Honors Government

We have moved on to Honors Government for now.

For information on what we are doing in that class, please go to that section of the blog.

Don't forget that the Econ EOC will be on December 6 - 7.

Thanks.

October 8-13

Monday:

1. Journal – How does a credit card work?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes on Saving, Investing
4. Wall Street – Schoolhouse Rock
5. Saving and Investing/Bonds and Other Assets
6. Stock Market/Opinion Polls
7. DIGI Questions

Tuesday:

1.     Journal – Explain the difference between saving and investing.  Give examples of each.

2.     Vocab Quiz

3.     DIGI Review

4.     Notes on Insurance

5.     Chap 10 & 11 Vocab

6.     Buying Insurance/Tortoise Domain

7.     Notebook Check Sheet

DIGI Questions

Wednesday:
Unit 5 Station Activity

Thursday:

1. Money Project Due

Friday:

1. Unit 5 Test
2. NB’s Due

Checks

Here are the notes on Checks:

Checks Power Point

October 2 - 6

Monday:

1. Review for Test
2. Finish Notebooks

Tuesday:

1.     Test on Unit 4

2.   Notebooks Due

Wednesday:

1. Journal – Why do you think most of the money in the world looks generally the same?
2. Notes on Money
3. Look at Security Features on Money
4. Death to Pennies (CGP Grey)
5. Hand out Money Project
6. Banking Today/History of American Banking
7. DIGI Questions

Thursday:

1. Journal – Will we always use paper money?  Explain why or why not?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes on Checks
4. Worksheets on Checks
5. DIGI Questions

Friday:

1. Journal – Are checks money?  Explain why or why not?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes on Credit and Interest
4. Dollars and Sense – Schoolhouse Rock
5. John Stossel Video on “Debt and Responsibility” (Stossel 2009)
6. Credit and Debit/Credit Card Payments
7. DIGI Questions

Sept 18 - 22

Monday:

1. Journal – Explain where the federal government gets most of its revenue.  Is this a good thing?
2. DIGI Review
3. Debt vs. Deficit
4. Stossel Video: Federal Spending (2009)
5. Are We Heading Toward a Debt Crisis (Stossel – Making Econ Come Alive)
6. Debt Work
7. DIGI Questions

Tuesday:

1. Journal – Explain the difference between National Debt and National Deficit.  Which is worse?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes on Federal Spending and State Taxes
4. Stossel Video on Pork Barrel Spending (Stossel Macroeconomics)
5. Video on Budget Cuts Visualization
6. Federal Spending/State Taxes Worksheet
7. Review/Cartoon Worksheet
8. DIGI Questions

Wednesday:

1. Journal – Explain what the Federal Government spends most of its budget on.  Is that a good thing?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes on Absolute/Comparative Advantage
4. Video Clip on Comparative Advantage
5. Stossel Video “Does Outsourcing Hurt the U.S.” (Stossel Macroeconomics)
6. International Trade: Criticisms and Responses (Stossel – Making Econ Come Alive)
7. Worksheet on Absolute/Comparative Advantage
8. Learning to Trade Worksheet
9. DIGI Questions

Thursday:

1. Journal - What is the difference between comparative and absolute advantage?
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes on Trade Barriers
4. Win-Win Trading Game
5. Stossel Video on “Boycotts of Sweatshop Products” (Stossel Macroeconomics)
6. Economics of Trade Deficits (Stossel – Making Econ Come Alive)
7. Worksheet on Trade Barriers
8. DIGI Questions

Friday:

1. Journal – How are trade barriers good? How are they bad?
2. Vocab Quiz
3. DIGI Review
4. Notes on Exchange Rates
5. Worksheet on Exchange Rates
6. Chap 17 Review Worksheet
7. Notebook Checksheet
8. Study Guide
9. DIGI Questions

Updated Calendar

Here is the new version of the Calendar.

Honors Economics Calendar - Updated for Hurricane Days

Sept 11 - 15

Monday and Tuesday:

No School

Wednesday:

1. Journal – Explain what Fiscal Policy is and how it works.
2. DIGI Review
3. Notes – Taxes
4. Stossel Video: Is Government Too Big (Macro)
5. Stossel Video: Government Growth (Macro)
6. Schoolhouse Rock: Tax Man Max
7. Worksheets on Taxes
8. Yes, I Love Taxes Reading
9. DIGI Questions

Thursday:

1. Unit 3 Test
2. NB's Due

Friday:

1. Journal – Explain what Fiscal Policy is and how it works
2. Fiscal vs Monetary Policy Quiz
3. Talk about old test questions
4. Work on Fed Brochure Project