Monday, April 25, 2011

Catching Up

You turned in the Ch. 6 Fill-in-the-Blanks and Crossword today.  I will collect the Matching/True-False tomorrow.  In class, we completed page 68 of the handout packet.  You must do the first page (63-64) on your own by watching TV or skimming a magazine and turn it in by Wednesday.  There will be some sort of assessment for chapter 6 on Wednesday.  Read and know.  There will be a Ch. 7 quiz next Monday.  We'll be watching something about the government on Thurs and Fri.  As always, if you are missing handouts, they are available on the Economics Moodle.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Ch. 4 Exam

Pick up:
Ch. 4 Review
Ch. 6 Rdg
Ch 7 Rdg
Your Clicker

Complete Crossword & "Reviewing Main Ideas"

HW:  READ Chs. 6 & 7
Triangle Questions Due 4-18

:05 Complete FIRST TASK
:20 Turn in Review/Crossword and Pick up Exam
:45  Exam DUE.  We'll go over questions

Friday:  Ch. 5 Triangle/Overview Questions & Ch. 5 Wksht

Monday:  Correct Ch. 5 Stuff
Tuesday:  No Class (Testing)
Wednesday: Ch. 5 Exam
Thursday: Tax Forms
Friday:  More Tax Forms (Yours?)

Following Week: Ch. 6 & 7 (with "Unit Exam" covering Chapters 1-7)

Monday, April 4, 2011

Supply

Pick up:
     Ch. 5 Worksheet
Take out:
     Ch. 4 Reading Packet
     Ch. 4 Worksheet Packet
     Ch. 5 Reading Packet

Explanation of Q3-to-Q4 grading
Complete/Correct pages 37 & 38 as a class
     We may also do pages 39 & 40 today

HW (Well, kinda):  Ch. 4 Triangle/Overview Questions
     -We'll go over them Wednesday
          -You'll have SOME time today and tomorrow

Friday, April 1, 2011

Exam 3: Demand

April Fools' Day
  -Ha ha ha                                                                   

Pick up YOUR Clicker (Sheet on Podium)                                                       
Take out the following:
     Ch. 3 Overview (Triangle) Questions
     Equal Pay (Women)
          It's OK if you turned it in already

You will TURN in the above items in exchange for a copy of the exam.
Write your answers on the sheet AND you MUST complete the short answer question.

Finish Early? Work on 4: Supply Packet (37 & 38)

Next week:  Supply & Market Clearing Price

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Saying "Adios" to Demand

Pick up/Pass Back ""corrected" work
      Primarily Ch. 3 Worksheet Packet

Look for these and turn in the first two immediately:
  1. Video Wksht: Stossel (Is America #1?) From day I was out (
  2. Ch. 1 Wksht Packet 
  3. Equal Pay Comment (Turn in Friday)
  4. Machiavelli (gold sheet) Keep (we'll discuss next week).


Do P. 26 of the Ch 3 Packet right away
Have your Ch. 3 Overview Questions Available
     -We'll go over everything as a class!

Ch. 3 (Demand) Quiz tomorrow!!!       
You SHOULD have readings (small versions) for:
We have DONE Worksheet packets for chapters:

Questions???
If there is SOMETHING you do not understand…ASK!!!   
I GUARANTEE that someone else also does not know!       

Monday, March 28, 2011

Moodle Plus

You signed up for the Econ moodle (Romo Economics)today and also created an account on discovery streaming.  You watched a video, took a quiz, and left a comment in the moodle (including your quiz result).  Then I instructed you to play with the econ graphing site.  You should now know how tow download any and all readings, handouts, and EC.

Take the Econ Quiz
Go to Discovery Streaming
Use this code to set up a new account:  ADE4-A4A3
Search for the video clip of "supply and demand"
Watch it (Read caps/low sound)

Send me an email with a blurb from the video and your econ quiz score.
If/when you finish, celebrate (legally)!

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Circular Flow Charts

Wednesday March 16, 2011                      
                      
Clear your desks (except for notebook and pen/cil)                In your notebook (as practice!!!), do the following:                  
1  You are to draw the CIRCULAR FLOW, including:
    Households, Firms, Labor Markets, Resource Markets
    Financial Sector, Government Sector, Foreign Sector          
                      
2  When you have finished, share your drawing with peers.
                  
3  Fix it as necessary.                  
                      
4  Then compare it with the "REAL" version (on back of your Ch.2 wksht)
    -only the video included the additional sectors so you may need some memory              
5  Pick up BLANK Piece of Paper, some colored pencils, and a protractor (SHARE!!!)
    Draw a NICE version
        -label things with proper nouns (stores, people, banks, nations, etc.)
    Turn it in (make sure your name is on it!!!)                  
                      
6  When you have finished, complete the "other' side of the Ch. 2 Wksht
    -KEEP IT!!!