's presentation/discussion (25 points)
- Jeopardy review (25 points - cannot be made up)
- Quiz (25 points)
- Daily "Do Now" and "Exit Tickets" (completed log = up to 50 points)
- Memrise homework (50 points)
- Lottery questionnaire/worksheet (25 points)
- 30 for 30's Broke and a corresponding response assignment (25 points)
- Notes from Wednesday's presentation/discussion (25 points)
- Daily "Do Now" and "Exit Tickets" (completed log = up to 50 points)
- Memrise homework (25 points)
- "Sources of Money's Value" (pp. 252-255, 287-290), Think-Pair-Share assignment with paired reading summary log. (25 points)
- The Stock Market (pp. 291-300), Think-Pair-Share assignment with paired reading summary log. (25 points)
- Notes from Wednesday's presentation/discussion (25 points)
- Compounding Interest Activities (25 points)
- Daily "Do Now" and "Exit Tickets" (completed log = up to 50 points)
- Memrise homework (25 points)
Weeks 7 - 11: Personal Finances
Wk7 Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (Compounding Interest)
***END OF FIRST QUARTER, BEGINNING OF SECOND QUARTER***
Wk10 - Buying a Car:
- Portfolio Project:
- Investment Goals
- Investment Income
- Who wants to be a millionaire?
- Investment Worksheet and Catalog
- Once all of the above sheets are completed, the next step is to fill out the last worksheet, the Retirement Calculation Worksheet.
- 3 day week
- Portfolio projects due
- Video review on Wall Street and Short Answer Questions (25 points)
- Reading in Economics text, pages PF4-PF5, PF40-41
- Reading in Economics text, pages PF22-PF27
- "Maxed Out" video in class
***END OF FIRST QUARTER, BEGINNING OF SECOND QUARTER***
Wk10 - Buying a Car:
- Read this article and flip the advice so you can give 4 ways to get a good loan rate. (25 points)
- Watch this video and make a pros and cons list for buying vs. leasing a car, then explain which you would prefer and why. (25 points)
- Deal or No Deal: Car Loan Worksheet (50 points)
- Personal Transportation Financing Plan Worksheet (50 points)
- Memrise homework (25 points)
- Buy or Rent (25 points)
- Which Mortgage to Choose (25 points)
- Project: Buying Your First Home (100 points)
- The difference between "Interest Rate" and "APR."
- Memrise homework (25 points)
Weeks 12 - 13: "Macro" Meets "Micro" Economics
Wk12 - Macro Meets Micro: Taxes and Government Spending:
- Your Tax Dollar - Where Does it go? After you complete this worksheet, compare what you guessed for how federal taxes are divided up with how they really are. (25 points)
- Answer in notebooks: 1) What is a situation where taxes might be unfair? 2) What is an example of fairness in taxes? Also, complete this worksheet, answering in your notebook: Fairness in Taxes (25 points)
- A World Without Taxes Short Video and answers to corresponding Worksheet 1 and Worksheet 2 in notebooks. Also, write a short reflection about what might happen to our community if there were no taxes. (25 Points)
- Tax simulators 1, 2, and 7A (25 points)
- Tax quiz (25 points)
- Use the TaxCaster to answer Friday's quiz questions!
- Memrise homework (25 points)
- Video: Inequality for All
- Corresponding Guided Response Activity to Inequality for All (75 points)
- Notes and a reflection essay in response to the three videos listed below, showing the conservative arguments regarding income inequality. Video 1, Video 2 + Article, and Video 3. (25 points)
- After reading, "A Different Approach to Breaking the Cycle of Poverty," decide if you think this approach would work or not and write about why you think that it would or wouldn't work. (25 points)
- Short PowerPoint and note taking for corresponding quiz. (25 points)
- Memrise homework (25 points)
Weeks 14 - 18: Macroeconomics
Weeks 14-15 – Macroeconomics: Fiscal Policy, International Trade, & The World Economy
Chapter 15 (pp. 391-414) in our text.
Wk16 – Presentation Projects and Review for EOC
Chapter 15 (pp. 391-414) in our text.
- Monday: Questions 3, 4, 5, and 6 on page 398. (25 points)
- A guided response and critical thinking activity for a short video (25 points): The merits and drawbacks to increasing the federal minimum wage.
- Tuesday: Questions 6, 7, 8, and 10 on page 407. (25 points)
- An article on international trade and modern slavery. Then answering questions 1-10 on
- Wednesday: Questions 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 on page 414. (25 points)
- A guided response and critical thinking activity for two short videos (25 points): First, this video summarizing the Federal Reserve's role and history. Then this video that argues that the Federal Reserve's role and history are problematic.
- Friday: In text reading, pages 419-424. Concept web and answers to questions 1 and 2 on page 424. Then, in text reading, pages 435-440. Concept web and answers to questions 1 and 9 on page 440. (25 points)
- Memrise homework (25 points)
Wk16 – Presentation Projects and Review for EOC
- Finish our Presentations
- Thursday: Presenting
- Friday: Presenting
- Presentations and notes (200 points)
- Study session for EOC
- EOC is pass/fail (250 points)
- Completed presentation and 10 note cards you've studied = safety net (guaranteed 60% on EOC, even if not passed)
Wk18 – Financial Success Project & Last Chance for Extra Credit and Make-up Work
- Instructions/Rubric for the Financial Success Project
- Watch this video and take thorough notes to get credit for this assignment. Thorough notes should include 3 questions you still have after the video, as well as 4 things that you think were important takeaways. (25 points)
- Choose your own adventure and pick 4 videos from this playlist to watch and take notes on. Your notes for each video must include 3 thoughtful questions or takeaways for each video. We have the EOC for this class coming up soon, so take this opportunity to brush up on any areas where you feel that you're knowledge is lacking. (25 points)
End of Semester Vocabulary Review Sheet
Extra Credit
The following activities are available for extra credit (25 points each) or to remove an absence (maximum of 3 absences can be removed).
- Pick 4 videos from this playlist to watch and take notes on. After watching 4 videos you should have 1-2 pages of notes in total. (25 points).
- Shark Tank Extra Credit Assignment (25 points)
- An essay response to a short article and video on one man's response to global income inequality. (25 points)