Sunday, September 18, 2016

Day 14 Agenda (Friday 09/16/16)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
LunchMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
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Motivation for the Week:
"Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement"
- Mr. C

Agenda
1) Equilibrium
Watched Economics U$A #27: International Trade

2) Absolute Advantage v Comparative Advantage
Reviewed the concepts and worked on the Brad and Angelina Comparative Advantage Activity

Homework
Activity #2: Opportunity Cost and Comparative Advantage

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Day 12 Agenda (Wednesday 09/14/16)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
LunchMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
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BCLOSEDOpen TUTORIALCLOSEDCLOSEDBy Appointment
Motivation for the Week:
"Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement"
- Mr. C

Agenda
1) Equilibrium
Students created posters to demonstrate their understanding of the Determinants of Demand and Supply.

Homework
Shifting Supply & Demand

Announcements
QUIZ TOMORROW: SUPPLY AND EQUILIBRIUM

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Day 11 Agenda (Tuesday 09/13/16)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
LunchMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
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Motivation for the Week:
"Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement"
- Mr. C

Agenda
1) Bell Ringer

2) Equilibrium
Review Activity 7 from last night's HW

Homework
No new HW, but to help review for the Quiz Thursday, use the Chapter 3 Study Guide.

Announcements
QUIZ THURSDAY: SUPPLY & EQUILIBRIUM

Monday, September 12, 2016

Day 10 Agenda (Monday 09/12/16)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
LunchMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
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Motivation for the Week:
"Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement"
- Mr. C

Agenda
1) QUIZ
DEMAND

2) Supply
Continued to look at the Determinants of Supply
Examined the Shifting Supply Table and Flow Chart
Reviewed Friday Night's HW: Activities 5 & 6

Homework
Complete Activity 7 about Equilibrium

Announcements
QUIZ WEDNESDAY: SUPPLY & EQUILIBRIUM

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Day 9 Agenda (Friday 09/09/16)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
LunchMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
ACLOSEDBy AppointmentCLOSEDBy AppointmentOPEN Tutorial
BCLOSEDOpen TUTORIALCLOSEDCLOSEDBy Appointment
Motivation for the Week:
"Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement"
- Mr. C

Agenda
1) Bell Ringer

2) Demand
We went over Activity 4 from Homework

3) Supply
We began looking at the Law of Supply and the Determinants of Supply

Homework
Activity 5 and Activity 6 in the packet

Announcement
QUIZ MONDAY: DEMAND
QUIZ WEDNESDAY: SUPPLY & EQUILIBRIUM

Sunday, September 4, 2016

Day 5 Agenda (Friday 09/02/16)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
LunchMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
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Motivation for the Week:
"Transformation is more about unlearning than learning. The challenge is using what we have learned and experienced to then transform."
- Mr. C

Agenda
1) Marginal Utility
We reviewed the data from yesterday's "Hand Activity" to demonstrate marginal cost/marginal benefit.

2) Opportunity Costs & Trade-Offs
Reviewed "Practice with PPFs" from yesterday
Completed "Activity Costs: Scarcity, Opportunity Cost and Production Possibility Curves."

3) Graphing
We began in class the Problems for Unit 1 Appendix. This is basic graphing exercise and review to recognize the extent of graphing and the pitfalls of graphing in Economics.

Homework
Finish Graphing Above

Announcements
Chapters 1&2 Quiz Wednesday

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Day 4 Agenda (Thursday 09/01/16)

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
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Motivation for the Week:
"Transformation is more about unlearning than learning. The challenge is using what we have learned and experienced to then transform."
- Mr. C

Agenda
1) The Nature and Method of Economics
In pairs, students discussed the True/False questions from Tuesday Night;s homework. Next we discussed the point made by the class.

2) Opportunity Costs and Trade-Offs

  • We reviewed "Practice with PPFs" homework from last night.
  • We participated in a simulation to demonstrate Marginal Utility.

Homework
Read and Note pages 22-33