We'll discuss what's going on with econ when we get back to school. For now, we are switching over to Government.
Please click the Honors Government link in the right hand column to be taken to the Government blog.
Thanks.
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Class Instructions for the Days We are Out
Note that the instructions on this page are for Honors Economics. The work posted here is to get us to the end of economics and to get prepared for the EOC.
Government is schedule to begin next week (March 23). As such, there are also some instructions for what you need to do for government as well. To read the government assignments you need to click the link on the right hand column of this page that says, "Honors Government" to be taken to that page.
Our specific office hours while we are out will be between 12:00 and 1:00, however, we will be checking our emails consistently throughout the day as well during time we are off.
Here are links to our emails:
Mr. Baumann: scott.baumann@cobbk12.org
Mr. Merrill: heath.merrill@cobbk12.org
If you have any questions, please ask them. Don't be afraid to attach screen shots of anything you need help with. If we get repeated questions about the same topic, we will post an answer for everyone about that topic on the blog.
HONORS ECONOMICS
As we finish up economics, we are reviewing and preparing for our EOC. Here is what you should be doing during the week of March 16-20. Each item is discussed in more detail after the list of activities.
1) Complete the EOC study guide Use the completed guide to study and review.
2) Take a 75% or 100% summative test on USATestprep.com
3) Take the individual domain tests on USATestprep.com
4) Finish any work you still need to complete for Econ.
Further Instructions:
1) Complete the EOC study guide.
Everyone was given a copy of the study guide in class. However, if you have lost yours, you can get another copy by clicking this link:
EOC Study Guide
As you are completing it, if there are sections you find yourself wholly unfamiliar with, you should go back and review your notes and classwork from that topic.
2) Take a 75% or 100% summative test on USATestprep.com.
If you do not remember your login information, please email and we can look up the login info for our students. If you do not already have an account on USATestprep, and you don't have the necessary information to create and account, you can email and ask us for that as well. (We are not allowed to post that information on the website. So you have to email to ask for it.)
Remember if you score an 80 or better it will replace your lowest quiz grade. Feel free to take this as many times as you'd like. You can get to the test by:
- Logging in
- At the top of the screen there is a bar labeled "Resources" with several pull down menus. Select the EOC pull down menu.
- Choose "Economics EOC Updated"
- Click the link at on the top left of the new page labeled "Take a Test". It is near a pink/purple square.
- A new window will pop up. It will give you the option to take a 25%, 50%, 75%, or 100% test. You can certainly review with any of these. However, we will only replace your lowest quiz grade if you take the 75% or 100%.
The full 100% test has 76 questions. If you do not have time to take all of the test in one sitting, you can save your progress and resume again later by clicking the button at the very bottom of the test.
Once you have completed the test, the test results will break down your strength and weaknesses by domain. The results will tell you how many questions came from each domain and how many of those questions you got correct. This will allow you to target your review to those areas that you need the most help and will help you avoid spending a lot of time reviewing concepts that you already have a firm grasp on.
For instance, if your results say that you got 16 out of 17 questions right in the Microeconomics domain. But that you only got 6 out of 15 right in the Personal Finance domain, then you should definitely spend more time reviewing personal finance and less time on Micro.
Remember their domains correlate to our Units in the following way:
Domain 1: Fundamentals - is essentially identical to our Unit 1
Domain 2: Microeconomics - is essentially identical to our Unit 2
Domain 3: Macroeconomics - is the same as our Unit 3 and the first half of our Unit 4.
Domain 4: International - is the same as the second half of our Unit 4
Domain 5: Personal Finance - is essentially identical to our Unit 5
For any questions on the summative test that you got incorrect, you can click on the "View" button beside that question to see the correct answer and get a brief explanation of the reasoning behind it. Again if you need help understanding this, feel free to email us and ask. A copy of the screen shot would also be helpful.
3) Take the individual domain tests on USATestprep.com
The Domain tests are on the same pop-up window that the summative tests were on. But instead of clicking one of the "%" you use the pull down menu on the bottom of the box to choose an individual domain.
While you should definitely focus on those domains that you did the poorest on in your summative test, there is still merit to doing all five domains. Remember that getting an 85 or better on a domain gets you a 2 point bonus on that domain's test. Getting a 95 or better gets you a 5 point bonus. Again, you may take these tests as many times as you'd like until you get to the level you want.
4) Finish any work you still need to complete for Econ.
There are still a few of you who have uncompleted and missing assignments for Economics. Please make sure you have that work 100% finished by the time we get back to school.
Government is schedule to begin next week (March 23). As such, there are also some instructions for what you need to do for government as well. To read the government assignments you need to click the link on the right hand column of this page that says, "Honors Government" to be taken to that page.
Our specific office hours while we are out will be between 12:00 and 1:00, however, we will be checking our emails consistently throughout the day as well during time we are off.
Here are links to our emails:
Mr. Baumann: scott.baumann@cobbk12.org
Mr. Merrill: heath.merrill@cobbk12.org
If you have any questions, please ask them. Don't be afraid to attach screen shots of anything you need help with. If we get repeated questions about the same topic, we will post an answer for everyone about that topic on the blog.
HONORS ECONOMICS
As we finish up economics, we are reviewing and preparing for our EOC. Here is what you should be doing during the week of March 16-20. Each item is discussed in more detail after the list of activities.
1) Complete the EOC study guide Use the completed guide to study and review.
2) Take a 75% or 100% summative test on USATestprep.com
3) Take the individual domain tests on USATestprep.com
4) Finish any work you still need to complete for Econ.
Further Instructions:
1) Complete the EOC study guide.
Everyone was given a copy of the study guide in class. However, if you have lost yours, you can get another copy by clicking this link:
EOC Study Guide
As you are completing it, if there are sections you find yourself wholly unfamiliar with, you should go back and review your notes and classwork from that topic.
2) Take a 75% or 100% summative test on USATestprep.com.
If you do not remember your login information, please email and we can look up the login info for our students. If you do not already have an account on USATestprep, and you don't have the necessary information to create and account, you can email and ask us for that as well. (We are not allowed to post that information on the website. So you have to email to ask for it.)
Remember if you score an 80 or better it will replace your lowest quiz grade. Feel free to take this as many times as you'd like. You can get to the test by:
- Logging in
- At the top of the screen there is a bar labeled "Resources" with several pull down menus. Select the EOC pull down menu.
- Choose "Economics EOC Updated"
- Click the link at on the top left of the new page labeled "Take a Test". It is near a pink/purple square.
- A new window will pop up. It will give you the option to take a 25%, 50%, 75%, or 100% test. You can certainly review with any of these. However, we will only replace your lowest quiz grade if you take the 75% or 100%.
The full 100% test has 76 questions. If you do not have time to take all of the test in one sitting, you can save your progress and resume again later by clicking the button at the very bottom of the test.
Once you have completed the test, the test results will break down your strength and weaknesses by domain. The results will tell you how many questions came from each domain and how many of those questions you got correct. This will allow you to target your review to those areas that you need the most help and will help you avoid spending a lot of time reviewing concepts that you already have a firm grasp on.
For instance, if your results say that you got 16 out of 17 questions right in the Microeconomics domain. But that you only got 6 out of 15 right in the Personal Finance domain, then you should definitely spend more time reviewing personal finance and less time on Micro.
Remember their domains correlate to our Units in the following way:
Domain 1: Fundamentals - is essentially identical to our Unit 1
Domain 2: Microeconomics - is essentially identical to our Unit 2
Domain 3: Macroeconomics - is the same as our Unit 3 and the first half of our Unit 4.
Domain 4: International - is the same as the second half of our Unit 4
Domain 5: Personal Finance - is essentially identical to our Unit 5
For any questions on the summative test that you got incorrect, you can click on the "View" button beside that question to see the correct answer and get a brief explanation of the reasoning behind it. Again if you need help understanding this, feel free to email us and ask. A copy of the screen shot would also be helpful.
3) Take the individual domain tests on USATestprep.com
The Domain tests are on the same pop-up window that the summative tests were on. But instead of clicking one of the "%" you use the pull down menu on the bottom of the box to choose an individual domain.
While you should definitely focus on those domains that you did the poorest on in your summative test, there is still merit to doing all five domains. Remember that getting an 85 or better on a domain gets you a 2 point bonus on that domain's test. Getting a 95 or better gets you a 5 point bonus. Again, you may take these tests as many times as you'd like until you get to the level you want.
4) Finish any work you still need to complete for Econ.
There are still a few of you who have uncompleted and missing assignments for Economics. Please make sure you have that work 100% finished by the time we get back to school.
Friday, March 6, 2020
Mar 9 -13
Monday:
Thursday:
Review for EOC - Touchstones
Friday:
Review for EOC - USATestprep
- Journal – Explain the
relationship between risk and reward in saving and investing. Use examples.
- Vocab Quiz
- Unit 5 Station Activity
- Unit 5 Test
- NB’s Due
Review for EOC – Most Missed
Questions
Review for EOC - Touchstones
Friday:
Review for EOC - USATestprep
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