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=Quarter 4 - Final exam: Wednesday, June 4 =

//Calendar, 6/2-6/6// Tuesday, 6/3: economics post-test for potential extra credit, review for final Wednesday, 6/4: Pepfest for Girls Softball, Final exam rescheduled for Thursday Thursday, 6/5: Final Exam Friday, 6/6: Last Day of School - play Monopoly**
 * Monday, 6/2: Review for final

//Calendar, 5/27-5/30// Wednesday, 5/28: Scams and schemes activity, credit "scavenger hunt" activity Thursday, 5/29: Money quiz, finish "scavenger hunt" Friday, 5/30: Class speaker on "Economics in the real world" - take notes on 6 things learned from the speaker**
 * Tuesday, 5/27: finish money unit; quiz Thursday on money textbook worksheet, 5/5 and 5/6 money notes, "Why Save?" worksheet

//Calendar, 5/19-5/23// Tuesday, 5/20: Saving worksheet due, collusion and market structure activities Wednesday, 5/21: Inflation activity, market structure "pod" activity; quiz Friday on chapter 7 (market structures) Thursday, 5/22: Class speaker on credit; students hand in 6 things they learned from the speaker Friday, 5/23: Chapter 7 quiz; Compounding interest activity with worksheet (finish on Tuesday) **
 * Monday, 5/19: Saving worksheet, due tomorrow

//Calendar, 5/12-5/16// Tuesday, 5/13: finish credit card documentary, finish yesterday's worksheet (due tomorrow) Wednesday, 5/14: field trip to the Federal Reserve; stock market extra credit due Thursday, 5/15: Inflation simulation Friday, 5/16: Chapter 7 business market structures worksheet (due Monday) **
 * Monday, 5/12: Chapter 10 money worksheet [[file:ch 10 money worksheet.doc]]

//Calendar, 5/5-5/9// Tuesday, 5/6: Characteristics of money notes, Federal Reserve worksheet with online video clip (finish Thursday) Wednesday, 5/7: Class speaker on Identity Theft, students write down 8 things they learned Thursday, 5/8: finish Fed Today worksheet, money stations worksheet Friday, 5/9: Credit card documentary, worksheet**
 * Monday, 5/5: Functions of money notes, Federal Reserve notes

//Calendar, 4/28-5/2// Tuesday, 4/29: Stock table practice; students perform play on stock trades Wednesday, 4/30: Stock extra credit assignment handed out; Banking systems - story and worksheet in class Thursday, 5/1: finish banking story and worksheet; money "stations" and worksheet Friday, 5/2: stock market quiz; finish 11th hour and discuss corporate responsibility**
 * Monday, 4/28: New York Stock Exchange definitions worksheet - do as a class, practice reading a stock table

//Calendar, 4/21/4/25// Tuesday, 4/22: work on individual component of candy company assignment (due Friday) Wednesday, 4/23: Class Speaker on investing, write down 6 things learned from the presentation Thursday, 4/24: Stock market textbook worksheet, due Monday Friday, 4/25: "11th hour" documentary**
 * Monday, 4/21: Stock market movie, worksheet (//must// be completed if absent)

//Calendar, 4/14-4/18// Tuesday, 4/15: finish Tucker, movie worksheet Wednesday, 4/16: no class (MCA schedule) Thursday, 4/17: business organizations notes Friday, 4/18: group assignment on candy companies **
 * Monday, 4/14: no school

=Quarter 3=

//Calendar, 4/7-4/11// Tuesday, 4/8: practice worksheet on market equilibrium and prices; powerpoint notes from textbook Wednesday, 4/9: wrap-up chapter 6; Chapter 6 quiz tomorrow (sections 1-2 only) Thursday, 4/10: Chapter 6 Quiz; start Tucker Friday, 4/11: watch Tucker and do worksheet**
 * Monday, 4/7: discuss prices, market equilibrium; chapter 6 worksheet (due tomorrow) [[file:Ch 6 prices worksheet.pdf]]

//Calendar, 3/31-4/4// Tuesday, 4/1: Wal-Mart movie and worksheet Wednesday, 4/2: chapter 5 quiz; finish Wal-Mart movie Thursday, 4/3: Marketplace simulation Friday, 4/4: debrief marketplace simulation, in-class worksheet graphing supply and demand and putting these concepts together**
 * Monday, 3/31: wrap-up chapter 5

//Calendar, 3/24-3/28// Tuesday, 3/25: continue supply notes, Labor productivity/cost of opportunity "greeting card simulation" Wednesday, 3/26: finish greeting card simulation, debrief; notes on productivity terms Thursday, 3/27: interpret cost of opportunities table, chapter 5 worksheet (due tomorrow) Friday, 3/28: Supply notes, part 2 **
 * Monday, 3/24: Elasticity notes, start Supply notes [[file:Elasticity Notes student version.ppt]], [[file:Supply Notes student version.ppt]]

//Calendar, 3/17-3/21: Spring Break

Calendar, 3/10-3/14// Tuesday, 3/11: compare change in quantity demanded with change in demand, factors that cause both Wednesday, 3/12: continue practice with demand curves Thursday, 3/13: write "A Day in the Life of..." short story with a partner about a product and how its demand would be influenced by price and nonprice determinants; quiz on Chapter 4 tomorrow (sections 1 and 2 only - Demand notes) Friday, 3/14: Chapter 4 quiz**
 * Monday, 3/10: continue Demand notes, practice making and interpreting demand curves

//Calendar, 3/3-3/7// Tuesday, 3/4: discuss government safety net programs, read welfare article and complete questions; Ch 3 Econ detective worksheet (due tomorrow) Wednesday, 3/5: Review chapters 1-3 for tomorrow's test! Thursday, 3/6: Unit 1 test Friday, 3/7: Demand "skeleton" notes, powerpoint **
 * Monday, 3/3: public goods simulation, discuss chapter 3 notes; Unit 1 test (chapters 1-3) on Thursday [[file:Fundamentals Study Guide.doc]]

//Calendar, 2/25-2/26// Tuesday, 2/26: work on fundamentals project in computer lab Wednesday, 2/27: work on fundamentals project Thursday, 2/28: discuss part one of chapter 3; work time on chapter 3 text notes Friday, 2/29: business powerpoint due by 3:30! property rights simulation, read chapter 3/finish notes by Monday**
 * Monday, 2/25: Quiz on chapter 2, intro to chapter 3 skeleton notes (students need to fill in the blanks as they read this chapter), [[file:Free Market Notes.doc]] fundamentals project handed out (due Friday) [[file:Economic System Project.doc]]

//Calendar, 2/18-2/22// Tuesday, 2/19: computer activity - CIA World Factbook , Wednesday, 2/20: Econ systems/circular flow notes Thursday, 2/21: circular flow simulation Friday, 2/22: finish econ systems notes; quiz on Monday (study the** 2 handouts on economic systems, the 3 economic questions, the 5 economic goals, what P.A.C.E.D. stands for)
 * Monday, 2/18: no school

//Calendar, 2/11-2/15// Tuesday, 2/12: worksheet due, economic decision-making activity Wednesday, 2/13: finish decision-making grids/activity, begin economic systems unit Thursday, 2/14: market versus command economy simulation Friday, 2/15: production possibilities activity**
 * Monday, 2/11: Chapter 1 quiz; Ch 2 sections 1-2 worksheet (due tomorrow) [[file:Ch 2 sections 1-2 worksheet.pdf]]

//Calendar, 2/4-2/8// Tuesday, 2/5: survival activity in small groups (scarcity, opportunity costs) Wednesday, 2/6: fundamentals (ctd.) "skeleton" notes Thursday, 2/7: fundamentals activities, factors of production diagram Friday, 2/8: wrap-up chapter 1; __Chapter 1 quiz on Monday__**
 * Monday, 2/4: opportunity costs textbook worksheet [[file:Opportunity cost textbook worksheet.pdf]]; opportunity costs reading with questions [[file:Opportunity cost reading.pdf]]; due Tuesday

//Calendar, 1/28-2/1// Tuesday, 1/29: first day of quarter, course syllabus and introductions Wednesday, 1/30: electronic economics literacy pre-test; textbooks handed out Thursday, 1/31: Economics Fundamentals intro notes, carwash fundraiser worksheet (factors of production), "Create a Business" assignment handed out **
 * Monday, 1/28: no school
 * Friday, 2/1: factors of production identification, work on business card for "Create a Business" (due Monday)**