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