Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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 No School !

Labor Day

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Quarter 1 Ends!

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Fall Break

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monday

Tuesday

wednesday

thursday

friday

July 28, 2008

Objective:

Students will understand the class rules and procedures.

Bellwork:

Write 3 goals you have for this semester.

Activities:

1.  Introduction

2.  Go over Syllabus

3.  Procedures

4.  Personal info cards

Homework:

Get syllabus sign-off sheet signed (due Friday)

July 29, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze the economic problem of scarcity.

Bellwork:

Economics

Activities:

1. Ch. 1 Vocabulary

2.  Read:

Ch. 1 Sec. 1

July 30, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze the economic problem of scarcity.

Bellwork:

Scarcity

Activities:

1. Ch. 1 Notes

2.  Ch. 1 Sec. 1 wkst

July 31, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze the economic problem of scarcity.

Bellwork:

entrepreneur

Activities:

1. Ch. 1 Sec. 1 Quiz

2.  Ch1 Sec. 2 Notes

Homework:

Ch. 1 Sec. 2 wkst

August 1, 2008

Objective:

Students will understand the basic economic concepts of economics.

Bellwork:

Trade-off

Assignment

1.  Ch. 1 Sec. 2 Quiz

2. Ch.1 Sec. 3 wkst

monday

Tuesday

wednesday

thursday

friday

August 4, 2008

Objective:

Students will be able to review the basic concepts of Economics.

Bellwork:

Goods

Assignment

1.  Finish Ch. 1 Sec. 3 wkst

2.  Ch. 1 Sec. 3 Quiz

3.  Review Game

August 5, 2008

Objective:

Students will be able to recall the important information from Ch. 1 by taking a test.

Bellwork:

Underutilization

Assignment

1.  Ch. 1 Test

2. Ch. 2 Vocab

August 6, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze how the different societies around the world answer the 3 economic questions.

Bellwork:

Economic system

Assignment

1. Ch. 2 Sec. 1 notes

2. Ch. 2 Sec. 1 wkst

August 7, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze how the different societies around the world answer the 3 economic questions.

Bellwork:

Market

Assignment

1. Ch. 2 Sec. 1 quiz

2. Ch. 2 Sec. 2 notes

3. Ch. 2 Sec. 2 wkst

August 8, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze how the different societies around the world answer the 3 economic questions.

Bellwork:

Communism

Assignment

1. Ch. 2 Sec. 2 Quiz

2. Ch. 2 Sec. 3 notes

3. Ch. 2 Sec. 3 wkst

monday

Tuesday

wednesday

thursday

friday

August 11, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze how modern economies are organized.

Bellwork:

Free enterprise

Assignment

1. Ch. 2 Sec. 3 Quiz

2.  Ch. 2 Sec. 4 Notes

3. Ch. 2 Sec. 4 wkst

August 12, 2008

Objective:

Students will be able to recall important information about economic systems by playing a review game.

Bellwork:

Laissez faire

Assignment

1.  Ch. 2 sec. 4 Quiz

2. Review game Ch. 2

August 13, 2008

Objective:

Students will be able to recall important information about economic systems by taking a test.

Bellwork:

Privatize

Assignment

1.  Ch. 2 Test

2.       Ch. 4 Vocabulary

Early Dismissal

August 14, 2008

Objective:

Students will understand the law of demand.

Bellwork:

Demand

Assignment

1.  Ch. 4 Sec. 1 Notes

2. Ch. 4 Sec. 1 wkst

August 15, 2008

Objective:

Students will understand the law of demand.

Bellwork:

Income effect

Assignment

Ch. 4 Sec. 1 review activity

monday

Tuesday

wednesday

thursday

friday

August 18, 2008

Objective:

Students will understand what causes a shift in the demand curve.

Bellwork:

Complements

Assignment

1. Ch. 4 Sec. 1 Quiz

2. Ch. 4 Sec. 2 Notes

3. Ch. 4 Sec. 2 wkst

August 19, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze the principle of elasticity.

Bellwork:

Substitutes

Assignment

1. Ch. 4 Sec. 2 Quiz

2. Ch. 4 Sec. 3 Notes

3. Ch. 4 Sec. 3 wkst

August 20, 2008

Objective:

Students will review the different aspects of the law of demand by playing a review game.

Bellwork:

Inelastic

Assignment

1. Ch. 4 Sec. 3 quiz

2.  Review game

August 21, 2008

Objective:

Students will recall important information about demand by taking a test.

Bellwork:

Inferior good

Assignment

1. Ch. 4 Test

2. Ch. 5 Vocabulary

August 22, 2008

Objective:

Students will be introduced to the concept of supply.

Bellwork:

Supply

Assignment

1.  Ch. 5 Sec. 1 notes

2.  Ch. 5 Sec. 1 wkst

monday

Tuesday

wednesday

thursday

friday

August 25, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze the production costs of a firm.

Bellwork:

Variables

Assignment

1.  Ch. 5 Sec. 1 quiz

2.  Ch. 5 Sec. 2 notes

3. Ch. 5 Sec. 2 wkst

August 26, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze the effects of other factors that affect supply.

Bellwork:

Marginal revenue

Assignment

1. Ch. 5 Sec. 2 Quiz

2.  Ch. 5 Sec. 3 wkst

3. Elmo Entrepreneur Activity

August 27, 2008

Objective:

Students will review important information about Supply .

Bellwork:

Subsidy

Assignment

1. Ch. 5 Sec. 3 Quiz

2.  Ch. 5 Review

August 28, 2008

Objective:

Students will be able to recall important information about supply by completing a study guide

Bellwork:

Regulation

Assignment

Ch. 5 Study Guide

August 29, 2008

Objective:

Students will be able to recall important information about supply by taking a test.

Bellwork:

Fixed cost

Assignment

1. Ch. 5 Test

2. Ch. 6 Vocabulary

monday

Tuesday

wednesday

thursday

friday

September 1, 2008

NO SCHOOL!

Labor Day!

September 2, 2008

Objective:

Students will understand how supply and demand create a balance in the marketplace.

Bellwork:

Equilibrium

Assignment

1. Ch. 6 Sec. 1 Notes

2.  Ch. 6 Sec. 1 wkst

September 3, 2008

Objective:

Students will understand how supply and demand create a balance in the marketplace.

Bellwork:

Minimum wage

Assignment

1.Ch. 6 Sec. 1 quiz

2.Ch. 6 Sec. 2 notes

3.Ch. 6 Sec. 2 Wkst

September 4, 2008

Objective:

Students will understand how supply and demand create a balance in the marketplace.

Bellwork:

Surplus

Assignment

1.Ch. 6 Sec. 2 quiz

2.Ch. 6 Sec. 3 notes

3.Ch. 6 Sec. 3 Wkst

September 5, 2008

Objective:

Students will understand how supply and demand create a balance in the marketplace.

Bellwork:

Rationing

Assignment

1.Ch. 6 Sec. 3 quiz

2.Ch. 6 Review

monday

Tuesday

wednesday

thursday

friday

September 8, 2008

Objective:

Students will be able to recall important information about supply and demand by taking a test.

Bellwork:

Supply shock

Assignment

1.  Ch. 6 Test

2.  Go over Ch. 7 project requirements.

September 9, 2008

Objective:

Students will create a booklet covering the information in Ch. 7 on market structures.

Bellwork:

monopoly

Assignment

Ch. 7 Project

September 10, 2008

Objective:

Students will create a booklet covering the information in Ch. 7 on market structures.

Bellwork:

Oligopoly

Assignment

September 11, 2008

Objective:

Students will create a booklet covering the information in Ch. 7 on market structures.

Bellwork:

Franchise

Assignment

September 12, 2008

Objective:

Students will create a booklet covering the information in Ch. 7 on market structures.

Bellwork:

Deregulation

Assignment

monday

Tuesday

wednesday

thursday

friday

July 28, 2008

Objective:

Students will understand the class rules and procedures.

Bellwork:

Write 3 goals you have for this semester.

Activities:

1.  Introduction

2.  Go over Syllabus

3.  Procedures

Homework:

Get syllabus sign-off sheet signed (due Friday)

July 29, 2008

Objective:

Students will be introduced to various vocabulary words by creating a “Vocabulary Illustration Strip”

Bellwork:

migration

Activities:

1.  Vocabulary Strip

July 30, 2008

Objective:

Students will be introduced to the historical significance of the earliest Americans (38,000 B.C. – 10,000 B.C.)

Bellwork:

barter

Activities:

1.  Finish Vocab. Strip

2.  Read:

Ch. 1 Sec. 1

3.   Three-tab book

July 31, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze the affect that European settlers had on Native American cultures.

Bellwork:

kinship

Activities:

Finish three-tab book

August 1, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze the affect that European settlers had on Native American cultures.

Bellwork:

clan

Activities:

1.  Review Ch. 1 Sec. 1

2.  Create multiple choice questions from Ch. 1 Sec. 1

Homework:

Study for quiz

monday

Tuesday

wednesday

thursday

friday

August 4, 2008

Objective:

Students will review information about the earliest Americans and the Columbian Exchange by writing multiple choice questions.

Bellwork:

Plantation

Assignment:

1.  Multiple Choice Questions from Ch. 1 sec. 1&4

August 5, 2007

Objective:

Students will be able to visualize life in the New England colonies by watching and taking notes on video clips.

Bellwork:

Colony

Assignment:

1.  Ch. 1 Sec. 1-4 Quiz

2. Video Clips (New England)

August 6, 2007

Objective:

Students will be able to visualize life in the Middle colonies by watching and taking notes on video clips.

Bellwork:

Triangular trade

Assignment:

Video Clips (Middle)

August 7, 2007

Objective:

Students will be able to visualize life in the Southern colonies by watching and taking notes on video clips.

Bellwork:

Charter

Assignment:

Video Clips (Southern)

August 8, 2006

Objective:

Students will create a quilting square depicting different characteristics about the 13 colonies.

Bellwork:

Puritans

Assignment:

1.  Go over requirements for Colonial quilt project

2.  Choose groups   & colonies

monday

Tuesday

wednesday

thursday

friday

August 11, 2008

Objective:

Students will create a quilt square with traits of the 3 colonial regions.

Bellwork:

Mayflower Compact

Assignment

Quilt project

August 12, 2008

Objective:

Students will create a quilt square with traits of the 3 colonial regions.

Bellwork:

Proprietary

Assignment

Quilt Project

August 13, 2008

Objective:

Student will be able to recall important information about the colonies by taking a quiz.

Bellwork:

Mercantilism

Assignment

1.  Review for quiz

2. Quiz

Early Dismissal

August 14, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze the events leading up to the American Revolution.

Bellwork:

Middle Passage

Assignment

1. Ch. 4 Notes Pt. 1

2.  Ch. 4 wkst

August 15, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze the events leading up to the American Revolution.

Bellwork:

Siege

Assignment

1. Ch. Notes pt. 2

2.  Finish wkst

monday

Tuesday

wednesday

thursday

friday

August 18, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze the events leading up to the American Revolution.

Bellwork:

Boycott

Activities:

1.  Ch. 4 Sec. 2 Timeline

August 19, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze the events leading up to the American Revolution.

Bellwork:

Boston Massacre

Assignment:

1. Finish timeline

2.  Ch. 4 Sec. 3,4, & 5 wkst

August 20, 2008

Objective:

Students will be able to recall important information about the events leading to American independence by completing a study guide.

Bellwork:

Stamp Act

Assignment

Ch. 4 Study Guide

August 21, 2008

Objective:

Students will be able to recall important information about the events leading to American independence by taking a test.

Bellwork:

Common Sense

Assignment

1.  Review for test

2. Ch. 4 Test

August 22, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze the steps that were taken to create the US Constitution.

Bellwork:

Democracy

Assignment

1.  Ch. 5 Vocabulary

2.  Document analysis chart

monday

Tuesday

wednesday

thursday

friday

August 25, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze how the United States Constitution was developed and ratified.

Bellwork:

Administration

Activities:

1.  Go over Tic-Tac-Toe requirement.

2.  Tic-Tac-Toe

August 26, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze how the United States Constitution was developed and ratified.

Bellwork:

Federalist

Activities:

Tic-Tac-Toe

August 27, 2008

Objective:

Students will analyze how the United States Constitution was developed and ratified.

Bellwork:

Republic

Activities:

1. Tic-Tac-Toe Due at the end of class.

August 28, 2008

Objective:

Students will be able to recall important information about the development of US Constitution by completing a study guide.

Bellwork:

Bill of Rights

Activities:

Ch. 5 Study Guide

August 29, 2008

Objective:

Students will be able to recall important information about the development of US Constitution by taking a test.

Bellwork:

Ratify

Assignment

1.  Ch. 5 Test

2.  Ch. 6 Vocabulary

monday

Tuesday

wednesday

thursday

friday

September 1, 2008

NO SCHOOL!

LABOR DAY

STANDARDS:

-Concept 4:  Revolution & a New Nation

- Concept 5:  Westward Expansion

September 2, 2007

Objective:

Students will be sequence the order of events under each of the 1st five presidents of the United States.

Bellwork:

Hamilton

Activities:

Ch. 6 Sec. 1&2 wkst

Homework:

Ch. 6 wkst packet

September 3, 2007

Objective:

Students will be sequence the order of events under each of the 1st five presidents of the United States.

Bellwork:

Treaty of Ghent

Assignment

Ch. 6 Notes

September 4, 2007

Objective:

Students will be sequence the order of events under each of the 1st five presidents of the United States.

Bellwork:

Depression

Assignment

1.  Ch. 6 packet due

2.  Ch. 6 Graphic Organizer

September 5, 2007

Objective:

Students will be able to recall important information about Ch. 2 Sec. 3.

Bellwork:

Embargo

Activities:

1.  Ch. 6 Test

2. Ch. 7 Vocabulary

monday

Tuesday

wednesday

thursday

friday

September 8, 2008

Objective:

Students will examine how the United States emerged as a new nation by creating a board game that reflects the information in Chapters 7-9

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Bellwork:

Andrew Jackson

Assignment

1. Go over project requirements.

2.  Complete assigned questions in packet.

September 9, 2008

Objective:

Students will examine how the United States emerged as a new nation by creating a board game that reflects the information in Chapters 7-9

Bellwork:

Harriet Tubman

Assignment

Discuss packet within your group…read answers aloud and fill in!

September 10, 2008

Objective:

Students will examine how the United States emerged as a new nation by creating a board game that reflects the information in Chapters 7-9

Bellwork:

Cady Stanton

Assignment

Brainstorm ideas for your game AND  begin designing the board, some members write questions and/or make game pieces

September 11, 2008

Objective:

Students will examine how the United States emerged as a new nation by creating a board game that reflects the information in Chapters 7-9

Bellwork:

Spoils System

Assignment

Work on board/questions. Put game together, write rules etc…

September 12, 2008

Objective:

Students will examine how the United States emerged as a new nation by creating a board game that reflects the information in Chapters 7-9

Bellwork:

Manifest Destiny

Assignment

Finish gameboard AND practice game.  Change rules as you play if needed.