Th/Fri, December 16-17

AP World
1. Timeline Quiz
2. DBQ Assignment

Economics
1. Monetary Policy TEST (corrections)
2. Finish WWJB and write a reflection (consider these questions):

A. How would you summarize Rev. Billy's message (ie, why is shopping so destructive?)
B. What do you think about his methods? (which actions were most effective?)
C. Would you recommend the film? Why or why not?
D. How did YOU personally recieve WWJB? What emotions did it evoke?

Tues/Wed, December 14-15

AP World
1. Finish Chp 16 PPT
2. Take Chp 16 TEST (corrections)
3. 15-minute clip from The End of Poverty?

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Desalination in CA?
A. What has happened to the price of desalinated water?
B. What are the two methods used today?
C. Why are the environmentalists against desalinated water?
D. What market structure best defines the desalinated water industry? (monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic comp, perfect comp)
2. Finish Monetary Policy packet

Monday, December 13

AP World
1. Grade Chp 15 Tests (Corrections)
2. Start Chp 16 PPT

Economics
1. Start Monetary Policy Review in packet

Thurs/Fri, Dec 9-10

AP World
1. Chp 15 TEST
2 DBQ!!!!

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Obama's Tax Cut Compromise (here and here)
A. Make a Chart that shows what Dems and Republicans each got out of the deal
B. Opinion: Do YOU think it is a fair compromise?
2. Finish Monetary Policy Notes
3. More WWJB

Tues/Wed, Dec 6-7

AP World
1. Finish Chapter 15 PPT
2. Timeline and Essay Outline
3. Grade Chp 14 TEST and Corrections

Economics
1. Macro II TEST
2. 7-Minute Reading on The Failure of School Funding in CA
Questions:
A. What 2 key moments in CA 70s history have affected school funding?
B. Are MANDATES good or bad? Explain.
C. How has Schwarzeneggar's 2003 cut in the vehicle license fee affected CA school funding?
D. What is Hiltzik's main point? (check last paragraph)

3. Bernanke's Interview on 60 Minutes (get handout and complete)

Monday, December 5

AP World
1. TEST on Chapter 14
2. Start PPT on Chapter 15

Economics
1. Review Sheet for Macro TEST II

Thurs/Fri, Dec 2-3

AP World
1. Finish Chp 14 PPT
2. Chinnis Khan: The Movie!

Economics1. 7-Minute Reading: Productivity is Up, Workers Worn Down
--> Describe what is happening with these trends in the economy:
A. Employment
B. Productivity
C. # of Hours worked
D. # of Tasks
E. Anxiety
F. Union Power
G. Outsourcing
H. Corporate Profits

2. Finish Notes
3. Continue WWJB

Tues/Wed, November 30

AP World
1. Pass back Essays (finally!)
2. Notes on Chp 13
3. Grade Test and work on TEST corrections

Economics
--> Fox News Panel: Tax Cuts and Deficit-Reduction (Fiscal Policy!!!)
A. What do the Dems want with the tax cuts?
B. What do the Republicans want with the tax cuts?
C. What would be a possible compromise?

1. 7-Minute Reading: California Unfriendly to Business? Figures say NO.

1. If CA has such high corporate income tax rates (8.84%) compared to other states, then why is it that CA hits the average in total tax burden compared to other states?
2. How do corporations have the edge over small businesses in paying their share of the tax burden in CA?
3. What was AB2666? Why did opponents not support it?
4. How do corporate taxes compare to what they were like 30 years ago?

2. Finish Notes on Taxes...Start working on Budget Notes
3. Start What Would Jesus Buy?

Monday, November 29

AP World
1. Quiz on Chapter 13
2. Test Corrections for Chp 11-12 TEST

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Carbon Tax

A. Why does Helm want a consumption tax instead of a production tax?
B. What would be the point of a carbon consumption tax?
C. Opinion: Would you advocate for a carbon consumption tax in the US?

2. Continue notes on packet (page 3: Taxes)

Thurs/Fri,November 18-19

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Tax the rich to help us all
--> Who is Moshe Adler?
--> Why does he critique the GOP tax plan?
--> What is his tax proposal?
--> What government services is he so concerned about losing if the federal government does not raise enough revenue?
2. Figuring Out Federal Income Tax
3. Notes on Taxes
4. Finish The End of Poverty?

AP World History
1. TEST on Chapter 11-12
2. Read The Useful Sage and SOAPSTone it!!!!

Tues/Wed, November 16-17

Economics:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Too Little of a Good Thing
--> Who is Paul Krugman?
--> What does Krugman think of Obama's stimulus plan?
--> What would Krugman change about it?
--> Is Krugman a Keynesian? Explain.
2. Finish 1st page of Fiscal Policy Notes
3. Did you get it? A Quick Review on Fiscal Policy
4. Solving the National Debt: Looking at our Options
--> Read ALL the proposals to reduce the debt
--> Make a list of items/terms that you don't understand
--> Make a list of YOUR Top 10 proposals

AP World:
1. Finish PPT Notes on Chapter 12
2. PERSIAN Chart on Song (Review)

Monday, November 15

Economics:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Happy Meal Ban?
--> Why did SF ban Happy Meals?
--> Opinion: do you think this was a good use of "government regulation?" (1/2 page)
2. Continue Notes (fill-in)
3. Worksheet on Fiscal (2nd sheet of packet)
*Check out these national debt clocks here and here



AP World:
1. PPT Notes: Chapter 12

Tues/Wed, November 9-10

Economics
1. Collect Homework: Chapter 14 Outline
2. 7-Minute Reading: Income Inequality in the US
-Who are the authors (credentials)?
-What did their survey results reveal about Americans?
-What is faulty about the way Americans think about income inequality?
-What should we do about it?
3. 12-minute Clip: http: //www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/10/31/60_minutes_fallen_flat_recovery_has_brought_anger_in_the_land.html
-Why are Americans angry about the end of the recession (should they be happy)?
-What has caused this bad situation?
4. Start notes on Fiscal Policy (handout)
5. Documentary (1st 20 minutes): The End of Poverty?

AP World
1. Finish Chp 11 PPT
2. Test Corrections
3. PERSIAN: Incas

Monday, November 8

Economics
1. Guest Speaker: Megan Gauger from Westwood College
2. If you missed this lecture, look up these websites and write a one-page report on their importance:

www.fafsa.ed.gov

www.fastweb.com

AP World
1. Turn in Current Event DBQ
2. Chapter 11 PPT, Part I: Aztecs
3. Start PERSIAN Chart for Aztecs (Due Tues/Wed)

Th/Fri, Nov 4-5

Economics
1. Macro Stats TEST (Chapters 12 & 13)
2. Start outlining Chapter 14 (Taxes and Government Spending)
3. Continue Food, Inc

AP World
1. TEST (Chapters 1-10): 100 points!!!!
2. Current Event DBQ: Globalization's Impact on Islam (handout)--Due on Monday!
--> Read article and SOAPSTone it! Also, what is the thesis of the document?

Tues/Wed, November 2-3

Economics:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Fat Cats Forever?
Answer These:
-What are the authors’ credentials?
-What is the authors thesis?
-Why is HUGE CEO pay such a big deal?
-Why can’t we rely on the shareholders of corporations to find a solution to the problem of CEO pay?
-Give 3 specific solutions (that the authors think will work) mentioned in the article.
2. PPT Notes on Business Cycle & Leading/Lagging Indicators
3. More Food, Inc

AP World
1. Test Corrections
2. Chapter 10 PPT

Monday, November 1

Economics
1. The World's Longest Article on Inflation with worksheet with a lot of questions (handout)
2. HomeWork: Chapter 13, Section 3, questions #1-8 on back of Unemployment/Inflation Fill-in Worksheet (you already have it)

Thurs/Fri, October 28-29

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: How Much Was That Doggie in the Window? (handout)
2. Inflation: PPT and handout
3. Inflation Word Problems
4. Poverty/Development (handout)
5. Food, Inc: 15 more minutes of the Award-winning documentary

AP World
1. TEST on Chapter 9
2. In-Class Essay: Compare and Contast the Byzantine Empire and early Russian state.

Tues/Wed, October 26-27

Economics:
1. Review GDP (PPT)
2. 7-Minute Reading: The 2 Jobs Reports
--> How does the author account for the tension/differences of the two jobs reports?
--> Why are Americans so economically gloomy (always focusing on the bad stuff)?
3. Into Unemployment: PPT and handout
4. Election Preview: Prop 19 and voter registration (handout)
5. Food, Inc: the 1st 15 minutes of the Oscar-nominated documentary

AP World:
1. Continue Chapter 9 PPT
2. PERSIAN Charts for Byzantium and Russia
3. Compare/Contrast Essay Organization: getting ready for the in-class essay on Thurs/Fri

Monday, October 25

Economics
1. PPT Notes on GDP
2. 7-Minute Reading: Bhutan's Gross National Happiness
--> Answer this questions:
How do France and Bhutan calculate economic growth differently than the US?

AP World
1. Chapter 8 Quiz and corrections
2. PPT Notes on Chapter 9

Thurs & Fri, October 21-22

AP World:
1. Finish PPT
2. Review GR8
3. Document Analysis: page 180
4. Map exercise (handout)

Economics:
1. TEST
2. GDP and Inflation (handout)
3. Read Soda Tax article and answer these questions:

-Which groups are in favor of the soda tax and which groups are not?
-List 2 strengths and 2 weaknesses of the soda tax.
-Opinion: what do YOU think? Explain. (3-4 sentences)

4. 60 Minutes Video: Walking Away from your Mortgage--> take notes on it!

Tues/Wed, October 19-20

AP World
1. Test Corrections
2. Chapter 8 PPT Notes
3. Mali versus Songhay (PERSIAN Charts)

Economics
1. Finish Review Sheet
2. Business Project Presentations

--> Period 3: Read Soda Tax article and answer these questions:

1. Which groups are in favor of the soda tax and which groups are not?
2. List 2 strengths and 2 weaknesses of the soda tax.
3. Opinion: what do YOU think? Explain. (3-4 sentences)

Monday, October 18

Economics
1. 7-Minute: Dying for a Text (According to the article, why do so many drivers continue to text even though it is very dangerous AND against the law? What is the solution?)
2. Microeconomics Review Sheet (handout)--TEST on Friday!!!
--> Check School Loop for Extra Credit!!!!!


AP World1. Turn-in Guided Readings
2. Chapter 7 TEST!!!!!

Thurs and Fri, October 14-15

Periods 0,3,4,5: Econ
1. Turn-in and Discuss Better World Shopper Assignment
2. 7-Minute Reading: Credit Cards, Businesses, Consumers and the Government
--> Describe the relationship between these 4 groups based on the reading
3. Review Quiz (just for fun!): 3 Types of Businesses
4. 10-Minute Video Clip: The Wall Street Speed Traders
5. Work on Business Projects

Periods 1 & 2: AP World
1. Finish PPT Notes (Chapter 7)
2. Soapstone (the DBQ strategy)--PPT notes
3. Practice with DBQ

Tues & Wed, October 12-13

Periods 0,3,4,5
1. 7-Minute Reading: TV Prices Falling
A. What 2 factors boosted demand for HDTVs?
B. What does it mean that the US TV industry is a "mature market?"
C. Why is demand still low in the US for 3D TVs?
D. Why is LED the best bargain for HDTVs (even though it costs so much more)?
2. Chapter 8: List 7 key things about Sole Proprietorship, Partnership and Corporation (what did you learn?)
3. Work with your business partners!

Periods 1 & 2
1. Intro to Bias (Capo football example)
2. Bias on TV (Maddow versus Hannity)
3. Bias in the 13th century Islamic world: Ibn Khaldun
4. PPT notes on Chapter 7: The decline of the Abbasid Empire

Monday, October 11

Periods 0,3,4,5
1. 7-Minute Reading: Price War, No Deals Barred
--> What tactics does Wal-Mart use to destroy the competition?
--> Define: Economies of Scale
2. Notes on Costs
3. Micro Business Project!!! (handout)--due next Tues/Wed

Periods 1 & 2
1. TEST--turn in GR
2. Compare/Contrast Essay Worksheet--due Tues/Wed

TGIF, October 8

Period 0
1. Video: The Story of Bottles (what shimmered? Was there anything abrasive, life-changing, etc?)
2. Political Cartoon Sampling
3. Read Chapter 5, Section 2 and answer #1-7 (p.114)
4. Chapter 7 Review (#1-12 on p.178)

Period 1: AP World
1. PPT on Chapter 6
2. Review for Chapter 6 QUIZ

Periods 3 & 5: Econ
1. 7-Minute Reading: Sunk Cost Fallacy
A. Define sunk costs
B. Give at least two examples of how you assessed sunk costs in your own life.
2. Notes on 4 Market Structures (white board)
3. Political Cartoon Sampling and Interpretation
--> What does the above cartoon mean? Explain it.
--> Go to Mark Fiore's site and watch two of his animated cartoons. Describe them.
4. Video: The Story of Bottles (what shimmered? What was abrasive, life-changing, etc?)

Thursday, Oct 7

Period 0
1. 7-Minute Reading: Sunk Cost Fallacy
A. Define sunk costs
B. Give at least two examples of how you assessed sunk costs in your own life.
2. Review Sheet on 4 Market Structures
3. Political Cartoon Sampling and Interpretation
--> What does the above cartoon mean? Explain it.
--> Go to Mark Fiore's site and watch two of his animated cartoons. Describe them.

Period 2
1. 2 Articles on Sunni-Shiite Split (handouts)
2. Answer questions (discussion)
3. Compare/Contrast Essay Worksheet
4. Review for Test

Period 4
1. 7-Minute Reading: Sunk Cost Fallacy
A. Define sunk costs
B. Give at least two examples of how you assessed sunk costs in your own life.
2. Video: The Story of Bottles
3. Political Cartoon Sampling
4. Read Chapter 5, Section 2 and answer #1-7 (p.114)
5. Chapter 7 Review (#1-12 on p.178)

Wednesday, October 6

Period 1--AP World:
1. Read CSM and NY Times articles (questions)
2. Essay time (handout)
3. PERSIAN Charts: Umayyad & Abbasid (due Friday)

Period 0,3,5--Economics:
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Big Supermarket Squeeze
2. Questions at the end of Chapter 7 (textbook)
3. Follow-up worksheet (handout)

Tuesday, October 5

Period 2--AP World
1. Islam PPT and analysis questions (test delayed until Monday) ;)
2. PERSIAN Charts: Umayyad & Abbasid (due Thursday)

Period 4--Economics
--> 7-minute reading: The Big Supermarket Squeeze
1. Notes on 4 Markets (on white board)
2. Review Worksheet (handout)

Monday, October 4

Is it really October ALREADY?

Economics:
--> Chapter 7 Packet (handout)

AP World:--> Chapter 6 Guided Reading (download and print)

Thurs & Fri, Sept 30-Oct 1

Economics
1. Microeconomics TEST 1
2. Post-Test: Start working on Chapter 7 packet (due Tues/Wed)

AP World History
1. Turn-in GR (Chapters 4-5)
2. TEST
3. PPT on World Religions

Tues & Wed, Sept 28-29

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading and Graph: The Folly of the Fun Tax (what is elasticity and how does it relate to Disney price increases?)
2. Notes: Elasticity of Demand (see Figure 4.8 on page 95 in text)
3. Finish #15-16 Supply/Demand shift problems
4. Review for Test on Thurs/Fri: Supply and Demand Curves!!!!
5. Fiore and Colbert if TIME

AP World
1. PPT on Hellenistic Culture
2. PPT on Roman Empire/Christianity
3. Analysis Questions
4. MC Review

MONDAY, Sept 27

Economics
1. Reading: Nano (handout)--graph the effects on OIL
2. 16 More Supply.Demand problems (handout)

AP World
1. PPT notes on Alex the Great
2. Map Exercise (handout)

Thurs & Fri, September 23-24

Economics
1. Quiz on Text Reading
2. Notes: SPINE and #CGRATES
3. Shifting the Curves (Handout)
4. Video: The Story of Stuff (take notes on significant points and/or questions/concerns/criticisms you have as you watch)

AP World
1. Chapter 3 Quiz
2. Athens versus Sparta (venn diagram and ppt)
3. Test Corrections

Tues & Wed, Sept 21-22

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Poquito Mas
2. Notes on Circular Flow Model and Laws of Supply/Demand
3. Paul Solmon clips
4. Supply/Demand Worksheet (handout)
5. Notes (handout)

AP World
1. Turn-in ESSAYS
2. Pass Back Guided Reading Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3 PPT Notes (handout)
4. Analysis Questions (Caste System and Buddhism/Hinduism)
5. PERSIAN: Gupta versus Mauryan

Monday, 9.20

Economics
1. TEST #1 (30 Questions, Multiple-Choice)
2. Read Matt's Taibbi's blog post from Rolling Stone Magazine (handout)
Questions:
A. Summarize Taibbi's point of view in 1 sentence.
B. What does he use to support his argument?
C. What is the strength of his argument?
D. What is the weakness of his argument?
E. Do you agree with his argument? Explain in 3-5 sentences--elaborate!!!

AP World History
1. What is Religion?
2. PPT Notes on Confucianism and Buddhism (Eastern philosophies or religions?)

Thursday & Friday, Sept 16-17

AP World History (Periods 1 & 2)
1. TEST Time! (Chapters 1 & 2)
2. Change Over Time Essay--Due next week

Economics (Periods 0.3.4.5)
1. 7-Minute Reading: Egg Recall
2. Notes on Government's role in Econ (handout)
3. Bush Speech on Financial Rescue Plan (Fall 2008)
A. What specific things led to the financial crisis (cause)?
B. What WILL happen if the government does NOT do anything about the crisis?
C. What specifics did Bush propose for government action (solution)?
4. Understanding our current crisis (handout...backside of notes on government's role)
5. REVIEW for TEST on Monday

Tues & Wed, Sept 14-15

Period 0
1. Notes on Externalities
2. Paul Solmon dvd on Production Possibilities (review)
3. Review Handouts: Op Cost, Scarcity, Prod Poss, Marx vs. Smith

Period 3,4,5
1. Notes on Externalities
2. Paul Solmon dvd on Production Possibilities (review)
3. Review Handouts: Op Cost, Scarcity, Prod Poss, Marx vs. Smith
4. Solmon on the early American shift from socialism to capitalism
5. 7-Minute Reading: Free Market Baby-Making

Periods 1 & 2
1. Historical Change: East versus West
2. Egypt versus Mesopatamia (Venn diagram)
3. Review Guided Reading Chapter 1
4. PERSIAN Charts for Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties

Monday, September 13

Economics (Periods 0, 3, 4, 5)
1. Quiz on Chapter 1
2. 7-Minute Reading: Norway and Social Democracy
3. Intro Notes (handout)

AP World (Periods 1 & 2)
1. Quiz on Chapter 1/Turn in Guided Reading Chapter 1
2. Lecture Notes (white board)

Monday, September 13

Economics (Periods 0, 3, 4, 5)
1. Quiz on Chapter 1
2. 7-Minute Reading: Norway and Social Democracy
3. Intro Notes (handout)

AP World (Periods 1 & 2)
1. Quiz on Chapter 1/Turn in Guided Reading Chapter 1
2. Lecture Notes (white board)

Thank God, It's FRIDAY 9/10

Period 0 Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Bursting the Housing Bubble
Questions:
A. List 3 strategies that the government is using to "prop up" housing:
B. List 3 economic statistics used in this article:
C. Define:
-underwater
-sub-prime mortgage
-red ink
-refinance
D. What does the author think about the government "propping up" housing?
2. Notes on Capitalism and Socialism (white board)
3. Adbusters Interview and Response (watch and summarize in 1/2 page if you missed class--also, share your opinion on his economic convictions in 1/2 page)

Period 2 AP World
1. Turned in Vocab Notecards
2. Vocab Test (NO Word Bank)
3. Details Quiz (training our minds to read carefully and critically)
4. Chapter 1 Guided Reading (handout)

Period 4 Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Bursting the Housing Bubble
Questions:
A. List 3 strategies that the government is using to "prop up" housing:
B. List 3 economic statistics used in this article:
C. Define:
-underwater
-sub-prime mortgage
-red ink
-refinance
D. What does the author think about the government "propping up" housing?
2. Notes on Capitalism and Socialism
3. Adbusters Interview and Response (watch and summarize in 1/2 page if you missed class--also, share your opinion on his economic convictions in 1/2 page)

Thursday, 9/9

Period 0 Economics
1. Textbooks
2. Airey's Expectations (see course locker)
3. 7-minute Reading: Cash For Clunkers (read and summarize in 1/2 page if you missed class)
4. Started Intro Notes (handout)

Period 2 AP World
1. Turned in Vocab Notecards
2. Vocab Test (NO Word Bank)
3. Details Quiz (training our minds to read carefully and critically)
4. Chapter 1 Guided Reading (handout)

Period 4 Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Bursting the Housing Bubble
Questions:
A. List 3 strategies that the government is using to "prop up" housing:
B. List 3 economic statistics used in this article:
C. Define:
-underwater
-sub-prime mortgage
-red ink
-refinance
D. What does the author think about the government "propping up" housing?
2. Begin Intro Notes (handout)
3. Worksheet on Scarcity and Opportunity Cost (handout)
4. Adbusters Interview and Response (watch and summarize in 1/2 page if you missed class--also, share your opinion on his economic convictions in 1/2 page)

1st Day of School!!!!

Economics (periods 3,4,5)
1. Textbooks from library
2. Review "Airey's Expectations" (see course locker on Schooloop)
3. Seating Chart

AP World History (periods 1 & 2)
1. Textbooks from library
2. Turn in Summer Homework
3. Review Syllabus (see course locker on Schooloop)
4. Seating Chart

Monday (6/7) & Tuesday (6/8)

**Start FINAL Review Sheets!!!!! Due on the day of the FINAL (30 points)

Thursday (6/3) & Friday (6/4)

Periods 0, 1, 2, 3:
1. Dueling 7-Minute Readings: 2 contrasting articles highlighting CA's budgetary troubles: Rebecca Solnit and William Voegeli (Handout)
2. Complete Chapter 24 Handout (half-sheet) Questions #1-23

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Free Trade For a Better Future by Paul Wolfowitz
2. Lecture Notes on International Trade (handout)
3. Reviewing Comparative Advantage (handout)

Wednesday, 6/2

Periods 0-4:
1. QUIZ: 20 multiple choice questions on Chapters 13 and 14
2. Concluding Exercise on Obama's Cabinet and YOUR Reps (HANDOUT): due TH/Fri

To research Obama's Cabinet click here

Contact Info for US Congress click here

Contact Info for CA State Reps click here

Period 4:
TEST on Monetary Policy

Thursday, 5/27

Period 0:
1. 60 Minutes Clip on Campaign 2008
2. Chapter 14 Questions
--> Study for 20 question Quiz on Chapter 13 & 14 on WEDNESDAY

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Gay Penguins
2. Reviewing Chapter 13
3. Chapter 14 Questions (HANDOUT)
4. 60 Minutes Clip on Campaign 2008
--> Study for 20 question Quiz on Chapter 13 & 14 on WEDNESDAY

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Ron Paul
2. Video Review: Paul Solmon
3. Review Sheet on Macro (HANDOUT)

Wed, 5/26

Period 0:
1. 1. 7-Minute Reading: Gay Penguins
2. Video Clips on Roles of Presidency
3. Reviewing Chapter 13

Periods 1 & 3:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Gay Penguins
2. Reviewing Chapter 13
3. Chapter 14 Questions (HANDOUT)
4. 60 Minutes Clip on Campaign 2008
--> Study for 20 Question Quiz on Chapters 13 & 14 on WEDNESDAY

Tuesday, 5/25

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Same-Sex Marriage: Evolving Politics, Enduring Fundamentals
2. 60-Minute Clip: Don't Ask, Don't Tell
3. Voting on Don't Ask Don't Tell (75% for changing the policy)
4. Analyzing the Roles of the Presidency: matching the 8 roles of the presidency with these video clips:

Obama with Calderon: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/19/obama_to_mexican_president_we_are_defined_not_by_our_borders.html

Obama getting wings: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/13/woman_to_obama_youre_a_hottie_with_a_smokin_little_body.html

Obama on Karzai: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/12/obama_tensions_between_us_and_afghanistan_are_simply_overstated.html

Obama on Elena Kagan: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/10/obama_kagan_is_one_of_the_nations_foremost_legal_minds.html

Obama on Los Suns and AZ Law: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/05/obama_calls_phoenix_suns_los_suns_at_cinco_de_mayo_event.html

Obama on Jay Leno: http://showhype.com/video/president_barack_obama_on_jay_leno_show_full_24/

Obama at White House Correspondance Dinner: http://www.examiner.com/x-19632-Salt-Lake-City-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m5d2-Video-President-Obama-and-Jay-Leno-crack-jokes-at-the-2010-White-House-correspondence-dinner

Obama throws out first pitch at Nationals game: http://www.the700level.com/2010/04/video-barack-obama-throws-out-first-pitch-at-philliesnationals-opening-day-2010.html


Michelle Obama with Second Graders: http://blog.sojo.net/2010/05/20/a-second-graders-challenge-to-michelle-obama-on-immigration/

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Greenspan article w/5 questions (HANDOUT):
-Why was he known as an economic sage?
-What mistake did he admit to?
-What mistake regarding housing do some accuse him of?
-What is a speculative bubble?
-Why is this article a mind blower and what lesson does it teach us about the economy?
2. Paul Solmon Videos: Reviewing Monetary Policy
3. Finishing Monetary Policy Review Sheets
4. TEST on Thursday!!!!!!

Monday, May 24

**Be sure to check SchoolLoop for the attendance policy for the last 20 days of your high school career!!!

Period 0:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Same-Sex Marriage: Evolving Politics, Enduring Fundamentals
2. 60-Minute Clip: Don't Ask, Don't Tell
3. Voting on Don't Ask Don't Tell (75% for changing the policy)

Period 1 & 3:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Same-Sex Marriage: Evolving Politics, Enduring Fundamentals
2. 60-Minute Clip: Don't Ask, Don't Tell
3. Voting on Don't Ask Don't Tell (75% for changing the policy)
4. Analyzing the Roles of the Presidency: matching the 8 roles of the presidency with these video clips:

Obama with Calderon: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/19/obama_to_mexican_president_we_are_defined_not_by_our_borders.html

Obama getting wings: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/13/woman_to_obama_youre_a_hottie_with_a_smokin_little_body.html

Obama on Karzai: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/12/obama_tensions_between_us_and_afghanistan_are_simply_overstated.html

Obama on Elena Kagan: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/10/obama_kagan_is_one_of_the_nations_foremost_legal_minds.html

Obama on Los Suns and AZ Law: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/05/obama_calls_phoenix_suns_los_suns_at_cinco_de_mayo_event.html

Obama on Jay Leno: http://showhype.com/video/president_barack_obama_on_jay_leno_show_full_24/

Obama at White House Correspondance Dinner: http://www.examiner.com/x-19632-Salt-Lake-City-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m5d2-Video-President-Obama-and-Jay-Leno-crack-jokes-at-the-2010-White-House-correspondence-dinner

Obama throws out first pitch at Nationals game: http://www.the700level.com/2010/04/video-barack-obama-throws-out-first-pitch-at-philliesnationals-opening-day-2010.html


Michelle Obama with Second Graders: http://blog.sojo.net/2010/05/20/a-second-graders-challenge-to-michelle-obama-on-immigration/

Friday, May 21

Period 0:
1. Go over TEST together
2. Complete Chapter 13 Questions (#1-29 on half-sheet HANDOUT)

Periods 1 & 3:
1. Finish Congress Test
2. Go over TEST together
3. Complete Chapter 13 Questions (#1-29 on half-sheet HANDOUT)

Thursday, May 20

Period 0:
1. Finish Congress Test
2. Work on Chapter 13 Questions (#1-29 on half-sheet HANDOUT)

Period 2:
1. Finish Congress Test
2. Go over TEST together
3. Complete Chapter 13 Questions (#1-29 on half-sheet HANDOUT)

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Shall we tax the yoga studios?
2. Notes on Monetary Policy
3. Monetary Policy Review Sheet (HANDOUT)

Tuesday, 5/18

KNOTT'S BERRY FARM!!!!!

Monday, May 17

Periods 0-3
1. 7-Minute Reading: Sex Crime Parolees Rousted in Anaheim (HANDOUT)
-->Creative Thinking/Problem Solving: How can national, state and/or local government solve this problem?
2. Congress TEST: Open book, open notes, open mind
-->Turn in packet with the following at the end of class:
1. 7-Minute Reading Response
2. Congress TEST
3. Chapter 11 Worksheet (half sheet from last week)
4. Chapter 12 Worksheet (full sheet from last week)

Period 4
1. TEST!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, May 14

Period 0
1. Chapter 12 Questions (HANDOUT)
2. 3-Minute Video Clip: I'm Just a Bill on Capitol Hill (School House Rock)
3. Flow Chart: From a Bill to a Law (HANDOUT)

Periods 1 & 3
1. 7-Minute Reading: Times Square Bomber and Miranda Rights (HANDOUT)
2. Go over Review Quiz on Chapter 10 & 11
3. Chapter 12 Questions (HANDOUT)
4. 3-Minute Video Clip: I'm Just a Bill on Capitol Hill (School House Rock)
5. Flow Chart: From a Bill to a Law (HANDOUT)

Wednesday, 5/15

Period 0:
1. Video: The Case Against Elena Kagan
2. 7-Minute Reading: Robert Byrd breaks records in the Senate
3. Start Chapter 11 Questions (HANDOUT)

Periods 1 & 3:
1. Video: The Case Against Elena Kagan
2. 7-Minute Reading: Robert Byrd breaks records in the Senate
3. Finishing Notes on Chapter 10: The non-Legislative actions of Congress (get notes from a friend)
4. Chapter 11 Questions (HANDOUT)
5. Start Multiple Choice Review Quiz (HANDOUT)

Monday, May 10

Periods 0-3:
1. 7-Minute Reading: $$$$ and Financial Regulation
2. Reviewing Chapter 10
3. Identifying Your Congressman and District: Click on this
--> Find your 9-Digit Zip Code here
4. Chapter 11 Questions (HANDOUT)

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute: What's up with the Vanity Tax?
2. Go Over Obama Tax Questions
3. Continue Tax Notes

Friday, May 7

Period 0:
1. Political Cartoons and CA's ineffective texting law (HANDOUT): briefly describe the political cartoons and label them each "conservative" or "liberal." Then, after reading the texting article, briefly propose a texting law that would decrease texting while driving in CA.
2. pp.286-287, #1-23, 25


Periods 1 & 3:
1. Political Cartoons and CA's ineffective texting law (HANDOUT): briefly describe the political cartoons and label them each "conservative" or "liberal." Then, after reading the texting article, briefly propose a texting law that would decrease texting while driving in CA.
2. pp.286-287, #1-23, 25
3. Read p.274 and complete #1-3
4. Read p.285 and complete #1-3

Thursday, May 6

Period 0:
1. Finish Lecture Notes on Congress (on Chapter 10)
2. Answer Questions (a-m) at the end of the lecture notes from pp.279-284

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute Reading: An Arizona Cop's Viewpoint (Handout)
Answer these questions from the reading:
-How does this issue exemplify federalism?
-Why did the AZ legislature enact this now?
-What do you think
2. Video Clip: Interview with Congressman Luis Gutierrez
3. Lecture Notes on Congress (on Chapter 10)
4. Answer Questions (a-m) at the end of the lecture notes from pp.279-284

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Obama's Taxes (HANDOUT)
2. Paul Solman on the difference between "deficit" and "debt"
3. Continue with Notes on Fiscal Policy and Taxes
4. Concluding Assignment (due Monday): Obama's Tax Policy (get Handout and questions)

Tuesday, 5/4

Period 2:
Deputy Wayne!!!!

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Krugman on Obama's Stimulus Plan
2. Fiscal Policy Continued
3. National Debt Websites: here and here and here

Monday, May 3rd

Periods 0-3:
1. TEST!!!!! (Chapter 12)
2. Post-Test Assignment (due the next class period): Read Chapter 18, sections 1 & 2 and complete section reviews for 18.1 (#1-5) and 18.2 (#1-4).

Period 4:
1. Political Cartoons/Texting (Handout)
2. Reviewing Obama's Stimulus Plan
3. Fiscal Policy Continued (Note Packet)

Friday, April 30

Period 0:
Deputy Wayne!!!!

Periods 1 & 3:
1. 7-Minute Reading: South Park Threat No Joke
2. Chapter 20 Assessment Review (p.590, #1-25)
3. Video: Bill Moyers interviews Jerry Miller, the 200th person convicted of a crime but later released with DNA evidence

Thursday, April 29

Period 0:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Redskins is Wrong
2. Finish Chapter 20 Assessment (Review for Test)
3. Video: Bill Moyers interviews Jerry Miller, the 200th person convicted of a crime but later released with DNA evidence

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute Reading: South Park Threat No Joke
2. Finish Chapter 20 Assessment Review
3. Landmark Supreme Court Cases (back of notes from Tuesday)

Period 4:
1. TEST!!!!!
2. Post Test: Chapter 14, Sections 1 & 2 (section review questions due on Monday)
3. Start Fiscal Policy Notes (Packet)

Wednesday, 4/28

Period 0:
1. 7-Minute Reading: South Park Threat No Joke
2. Lecture on Supreme Court
3. Chapter 20 Assessment (page 590, #1-25)

Periods 1 and 3:
**Deputy Wayne!!!!!

We're BACK!

Tuesday, April 27

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Redskins is Wrong
2. Lecture on Supreme Court
3. Chapter 20 Assessment (page 590, #1-25)
4. Video: Bill Moyers interviews Jerry Miller, the 200th person convicted of a crime but later released with DNA evidence

--> 10 point assignment: Reflection on Redskins article and page 590, #1-25

Period 4:
1. Inflation article and questions (HANDOUTS)
2. Poverty Worksheet--Chapter 13, Section 3 (HANDOUT from last week--back of inflation notes)
3. Review for Macro Stats Test on Thursday!

What's Due Thurs?
A. Inflation article questions
B. Poverty Worksheet
C. Inflation worksheet (pre-strike)

Thursday, April 22

Strike Day: Get Informed!

Check out these sites for ongoing information:
-Capistrano Unified School District Beyond the Blackboard
-OC Register Article on the Strike

Competing Narratives:
-CUSD "Facts"
-CUEA "Facts"

Wednesday, 4/21

Period 0:
--> Filled Out CUSD Senior Survey and watched 6-minute clip of Obama at LA Fundraiser getting heckled!
1. 7-Minute Readings and Discussion: Ohio's Single Injection Method
2. Finishing Chapter 20 Notes
3. HW: Read Amendments #9--27 and summarize in a sentence or less

Period 1 & 3:
--> Filled Out CUSD Senior Survey and watched 6-minute clip of Obama at LA Fundraiser getting heckled!
1. 7-Minute Readings and Discussion: Ohio's Single Injection Method and Life in Prison without Parole for Minors?
2. Voting on the Death Penalty
3. Finishing Chapter 20 Notes
4. HW: Read Amendments #9--27 and summarize in a sentence or less

Tuesday, Four-Twenty

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute Readings and Discussion: Ohio's Single Injection Method and Life in Prison without Parole for Minors?
2. Voting on the Death Penalty (52% For the Death Penalty--compared with 65% nationally)
3. Finishing Chapter 20 Notes
4. HW: Read Amendments #9--27 and summarize in a sentence or less

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: CA jobless rate hits 12.6%
Questions:
-Total # of unemployed in CA?
-Total # who have exhausted jobless benefits?
-Sectors gaining jobs?
-Sectors losing jobs?
-Total # of jobs lost in CA since Dec 'O7?
-OC Unemployment rate?
-Total weeks of jobless benefits?
-Ratio of applicants to openings?
2. DVD Clip: Paul Solman on Unemployment
3. Inflation: Notes (HANDOUT)
4. HW: Complete Both Sides of Inflation Worksheet (HANDOUT from last week)

Monday, April 19

Period 0-3: Cruel and Unusual Punishment
1. 7-Minute Reading: CA Death Row Population Grows
2. Scrolling through some Death Penalty Facts
3. Lecture Notes on the 8th Amendment

Period 4:
--> Guest Speaker: Megan Gauger from Westwood College

Friday, April 16, 2010

Period 0:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Gay Rights Advocates Demand Transparency with Petitions
2. Illinois v. Wardlow (page 589: read and respond)
3. Gideon v. Wainwright (page 584 in text)
4. Elizabeth Warren AGAIN! This time, her January 2010 interview with Jon Stewart

Period 1 & 3:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Gay Rights Advocates Demand Transparency with Petitions
2. 8-Minute Video: Elizabeth Warren's interview with Jon Stewart
3. Quick Read: Arizona v. Gant (2009)
4. Continued Lecture Notes through 6th Amendment
5. Illinois v. Wardlow (read and respond: page 589 in text)
6. Gideon v. Wainwright (read and respond: page 584 in text)

Thursday, April 15

Period 0:
1. 8-minute Clip: Elizabeth Warren on Morning Joe (Financial Regulation)
2. Quick Read: Arizona v. Gant (2009)
3. Continued Lecture Notes through 6th Amendment

Period 2:
1. 8-minute Clip: Elizabeth Warren on Morning Joe (Financial Regulation)
2. Quick Read: Arizona v. Gant (2009)
3. Continued Lecture Notes through 6th Amendment
4. Illinois v. Wardlow (read and respond: page 589 in text)

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Read: Unemployment Rate (Get HANDOUT)
2. Notes on Unemployment
3. 8-minute Clip: Elizabeth Warren on Morning Joe (Financial Regulation)

Wednesday, April 14

Period 0:

1. 7-Minute Reading: School Strip Searches?
2. Notes: Due Process (HANDOUT)
3. Homework: See School Loop

Periods 1 & 3

1. 7-minute Clip: Max Blumenthal covers the Gun Show!
2. 7-Minute Reading: School Strip Searches?
3. Notes: Due Process (HANDOUT)
4. Homework: See School Loop

Tuesday, April 13

Period 2:
1. 7-minute Clip: Max Blumenthal covers the Gun Show!
2. 7-Minute Reading: School Strip Searches?
3. Notes: Due Process (HANDOUT)
4. Homework: See School Loop

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Recession Retreats, Hard Times Don't
2. Notes: Business Cycle (White Board)
3. Video: Paul Solmon on the Business Cycle
4. Leading versus Lagging Indicators (HANDOUT--2nd page of packet)
5. GDP Follow-up (HANDOUT--1st page of packet)--Due on Thursday!

Welcome Back to Capo!

Monday, April 12:

Period 0:
1. Read the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution
2. Interpreting the 2nd Amendment—dueling opinions: Erwin Chemerinsky (liberal) versus Brian Doherty (conservative)
3. Reviewing Chapter 19: Civil Liberties (1st Amendment): HANDOUT
4. 7-minute Clip: Max Blumenthal covers the Gun Show!

Periods 1-3:

1. Read the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution
2. Interpreting the 2nd Amendment—dueling opinions: Erwin Chemerinsky (liberal) versus Brian Doherty (conservative)
3. Reviewing Chapter 19: Civil Liberties (1st Amendment): HANDOUT

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Be Like Bhutan—Gross National Happiness versus Gross Domestic Product
2. Notes on GDP (from whiteboard): Defining GDP, nominal GDP, per capita GDP and 8 weaknesses of the GDP
3. Begin Reading Chapter 13, Section 1: Gross Domestic Product

Thursday & Friday: April 1-2

Thursday:

Period 0-->Turn in Homework
1. Finish Lecture Notes
2. Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)--page 560
3. Chapter 19--end of the chapter assessment in textbook--#1-12

Period 2
--> Turn in Homework: Online Assignment
1. Race: An American Timeline
2. 16-minute Video Clip: Rachel Maddow vs. Pat Buchanan
3. Chapter 19--end of the chapter assessment in textbook---#1-12

Period 4
1. Econ Project Presentations

Friday:

Period 0
--> Turn in Homework: Online Assignment
1. Race: An American Timeline
2. 16-minute Video Clip: Rachel Maddow vs. Pat Buchanan

Periods 1 & 3--> Turn in Homework: Online Assignment
1. Race: An American Timeline
2. 16-minute Video Clip: Rachel Maddow vs. Pat Buchanan
3. Chapter 19--end of the chapter assessment in textbook---#1-12
4. PPT Reviewing Supreme Court Church/State Decisions

Tuesday & Wednesday: March 30-31

Tuesday, March 30:

Period 2
--> Turn in Homework
1. 7-Minute Reading: CA's political landscape (handout)
2. Lecture Notes on 1st Amendment Freedom of Speech/Press/Assembly/Petition (handout)
3. Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)--see exercise on page 560

Period 4
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Owner of Poquito Mas
2. Work on Econ Projects

Wednesday, March 31

Period 0:
1. 7-Minute Reading: CA's political landscape
2. Start Lecture Notes on 1st Amendment Freedom of Speech/Press/Assembly/Petition (handout)
3. Time to work on Homework Assignment

Period 1 & 3:
--> Turn in Homework
1. 7-Minute Reading: CA's political landscape (handout)
2. Lecture Notes on 1st Amendment Freedom of Speech/Press/Assembly/Petition (handout)
3. Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)--see exercise on page 560

Last Monday Before Spring Break! (March 29)

American Government:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Supreme Court Debates Legality of Mojave Cross: here
2. Discussion Questions:
-REVIEW: What are the two religious "clauses" in the 1st Amendment?
-How did the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rule on this case?
-How did Congress respond to this ruling?
-Who is Scalia and what did he thing of the Mojave Cross?
-Are crosses in military cemetaries constitutional? Why/Why Not?
-How would you rule in the Mojave Cross case? Explain!
3. Homework Due on Tuesday/Wednesday: check School Loop for details!

Economics:
1. 20-Minute Video Clip: Moyers and Potter on Insurance Corporation and Health Care Legislation
2. Time to work on MicroEconomics Project (Due THURSDAY)

The End of the Week: March 25 & 26

Thursday:

Period 0:
1. Intro to the 1st Amendment Religion: Establishment and Free Exercise Clause
2. Read article on Lodi, CA City Council Meetings and Prayer

Period 2:
1. TEST (60 points)
2. Post-Test Essays (15 points)
3. Begin HW assignments: Define all bold words in Chapter 19 and provide one sentence summary for all Supreme Court cases (56) in Chapter 19, section 2

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Abercrombie's Unique Business Model (article)
2. Reviewing chapters 7 and 8 (handout)
3. Intro Microeconomics Project (handout): Due next Thursday!

Friday:

Period 0:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Atheists and the National Day of Prayer (article)
2. Health Care Reform Analysis
3. 20-Minute Video Clip: Bill Moyers and Wendell Potter

Period 1 & 3:
1. Intro to the 1st Amendment Religion: Establishment and Free Exercise Clause
2. Read article on Lodi, CA City Council Meetings and Prayer
3. Health Care Reform Analysis
4. 20-Minute Video Clip: Bill Moyers and Wendell Potter

Wednesday, March 24

American Government (Periods 0,1,3)
1. 30 Question Multiple Choice TEST (worth 50 points)
2. Post-Test Essays--open book, open note (worth 15 points)
3. Begin work on Chapter 19 vocabulary and SC Cases
--> Define all 20 bold words in Chapter 19 and briefly summarize all 56 Supreme Court Cases in Chapter 19, Section 2 (worth 25 points...due end of next week).

Tuesday, March 22

American Government (Period 2)
1. 7-Minute Reading: Politician's Atheism Draws a Constitutional Challenge
2. Lecture on 1st Amendment Religion
3. Reviewed the Review Sheet (Handout from Monday)
*TEST on Thursday for Period 2 only!

Economics (Period 4)
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Big Supermarket Squeeze
2. Reviewed the 4 types of Market Structures
3. Handout: Marginal Cost as a Producer
4. New Concepts/Terms: Fixed Cost, Variable Cost, Total Cost, Total Revenue, Profit, Marginal Cost (Chapter 5, Section 3 in textbook)

Monday, March 22

*Airey had a Substitute!

American Government--Periods 0,1,2,3

Monday Test Review Sheet (Handout)--Study for the TEST on Tuesday (period 2) and Wednesday (0,1,3)--study packet, review sheet and chapters 5-9 in the textbook!

Economics--Period 4

Chapter 8 Packet (Handout)

$$$, Monopolies and FOOD, INC

My desire is to make the best food in the world and heal.
Joel Salatin

Food, Inc Follow-Up:
Check out this link for 10 simple steps to change our eating habits for a better world!

American Government: Periods 0,1,2,3
--> Turned in HW assignment: Chapter 7, Section 3 Notes
1. 7-Minute Reading: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) Check out article here
2. Video Clips on the Citizens United Supreme Court case:
-Bill Moyers
-Stephen Colbert
3. Notes on Campaign Finance in US Politics (from Chapter 7, Section 3 and beyond)
4. Finish Food, Inc (2009) and write a reflection on what kind of change/transformation (personal responsibility and government intervention) you will promote as a result of this film.

Coming Up:
-Monday: Reviewing for the TEST (Chapters 5-9)
-Tues/Wed: TEST!!!!

Economics: Period 4
--> Turned in HW assignment: Chapter 7, sections 3 & 4 worksheet
1. 7-Minute Reading: Should the Florence neighborhood of LA allow Wal-Mart to build a supercenter? (pros and cons) Check out article here
2. Review of Chapter 7 (quiz...not worth points)
3. Finish Food, Inc (2009) and write a reflection on what kind of change/transformation (personal responsibility and government intervention) you will promote as a result of this film.