July 31 - August 4

Monday:

1. Syllabus/Classroom Expectations/Rules
2. Introductions
3. Thinking like an economist (T/F quiz)

Tuesday:

1. Journal – What grade do you hope to get in this class? What are you prepared to do to get that grade?
2. Notes – Scarcity
3. Video Clip on Scarcity
4. Stossel Video on Oil Supplies (2007)
5. Entrepreneurship (Stossel 2012)
6. Scarcity and the Factors of Prod./Vocabulary Puzzle
7. “Did I Get It?” Questions

Wednesday/Thursday:

1. Class Meeting (Wed - 2nd Block Only)
2. Pre-Test (Thu Only)
3. Journal – Think of a job you might like to do for a career.  What are some of the factors of production for that job?
4. “Did I Get It?” Review
5. Notes – Opportunity Cost
6. Video Clip on Opportunity Cost
7. Cash for Clunkers (Stossel 2012)
8. Production  Possibilities Curve Worksheet
9. Did I Get It? Questions
10. Scarcity Game (If Time Allows)

Friday

1. Journal – What does “opportunity cost” mean?  What was the opportunity cost of you coming to class today?
2. DIGI Review
3. Review Yesterday’s Worksheets
4. Notes – Economic Questions, Goals and Values
5. Stossel Video – Is Life Getting Worse (Macro)
6. Earned Success (Stossel – 2012)
7. Allocating Dorm Rooms Worksheet
8. DIGI Questions

Welcome

Welcome to Honors Economics for the Fall of 2017.

This is where the daily agenda will appear and in the links to the right you can find all of the class resources.

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Thanks,

Baumann