Tues & Wed, Jan 3-4, 2012

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Them Versus Us
Critical Questions:

A. What did Jefferson believe about government?
B. What did Hamilton believe about government?
C. Jefferson's vision has been most popular throughout US history. Why does the author of this article think that should change?
D. 3 key issues: health care, financial regulation, climate change--in YOUR own words, describe the challenge of each issue from the point of view of the author.

2. The Iowa Caucuses
3. PPT Congress: Chapter 10
--> Maddow on new voting laws

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Movie Industry 2011

A. Why would the movie industry described as "schizophrenic" in 2011?
B. Why are movie theaters more economically vulnerable than movie studios?
C. Why has Cinemark done better than other movie theater companies?
D. Give 3 reasons for lower movie theater attendance.
E. Give 2 changes that movie theaters will try in 2012 to pick up more revenue.

2. Iowa Caucuses (Quiz on Thursday)
3. Start Chapter 16 Reading & Notes (Due Monday)

With My Own Two Hands

We had a celebrity guest come by 1st Period today: Lindsey Pluimer, the former Orange County female athlete of the year and UCLA basketball star. Lindsey and her husband Anthony are great friends and they are heading to Kenya in January. Lindsey's With My Own Two Hands foundation is partnering with orphanages in Africa and plans a couple of trips every year. She stopped by to share about the ongoing HIV/AIDS pandemic and opportunities to join in the battle against this vicious disease. If you are interested in participating with her, check out her website and Facebook page!!!

Thurs & Fri, Dec 15-16

Period 2
1. Watch The Cove (2009)
1. Describe the problem/crisis in Taijei, Japan.
2. What creative strategies are used to bring solutions to this problem?
3. How effective are they in the end?
4. What issue in the US makes you angry AND how might you start/join a creative response?

Periods 1 & 3
1. Chp 16 TEST
2. The End of Poverty (2009)

Tues & Wed, December 13-14

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Telling Americans to Vote
A. What fraction of Americans vote in Presidential elections? What fraction of Americans vote in House (midterm) elections?
B. What 3 arguments does the author give to support mandatory voting in the US?
C. Why does the author want a half-dozen states to experiment with mandatory voting first?
2. Finish CA Politics 101 PPT
3. Finish half sheet questions on CA Politics!
4. Cornel West at Occupy Seattle

Period 4:
1. Chapters 14 & 15 MC Review
2. Fiscal Policy Review Sheet
3. Start WWJB?

Chapters 1 & 3
1. Test Corrections
2. Quick Read: The Columbian Exchange
3. Chp 16 PPT

Monday, December 10

Periods 0,4 & 5
--> Carbon Tax?
1. Finish Fiscal PPT
2. WWJB?

Periods 1 & 3
1. Chapter 15 Open Note TEST
2. The End of Poverty (2009)

Period 2
--> Finish CA Politics 101 PPT
--> Finish Half-Sheet!

Dec 8-9, Thurs & Fri

Period 0:
1. Finish Marginal Taxes
2. Fiscal PPT Continued

Period 0 (Fri):
1. 7-Minute Reading: Flat Tax Fever

A. What are the 2 main problems with the flat tax?
B. Why is income inequality such a BIG problem, affecting all citizens?
C. Why is our tax system so dysfunctional?
D. What is Frank’s specific tax reform proposal?

2. Warren Buffett: Raise My Taxes!
3. Colbert on Buffett
4. WWJB?

Period 2:
1. Supreme Court Case Quiz
2. The Rest of the Amendments
3. CA 101 PPT

Periods 1 & 3:
1. Test Corrections for Chapter 13 and Chapter 14 TESTS
2. Chapter 15 PPT
3. Chapter 15 Quick Read

Period 4 & 5
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Problem With the Flat Tax
2. Fiscal PPT Continued
--> Chapter 15 NOTES!

Tues & Wed, December 6-7

Period 2:
1. Open Note TEST
2. Supreme Court Cases--significance of the major historical SC cases (handout)
3. Reading on major "Supreme Mistakes" with follow-up questions (handout)

Periods 0,4 & 5:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Taxing the Rich
2. Calculating Income Tax (turn in at end of class)
3. If Time Permits: Continue with Taxes PPT

Periods 1 & 3:
1. Chapter 14 TEST
2. Compare/Contrast Essay: Pick 2--Persia, China & Russia (Analyze the similiarities and differences of Mongol Conquest)
3. Test Corrections

Monday, December 5

Periods 0,4 & 5
1. 7-Minute Reading: 9/11, Wars and the National Debt
2. PPT Taxes
3. Calculating Income Tax

Period 2
1. PPT: Patriot Act
2. Video: Glenn Greenwald on Bill Moyers

Periods 1 & 3
--> Turn-in Guided Readings
1. Test Corrections
2. Chapter 14 PPT

Walmart!!!!

Source: http://frugaldad.com

Thurs & Fri, Dec 1-2

Period 0: (Thurs)
1. 7-Minute Reading: Tax Pledge May Scuttle A Deal on Deficit
2. 60 Minutes Clip: Grover Norquist & "The Pledge"
3. PPT on National Debt/Deficit
4. Steven Colbert on Christmas Shopping

Period 0 (Fri)
1. Finish Debt/Deficit PPT
2. Tangibly Working on our Debt (cutting spending and raising taxes)
3. Worksheet on fiscal policy (2nd sheet in packet)

Period 2:
1. PPT on 5th, 6th & 8th Amendments
--> Video: Bush/Cheney, The War on Terror & Due Process
--> Video: 60 Minutes on Death Penalty

Period 4 & 5:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Tax Pledge May Scuttle A Deal on Deficit
2. PPT on National Debt/Deficit
3. Debt Working Group
4. Steven Colbert on Christmas Shopping

Periods 1 & 3
1. Practice Test
2. Chapter 13 TEST
3. Genghis Khan Quick Read

Tues & Wed, Nov 29-30

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Miranda
2. Fill-in on Due Process
--> Video: Pepper Spray at UC Davis
--> Video: 60 Minutes on Gitmo

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Too Little of a Good Thing
A. What are the 2 most important parts of Obama's stimulus plan?
B. How long will it take to get back to full employment?
C. How does Krugman disagree with "deficit hawks?"

2. Fill-ins: Taxes
3. PPT: Taxes since 1950
4. 60 Minutes Clip: Grover Norquist & "The Pledge"

Monday, November 28

Period 0,4 & 5
1. 7-Minute Reading: Keynes vs. Hayek
2. Go over Macro Stats Test (test corrections)
3. Start Fill-in Notes on Fiscal Policy

Period 2
1. Video: Michelle Alexander & Bryan Stephenson on Race
2. Power Mapping

Periods 1 & 3
1. Terms TEST III (chapters 9-12)
2. Grade Chapter 12 TEST
3. Return Essays

Thurs & Fri, November 17-18

Period 0 (thurs):
1. Confessions of an Economic Hitman

Period 0 (Fri):
1. Macro Stats TEST!!!!!

Period 2:
--> Stephen Colbert on the Gun Lobby1. Notes on Race
2. Carl Dix versus Cornel West
3. Rachel Maddow versus Pat Buchanan
4. White Privilege: Does it still exist?
--> Finish The Most Dangerous Man in America

Period 4 & 5
1. Macro Stats TEST
2. Speaking Freely: John Perkins

Tues & Wed, November 15-16

Period 2
--> Turn in HW
--> Introducing: Cornel West
1. 7-Minute: 2nd Amendment
2. Chapter 19 Review Sheet
3. Start Top Secret America

Period 4
--> Chapter 12 & 13 Notes
1. 7-Minute Reading: Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?
2. Multiple Choice Questions
3. PPT Review
4. Video: College, Inc

Wed/Thurs, November 9-10

Period 0 (Wed):
1. Fill-In Notes: Types of Unemployment and Inflation
2. Unemployment & Inflation Review
3. Chapter 13, Section 3: Poverty

Period 0 (Thurs):
1. 7-Minute: The Wageless Recovery
2. The Business Cycle
3. Leading/Lagging Indicators

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute: SC on Fred Phelps (see video here)
2. Free Speech PPT
3. Finish 1st Amendment Fill-In Notes
4. Video: Jack Abramoff on Lobbying

Periods 1 & 3
1. Unit II TEST Corrections
2. Continue Chapter 11 Notes

Periods 4 & 5
1. 7-Minute: The Wageless Recovery
2. Unemployment & Inflation Review
3. The Business Cycle
4. Leading/Lagging Indicators
5. Chapter 13, Section 3: Poverty

Mon/Tues, November 7-8

Period 0
1. 7-Minute: Fat Cats Forever?
A. What are the authors’ credentials?
B. What is the authors thesis?
C. Why is HUGE CEO pay such a big deal?
D. Why can’t we rely on the shareholders of corporations to find a solution to the problem of CEO pay?
E. Give 3 specific solutions (that the authors think will work) mentioned in the article
2. Working with CPI

Period 1 & 3
1. Unit 2 TEST
2. Practice Compare/Contrast Essay
3. Start Chapter 11 PPT

Period 5
1. 7-Minute: Fat Cats Forever?
A. What are the authors’ credentials?
B. What is the authors thesis?
C. Why is HUGE CEO pay such a big deal?
D. Why can’t we rely on the shareholders of corporations to find a solution to the problem of CEO pay?
E. Give 3 specific solutions (that the authors think will work) mentioned in the article
2. Working with CPI
3. Handout: Types of Unemployment/Inflation
4. Review Unemployment & Inflation PPT
5. Video: An Unusual Market

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute Reading: SC and Fred Phelps
2. Finish PPT on 1st A Religion
3. Finish Half-Sheet

Thurs & Fri, Nov 3-4

Period 0 (Thurs)
1. 7-Minute Reading: Be Like Bhutan
A. Give 3 examples of ways that Bhutan has made decisions that, from an economist's point of view, do not make sense.
B. Give 3 of your own ideas for the US to "achieve the greatest happiness for the greatest number of it's citizens.
2. Alternatives to GDP
3. Unemployment + Inflation PPT

Period 0 (Fri)
1. 7-Minute Reading: The 2 Jobs Report
--> How Much Is the Doggie in the Window?
2. Inflation + Unemployment handout
--> Video: Food Stamps
--> Video: The Medical Industrial Complex
-Take Notes on these key concepts:
A. universities + private corporations
B. Bayh-Dole Act
C. Chakrabarta case
D. Henrietta Lacks
E. the price of drugs
F. the corporatization of knowledge

Period 2
1. 7-Minute: Atheist Sue Over Day of Prayer
2. Handout: Religion and US Population
3. 1st A PPT
4. Chapter 19 Questions (Handout)

Periods 4 & 5
1. 7-Minute Reading: Where America's Jobs Went
2. GDP & Inflation (1/2 sheet handout)
3. Read Chapters 12 & 13 and take notes (any style)
--> Should be at least 2 pages front/back

Tues & Wed, Nov 1-2

Economics: Period 0,4 & 5
1. 7-Minute Reading: Kristof on Occupy Wall Street
2. Video: Taibbi Versus Cain on Class Warfare

--> Write a 1/2 reflection on Occupy Wall Street: why are they protesting? what do they want? what do YOU think about it?

Bonus Clip: Peter Schiff versus Cornel West

3. PPT: Who Are the 1%?
4. Test Corrections
5. 7-Minute Reading: Be Like Bhutan
A. Give 3 examples of ways that Bhutan has made decisions that, from an economist's point of view, do not make sense.
B. Give 3 of your own ideas for the US to "achieve the greatest happiness for the greatest number of it's citizens."

5a. Start Macro PPT

American Government: Period 2
1. 7-Minute Reading: Kristof on Occupy Wall Street
2. Video: Taibbi Versus Cain on Class Warfare

--> Write a 1/2 reflection on Occupy Wall Street: why are they protesting? what do they want? what do YOU think about it?

Bonus Clip: Peter Schiff versus Cornel West
Bonus Clip: Amy Goodman & Chris Hedges
3. PPT: 4 Ways the Federal Government Favors the Rich
4. TEST Corrections
5. Continue The Most Dangerous Man in America

Monday, October 31

Periods 0,4 & 5
1. Finish Food, Inc
2. Food, Inc Reflection

Period 2
1. Unit 2 TEST
2. Post-Test Assignment: Political Self-Inventory

Periods 1 & 3
1. Test 9 Corrections
2. Chapter 10 PPT

Thurs & Fri, October 27-28

Period 0
1. Finish Review Sheet
2. Continue Food, Inc (51 min)

Period 2
1. 7-Minute: Abortion
A. In what way was Palin right and in what way was she wrong?
B. What do most Americans want to do with aboriton in regards to the law?
C. Opinion: what do YOU think about abortion and the law? Do you think Roe v Wade (1973) should be overturned?
2. Review Sheet
3. The Most Dangerous Man in America

Period 4
1. Quick Review
2. TEST
3. Food Inc

Periods 4 & 5
1. TEST
2. Food, Inc

Tues & Wed, October 25-26

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute: Obama's Funding
2. Finish Campaign Finance/Corporation/Interest Group Notes
3. Video: Wendell Potter on the Health Insurance Industry
4. Continue with Daniel Ellsberg Video

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Big Push For Big Box
2. Finish PPT
3. Review Sheets (2 handouts)
4. Food, Inc

Period 0
1. 7-Minute: Big Push for Big Box
2. Finish PPT
3. Review Sheet #1

Periods 1 & 3
1. Chapter 9 PPT
2. Some Review Questions
3. Grade Terms Quiz

Monday, October 24

Periods 0,4,5
1. 7-Minute Reading: Sunk Cost Fallacy
2. PPT: Costs, Break-Even Point & Rate of Return

Period 2
1. 7-Minute Reading: Citizen's United
2. Annie Leonard on Citizen's United
3. Stephen Colbert on Citizen's United
4. Campaign Finance PPT

Periods 1 & 3
1. Chapters 5-8 Terms QUIZ
2. Grade Tests and Do Corrections

Thurs/Fri, October 20-21

Period 0 (Thurs)
1. 7-Minute: YouTube
A. How much revenue does YouTube bring in for Google?
B. Why is the hiring of Lucas Watson strategic?
C. What are the benefits and drawbacks of advertising on YouTube?
2. PPT on Businesses

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute Reading: John & Ken, FlashReport, Howard Jarvis
A. How do these media/interest-groups affect CA government?
B. Are the effects good for CA or bad?
2. PPT on Political Socialization
-->Exit Polls 2008 (analyze exit poll data for race/religion/age/etc)
3. Daniel Ellsberg Video

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute: YouTube
A. How much revenue does YouTube bring in for Google?
B. Why is the hiring of Lucas Watson strategic?
C. What are the benefits and drawbacks of advertising on YouTube?
2. PPT on Businesses
3. Review Worksheet (handout)
4. (If time) Case Study: Allergan Sees Big Market in Fat (get handout)
--> Answer these questions:
-What products does Allergan sell?
-What does Allergan want from the government (FDA)?
-How has Allergan changed over time?
-Why did Allergan have a $670 million loss for its 3rd quarter in 2010?
-How many people does Allergan employ, where are they based and what was their total revenue in 2010?

Period 0 (Friday)
1. Case Study: Allergan Sees Big Market in Fat (get handout)
--> Answer these questions:
-What products does Allergan sell?
-What does Allergan want from the government (FDA)?
-How has Allergan changed over time?
-Why did Allergan have a $670 million loss for its 3rd quarter in 2010?
-How many people does Allergan employ, where are they based and what was their total revenue in 2010?
2. Finish PPT on Businesses
3. Review Worksheet (handout)

Periods 1 & 3
1. Chapter 8 TEST
2. Vocab Review: Chapters 5-8 (Quiz on Monday)
3. Thesis & Compare/Contrast Essays

Tues/Wed, October 18-19

2nd Period
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Big Supermarket Squeeze (Where is the grocery store industry on the market structure spectrum?)
2. PPT Review (which market?):
-Starbucks
-Surfin’ Souvlaki
-In-N-Out Burger
-Verizon
-Facebook
-Major League Baseball
-Nike
-Evian Water

3. Apple Products (handouts): list each Apple product on Market Spectrum
4. Video: ATT/T-Mobile Merger
5. Review (handout)

Period 4
1. 7-Minute: Internet over Newspapers
2. Media Continued
3. Video: Net Neutrality
4. Voting Review (Textbook Questions)

Monday, October 17

Periods 0,4,5
1. Test Corrections
2. Notes on Whiteboard: The 4 Market Structures

Period 2
1. Turley on Democratic Reform
2. Media PPT Continued

Periods 1 & 3
1. Test Corrections
2. Start Chapter 8 PPT

Thurs & Fri, October 13-14

Period 0 (Thurs)
1. 7-Minute Reading: Mattel Cuts Paper Supplier
2. Finish Inside Job (+ reflection)

Period 0 (Fri)
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Big Supermarket Squeeze
2. Review of Market Structures
3. Finish Inside Job and Write Reflection

Period 2
--> Palin/Biden Continued
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Framers Can Help Us
2. PPT on Media
3. Finish Voting Reading Questions and Review

Period 4 & 5
*What's up with Occupy Wall Street?
1. 7-Minute Reading: Mattel Cuts Paper Supplier
2. Test Corrections
3. Video: Degrowth
4. Chapters 7 & 8 Reading and NOTES

Period 1 & 3
1. Chapter 7 TEST
2. Intro Compare and Contrast Essay

Tues & Wed, October 11-12

Period 2:
--> Collect HW: Create Your Own Political Party (must be typed)
1. Notes on Electoral College and Alternative Plans
2. PPT Electoral College and Reapportionment
3. HW: Voting (Chapter 6)

Period 4:
1. TEST
2. Post-Test Assignment: Start Notes on Chapter 7, Sections 1-3 (due Monday: at least 1 page front & back)
3. Video: Global Food Production (9 minutes)
4. Finish Inside Job

Period O
1. TEST
2. Post-Test Assignment: Start Notes on Chapter 7, Sections 1-3 (due Monday: at least 1 page front & back)
3. Video: Global Food Production (9 minutes)

Periods 1 & 3
1. Chapter 7 PPT
2. Post Notes Activity

Period 5:
--> Pre-Test Review
1. TEST
2. Post-Test Assignment: Start Notes on Chapter 7, Sections 1-3 (due Monday: at least 1 page front & back)
3. Video: Global Food Production (9 minutes)
4. Finish Inside Job

Monday, October 10

Periods 0,4,5
1. 7-Minute Reading: Fighting Over Food (handout)
-What is the average % of income Americans pay for food?
-Draw a supply/demand graph for the price of wheat. Include reasons from SPINE and #CGRATES.
-Why are meat and milk inefficient sources of protein?
-How do biofuels (ethanol) destabilize food prices?
-How much will the world need to produce in 2050 in order to meet demand?
2. TEST Review
--> Test on Tues/Wed

Periods 1 & 3
--> Collect Guided Reading
1. Chapter 6 TEST
2. Change/Continuity Over Time: Umayyad & Abassid Islamic States

Period 2
--> Collect HW
1. 7-Minute Reading: The War on Drugs
2. Reading & Questions on Voting

Thurs/Fri, October 6-7

Period 0 (Thurs):
1. Formative Assessment:

A. How many causes for a shift in the demand curve can you recall? List them. (Hint: SPINE)
B. How many causes for a shift in the supply curve can you recall? List them. (Hint: #CGRATES)
C. Show on a graph a curve shift that represents an increase in supply.
D. Show on a graph a curve shift that represents a increase in demand.

2. Monster Curve Shift Worksheet (handout)
3. HW Due Monday: Chapter 6 section reviews (#1-5)

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute Reading: I Love My IPhone Literally
2. Notes/Fill-In: Measuring Public Opinion
3. Chapter 8, Section 2 Reading and Questions

Period 4:
1. 7-Minute Reading: I Love My IPhone Literally
2. Formative Assessment:

A. How many causes for a shift in the demand curve can you recall? List them. (Hint: SPINE)
B. How many causes for a shift in the supply curve can you recall? List them. (Hint: #CGRATES)
C. Show on a graph a curve shift that represents an increase in supply.
D. Show on a graph a curve shift that represents a increase in demand.

3. Monster Curve Shiftage Worksheet (handout)
4. 30 More Minutes of Inside Job

Period 0 (Fri):
1. 7-Minute Reading: I Love My IPhone Literally
A. Do you personally think you relationship with your IPHONE is more of an addiction or a love affair?
B. If the neurological study of the IPHONE is correct and it is a love affair, what does that mean for the price elasticity of demand for an IPHONE?
2. 30 More Minutes of Inside Job

Periods 1 & 3
1. Formative Assessment
2. PPT: Use objectives
3. PERSIAN: Umayyid and Abassids
4. Unit 1 Terms quiz (open notes/book)
--> Chapter 6 TEST and Guided Reading due on Monday

Tues/Wed, October 4-5

Period 2
1. Continued Analysis of Biden/Palin Debate
2. Political Parties Fill-In Notes
3. Create YOUR Own Political Party:
--> Consider these issues to create your platform:
1. Which 5 issues are MOST important?
2. Give a one sentence policy stance on your issues.
3. What would your overall motto or tagline be?
Immigration, Drugs/Alcohol, Infrastructure, Homeland Security, Oil, Abortion, Rights for Minorities/Women, Racial Reconciliation, LGBTQ, Education, Food Safety, Wall Street Regulation/Deregulation, Housing, Health Care, Jobs, Taxes, Climate Change, ETC

Period 4
1. 7-Minute Reading: Desalination Projects
--> Draw a shift in supply/demand for Desalinated Water (give reason for shift)
2. Finish Demand Worksheet
3. Solving Supply and Demand Problems (handout)--shift the curves and give reasons!

Periods 1 & 3
1. Grade Tests and Test Corrections
2. PPT: 5 Overarching THEMES
3. Start Chp 6 PPT
--> Formative Assessment on Friday (doesn't count against YOU)!

Monday, October 3

Periods 0,4,5
Objective: Identifying why demand/supply curves shift
--> Formative Assessment
--> Zero Period: Paul Solmon Video (supply/demand shiftage)
--> 5th Period: Price Floors/Ceilings, Curve Shiftage (Solmon on Curve Shiftage)
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Nano
2. Finish SPINE & #CGRATES PPT
3. Worksheet on Demand Vocabulary

Periods 1 & 3
Unit 1 TEST
--> Essay on Decline/Fall of Roman Empire
HW: Write a 3-paragraph essay (1 comparison/2 contrasts or 1 contrast/2 comparisons): Compare & Contrast the collapses of the Roman Empire and Han China (Use PERSIAN categories)

Period 2
--> Collect Chapter 5, Section 3 (#1-6)
1. 1st 10 Minutes of Biden/Palin Debate
2. Start Notes on Political Parties (handout)

Friday, September 30

Period 0:
1. 7-Minute: The Fun Tax
2. PPT: Curve Shiftage
3. Inside Job

Periods 1 & 3:
1. Chapter 4 PPT
2. PERSIAN: Greece + Rome
3. Chapter 5 PPT

Period 5:
1. Supply/Demand PPT
2. 7-Minute Reading: The Folly of the Fun Tax
--> 1/2 page response: Explain how the author uses the concept of elasticity of demand is used to argue against a tax on amusement parks.
3. Paul Solmon
4. Inside Job

Thursday, September 29

Period 0: Econ
1. PPT: Elasticity of Demand
2. PPT: Supply
3. Paul Solmon Videos
4. PPT: Graphing Government Intervention

Period 2: American Government
1. TEST #1
2. Post-Test Reading: What the Founders Intended
3. Turn in NOTES from Unit 1
4. Working in the Text book: Chapter 5, Section 3 (questions #1-5 on p.131)

Period 4: Econ
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Folly of the Fun Tax
2. PPT: Elasticity of Demand
3. PPT: Curve Shifting
4. Paul Solmon on Curve Shiftage
4. Continuing Inside Job

Wednesday, September 28

Period 0: Econ
1. Collect Homework
2. 7-Minute Reading: A Costly War Machine
3. Read Chapter 5 and answer section review questions

Periods 1 & 3: AP World
--> Use the period to read chapters 4 & 5 and complete guided reading. Test postponed until Monday

Period 5: Econ
1. Collect Homework
2. 7-Minute Reading: A Costly War Machine
3. Read Chapter 5 and answer section review questions

Tuesday, September 27

Period 2: American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: A Costly War Machine
2. Finish PPT
3. Review Test
4. Video (if time): Predator Drones

Period 4: Econ
1. 7-Minute Reading: A Costly War Machine
2. PPT on Elastic/Inelastic Demand & Supply
3. Paul Solmon on Demand and Supply
4. Worksheet due Thursday

Monday, September 26

Period 0: Econ
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Speedup
A. What 3 Fallacies do the authors describe that have led to increasing speedup for the American worker?
B. What solutions do they offer to decrease speedup?
2. PPT on Demand
3. Chapter 4, Sections 1 & 2 Worksheet (due Wednesday)

Periods 1 & 3: AP World
1. Test Corrections
2. Begin Chp 4 PPT

Period 2: American Government
1. 7-Minute: Golden Gate Bridge
--> Do you agree with the government's decision?
2. PPT on Preamble

Periods 4: Econ
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Speedup
A. What 3 Fallacies do the authors describe that have led to increasing speedup for the American worker?
B. What solutions do they offer to decrease speedup?
2. PPT on Demand

Period 5: Econ
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Speedup
A. What 3 Fallacies do the authors describe that have led to increasing speedup for the American worker?
B. What solutions do they offer to decrease speedup?
2. Chapter 4, Sections 1 & 2 Worksheet (due Wednesday)

Thurs/Fri, September 22-23

Period 0 (Thursday):
1. Video: Obama's Deficit Reduction Plan
2. Review for TEST:
-Production Possibilities Curve
-PPT
-Marx versus Smith
-MC Review

Period 0 (Fri):
1. TEST
2. The US Postal Service: A Mix of Free Market and Socialism

Period 2:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Immigration
2. Finish PPT
3. Review for TEST #1

Period 4 & 5: Economics
1. TEST
2. Analysis: US Postal Service (A Mix of Capitalism and Socialism)
3. Start Inside Job

Periods 1 & 3: AP World
1. Chapter 3 TEST
2. Compare/Contrast: Mauryan/Gupta
3. Post-Test Activity: Ashoka!

Tues/Wed, September 20-21

Period 0: Econ
--> Collect HW: Chp 1-3 Notes
1. 7-Minute Reading: Bernie Sanders on Poverty
--> Bernie on Video
2. Critiques on Capitalism: Externalities
3. Interview with Micah White

Period 2: American Government
1. 7-Minute Viewing: Obama's Deficit Reduction Plan and Obama's Jobs Bill
2. PPT: Pre-Constitution, Articles of Confederation, Constitutional Convention, Federalist Papers
3. Define and Cite Examples:
-Inherent Powers (p.91)
-Reserved Powers (p.93)
-Implied Powers (p.90)
-Concurrent Powers (p.93)
-Supremacy Clause (p.94)
-Constitution: Articles I-V

Periods 4 & 5: Economics
--> Turn-in HW: Chp 1-3 Notes (due Thurs for Period 4)
1. 7-Minute Reading: Bernie Sanders on Poverty
--> Bernie on Video
2. Review for TEST:
-Production Possibilities Curve
-PPT
-Marx versus Smith
-MC Review
--> Video: Obama's Jobs Bill

Periods 1 & 3: AP World
1. Chapter 3 PPT
2. PERSIAN: Mauryan & Gupta
3. Finish Map work

Monday, September 19

Period 0: Econ
--> 7-Minute Reading: Cuba Pins Hopes on Pink Slips
1. Bush's 2008 TARP Speech
2. Micah White of Adbusters
HW due Wednesday: read Chp 1-3 and take notes on what we haven't covered in class

Periods 1 & 3: AP World
1. Test Corrections (Chapter 1 & 2)
2. Start Chp 3 PPT
HW for Friday: (A) Chp 3 Guided Reading and (B) Chp 3 TEST

Period 2: American Government
--> Collect HW: Majority Rule!
1. 7-Minute Reading: Legalizing 420
2. PPT: Philosphers Influencing Early America

Periods 4 & 5: Econ
1. 7-Minute Reading: Cuba Pins Hopes on Pink Slips
2. PPT: Stiglitz, Safron-Foer and Externalities
HW Due Wednesday: Read Chp 1-3 and take notes on what we haven't covered in class

Th/Fri, Sept 15-16

Period 0: Econ
1. Zuckerberg Interview
2. Lecture: Capitalism versus Socialism
---------------------
3. 7-Minute Reading: Free Market Baby Making
4. Strengths and Weaknesses of Capitalism: Bush's TARP Speech

Period 2: American Government
--> Review Liberal versus Conservative (PPT)
--> Vote on same-sex marriage
1. 7-Minute Reading:
2. PPT: 6 Key Principles of the American Constitution
HW: When a Majority is Not Enough (Handout)
1. What % of the vote do CA legislators need to pass a budget?
2. Why is that the law?
3. Do you like that law? Why/why not?
4. Define: A. Plurality; B. Majority; C. Supermajority; D. unanimity
5. Give two specific examples of supermajority in action.
6. Give the advantages for using supermajority to make decisions.
7. Give the disadvantages for using supermajority to make decisions.
8. Why did the progressives want to use supermajorities in the state legislature and create the referendum process?
9. When did CA voters adopt 2/3 vote for taxes and budgets?
10. What main point is the author trying to make?


Period 4 & 5: Econ1. 7-Minute Reading: Free Market Baby-Making? (aka, Capitalism at her finest)
2. A Quick Review: Smith versus Marx
3. Strengths and Weaknesses of Capitalism: Bush's TARP Speech
4. Adbusters Interview: Why ways does Micah White critique capitalism? What do you resonate with? What is abrasive? What areas of YOUR life to you recognize that Capitalism has affected YOU?

AP World
--> Turn in Guided Reading
1. Chapter 1 & 2 TEST
2. Extended Analysis (use TEXTBOOK!)
3. Finish PERSIAN Charts

Tues/Wed, September 13-14

Period 0: Econ
--> 7-Minute Reading: Plastic Bags?
1. Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility
2. Video: The Story of Stuff
3. Econ 101

Period 4 & 5: Econ
1. 7-Minute Reading: Plastic Bags?
2. More Econ Terms
3. Mark Zuckerberg Interview
4. PPT Notes: Capitalism versus Socialism

Period 2: American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Original Intent of the Constitution (what was the main idea of the reading? How does it relate to the two SC cases?)
2. Lecture: Liberal versus Conservative
3. Key Issue: Gay Marriage (10 minute video debate)--summarize pros and cons of legalizing gay marriage and write a 1/2 page reflection on your current convictions on the issue.

Period 1 & 3: AP World History
1. Finish Chapter 1 PPT
2. Chapter 1 Reading QUIZ
3. Chapter 2 PPT
4. PERSIAN Charts: Chinese Dynasties

Monday, September 12

Period 0 & 5 Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Debit Cards
2. Some Opening Questions:

A. If Grandma gives you $10,000 for graduating from high school, what will you do with it?
B. If your mom gave you $5 for lunch, where would you spend it?
C. What will YOU do tonight from 6-8pm?
D. California has a $25 billion budget deficit. How should the governor and legislature fill that gap?

3. Key Concepts (NOTES):

-Thinking at the Margin
-Guns or Butter?
-Production Possibilities Curve
-Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility (Video: The Story of Stuff)
-Econ 101: Key Terms (Video: Zuckerberg on 60 Minutes)

Period 1 & 3: AP World
1. Must Know Dates Quiz
2. Grade both quizzes and do corrections
3. Chapters 1 PPT & Lecture
4. Textbooks!!!!
5. Start Chapter 2 GR

Friday, Sept 9

Power Outage: SCHOOL HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE DAY

Thurs, Sept 8

0 Period Economics
1. Syllabus
2. 7-Minute Reading: Theaters Fight Studio Over VOD
3. Textbooks!!!!

Period 2 American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: Kobe vs. Shaq (individualism vs. common good)
2. Key Question: How would YOU define DEMOCRACY?
3. Follow-Up Question: Based on YOUR definition of Democracy, would you describe the American system of government as a Democracy? EXPLAIN.
4. Jeffrey Stout on DEMOCRACY
5. Textbooks!!!
6. Some Questions from the TEXT:
Geographic Distribution of Power (pp.14—15)
Unitary
Federal
Confederate

Relationship Between Legislative and Executive Branches (pp.15—16)
Presidential
Parliamentary

Foundations of Democracy (pp.18—21)
Worth of the Individual
Equality of ALL Persons
Majority Rule, Minority Rights
Necessity of Compromise
Individual Freedom
Government & the Free Enterprise System (Preview/Review of Econ)

Period 4: Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Debit Cards
2. Some Opening Questions:

A. If Grandma gives you $10,000 for graduating from high school, what will you do with it?
B. If your mom gave you $5 for lunch, where would you spend it?
C. What will YOU do tonight from 6-8pm?
D. California has a $25 billion budget deficit. How should the governor and legislature fill that gap?

3. Key Concepts (NOTES):

-Thinking at the Margin
-Guns or Butter?
-Production Possibilities Curve
-Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility (Video: The Story of Stuff)
-Econ 101: Key Terms (Video: Zuckerberg on 60 Minutes)

Wednesday, September 7: First Day of School!

AP World
--> Turn in Expectations Homework
1. QUIZ on Chapters 1-4 Summaries
2. Read syllabus on School Loop

Economics
1. Syllabus

American Government
1. Syllabus
2. Opening Questions:
A. Define GOVERNMENT
B. I’ve recently been hearing a lot about how our government is TOO BIG. Is this your experience? Explain how you think government is too big or too small. Be specific.
C. Can YOU think of some things that are legal that you believe should be outlawed? Explain.
D. Can YOU think of some things that are illegal that you believe should be legal? Explain.

Tues/Wed, June 7-8

2 More Weeks!!!!

AP World
--> The Cove (2009)

American Government
--> Start Working on the Review Sheet (handout)

Economics
1. World Trade Notes (handout)
2. Start Working on the Review Sheet (handout)

TOP U.S. Imports From China
1. Sporting goods and toys … $29.2 billion
2. Other household goods … $27.5 billion
3. Computer accessories … $27 billion
4. Computers … $25 billion
5. Non-cotton apparel … $15.3 billion
6. Video equipment (DVD) … $15.1 billion
7. Telecommunications … $14.5 billion
8. Cotton apparel … $13.4 billion
9. Furniture, household items … $13.3 billion
10. Footwear … $11.6 billion

Monday, June 6

AP World
--> Multicultural Assembly in Mall

Economics
--> Better World Shopper Assignment (due Friday):
-Explore the site for 10 minutes
-Summarize what the point of the site is
-What's your opinion?
-Go to "rankings" and scroll down the list of "product rankings"--list 5 key categories for YOU and research them on the site
-What buying habits will you change as a result of this exercise? Is there a product you will refuse to buy? Is there a product that you'll try now as a result of their solid grade on Better World Shopper?
1. 7-Minute Reading: Matt Taibbi on NFL Unions
2. Notes on Chapter 9
3. Read Chapter 9 and Take Notes

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: This is the US on Drugs
2. California Government PPT

Thurs & Fri, June 2-3

AP World
1. 7-Minute Reading: Florida Pastor Burns Koran, Sparks Killing
2. Finish Amazing Grace (2006)

Economics
1. Finish Monetary Policy Notes
2. Open Note Test
3. Bernanke on 60-Minutes (1/2 sheet handout)

American Government
--> Turn in Chapter 14 questions/answers
1. Finish Notes on Presidency
2. Open Note Test
3. 60 Minutes Presents: Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State)

Tues & Wed, May 31-June 1

3 Weeks 'Til Graduation!!!!

AP World
1. 7-Minute Reading: To Renovate, and Surpass, City's Legacy
--> 3 questions:
A. How does this article reveal that historical racism and injustice still affects the US today?
B. Why does the author of this article think the proposal will help alleviate structural injustice (racism)?
C. Give more ideas for how the US can work to eliminate racism.

2. First hour of Amazing Grace

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: More Jobs Available, But At Lower Wages
2. Monetary Policy Notes
3. Chapter 16 Reading: Notes/Outline (1-page front/back)--due FRIDAY

Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: GOP Shifts Stance on Immigration
2. PPT on Executive Branch
3. Chapter 14 Textbook Questions

Thurs/Fri, May 26-27

Economics
1. Finish Note Packet
2. TEST on Friday
3. Post Test Assignment:
 Read over the recommendations from the Bowles-Simpson report on Fiscal Responsibility. Select 7 specific spending cuts and/or tax raises that YOU would implement to reduce the National Debt. You can also come up with your own ideas to complement these specific suggestions.
 Include an explanation for your recommendations.


AP World
1st Period: Food Inc
2nd Period: Mulan

American Government
1. TEST on Congress (chapters 10-11)
2. Post Test Assignment: Chapter 13 Questions from textbook (handout)

Tues & Wed, May 24-25

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: CA Unfriendly to Business? NO!
A. Why is CA's 8.84% corporate tax rate really not that high (give 4 reasons)?
B. Why does Prop 13 affect corporations/businesses less than homeowners?
C. Why are corporations at a HUGE advantage when it comes to paying less taxes?
D. Compare the % of taxes corporations pay to the general fund now compared to 1977-78.
2. Notes continued!
3. Prezi Presents Proposition 13

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: Ban Happy Meals!
2. Handout: Bill-->LAW
3. Multiple Choice Quiz
4. PPT Review of Congress!!!!!

AP World
--> God Grew Tired of Us (2006)

Monday, 5/23

Economics
--> Finish Reading Budget Battle article
--> Write an essay that summarizes the main points of the article. You should include commentary and critique. What do YOU think? Give your opinion on where the US should go with their budget issues.

American Government
--> 7-Minute Reading Facebook
1. How many people have Facebook accounts today?
2. How many hours a month is the average Facebook user on their account?
3. Do you have an account? If so, do you spend more or less than the average # of hours per month?
4. How long has Facebook been a company?
5. Is it a public or private company?
6. Why was Facebook's first experiement with paid advertising a flop?
7. What percentage of all online ads appeared on Facebook in Feb '11?
8. Explain how Facebook ads work for small business owners.
9. Opinion: After reading this article, has your feelings about Facebook changed at all? Reflect on your thoughts and feelings about Facebook.
10. Opinion: Do you think that the government should be involved in regulating Facebook (making rules that limit what they can and cannot do with user's info)?

--> Read Chapter 12, sections 3-4 and do section review questions (#1-5 on page 340; #1-5 on page 346)

AP World
--> 7-Minute Reading Facebook
1. How many people have Facebook accounts today?
2. How many hours a month is the average Facebook user on their account?
3. Do you have an account? If so, do you spend more or less than the average # of hours per month?
4. How long has Facebook been a company?
5. Is it a public or private company?
6. Why was Facebook's first experiement with paid advertising a flop?
7. What percentage of all online ads appeared on Facebook in Feb '11?
8. Explain how Facebook ads work for small business owners.
9. Opinion: After reading this article, has your feelings about Facebook changed at all? Reflect on your thoughts and feelings about Facebook.
10. Opinion: Do you think that the government should be involved in regulating Facebook (making rules that limit what they can and cannot do with user's info)?

Friday, May 20

Economics
--> 7-Minute Reading: The Master Plan
1. Why won't the tax extensions be up for a vote in June?
2. What did students at UCLA pay for tuition 10 years ago?
3. What do students at UCLA pay now for tuition?
4. What percentage of CA state Assembly and Senate members attended a community college, Cal State and/or UC school?
5. How many GOP votes are needed in the Legislature to put the tax extensions up for a vote?
6. How many of the 42 GOP Legislators are products of the state's higher education system?
7. What does Block give credit to creating an economy based on technological innovation?
8. Summarize Block's main point in one sentence.

--> Read Chapter 14 and fill out worksheet on sections 2 & 4

AP World History
--> 7-Minute Reading: The Master Plan
1. Why won't the tax extensions be up for a vote in June?
2. What did students at UCLA pay for tuition 10 years ago?
3. What do students at UCLA pay now for tuition?
4. What percentage of CA state Assembly and Senate members attended a community college, Cal State and/or UC school?
5. How many GOP votes are needed in the Legislature to put the tax extensions up for a vote?
6. How many of the 42 GOP Legislators are products of the state's higher education system?
7. What does Block give credit to creating an economy based on technological innovation?
8. Summarize Block's main point in one sentence.

--> Allow Students to go to lockers if they need to get resources from other classes.

American Government
--> 7-Minute Reading: The Master Plan
1. Why won't the tax extensions be up for a vote in June?
2. What did students at UCLA pay for tuition 10 years ago?
3. What do students at UCLA pay now for tuition?
4. What percentage of CA state Assembly and Senate members attended a community college, Cal State and/or UC school?
5. How many GOP votes are needed in the Legislature to put the tax extensions up for a vote?
6. How many of the 42 GOP Legislators are products of the state's higher education system?
7. What does Block give credit to creating an economy based on technological innovation?
8. Summarize Block's main point in one sentence.

--> Chapter 12 Worksheet Questions (handout--use textbook)

Tues/Wed, May 10-11

Economics:
Bush Tax Cuts: A Compromise (handout)
1. As you read, list as many elements of the compromise as you can.
2. Explain how this compromise helps grow the economy (“stimulus” or “increase aggregate demand”).
3. How is the compromise funded/financed?
4. Opinion: Do YOU think it is a fair compromise?

AP World
1. Mock Test #2
2. DBQ Review

American Government
Period 3
--> Deputy Wayne

Period 5
--> No End In Sight (2007)--worksheet included

Thursday, May 19

Economics
Thursday:
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. Understanding Income Tax: Find out how much these folks pay in Federal Income Tax (a) with the Bush Tax Cuts Compromise and (b) if the Bush Tax Cuts Expired (see handout)

A. Barack Obama: $1,728,000 ($388,000 in deductions)
B. Tyler Matzek ('09): $3,900,000
C. Tyler Matzek ('10): $18,000
D. Tom Airey: $70,000

AP World History (2nd Period)
1. Mulan!!!!!

Monday, 5/16

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Osama and The Millennials
2. Obama Interview, Part II
3. Obama Interview, Part III
--> Read article and write a 1/2 page summary and 1/2 page opinion on article.
--> Watch part 2 and part 3 of the Obama 60 Minutes interview and write down 10 significant things you learned about Obama, Osama and any other 9/11 Drama.

AP World
1. 7-Minute Reading: Osama and The Millennials
2. Obama Interview, Part II
3. Obama Interview, Part III
--> Read article and write a 1/2 page summary and 1/2 page opinion on article.
--> Watch part 2 and part 3 of the Obama 60 Minutes interview and write down 10 significant things you learned about Obama, Osama and any other 9/11 Drama.

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: Osama and The Millennials
2. Obama Interview, Part II
3. Obama Interview, Part III
--> Read article and write a 1/2 page summary and 1/2 page opinion on article.
--> Watch part 2 and part 3 of the Obama 60 Minutes interview and write down 10 significant things you learned about Obama, Osama and any other 9/11 Drama.

Th/Fri, May 12-13

Economics
Thursday
1. Fiscal Policy Worksheet (in packet)
2. Read/Outline Chapter 15 (due Fri)
Friday
1. Collect Chapter 15 Outline
2. Read 1st 3 pages of Budget Battle article
3. Show National Debt Graph
4. Continue Notes on Taxes

AP World
--> AP TEST!!!!!!

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: Robert Byrd
2. Notes on back of article
3. Finish Fill-In Notes
4. Textbook Assignment
5. If time: Part II of Obama 60 Minutes Interview

Monday, May 9

AP World
1. Final AP Review Test #4
2. Test Corrections: Chapters 34-36 (Open note/book test from Th/Fri)

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Moshe Adler on Taxing the Wealthy
2. Continue Fiscal Policy Notes
3. Part 1 of Obama 60 Minutes Interview

American Government
1. Begin Congress Unit (PPT notes: handout)
2. Part 1 of Obama 60 Minutes Interview

Thurs/Fri, May 5-6

Economics

Thursday:
1. 8-minute clip: Stiglitz & the $3 Trillion War
2. Deputy Wayne continued

Friday:
1. 12-Minute clip: Predator Drones
2. Krugman continued (what a Keynesian thinks!)
3. Begin notes on Fiscal Policy

AP World
1. Must Know Dates Quiz
2. Finish PPT on Chapters 34-36
3. Open Note/Book Test on Chapters 34-36


American Government--Period 3
1. 8-minute clip: Stiglitz & the $3 Trillion War
2. 7-Minute Reading: 5 Worst SC Rulings EVER (handout--summarize all 5)
3. SC Cases continued--discussion
4. 12-Minute clip: Justice Stevens
5. If time: Toobin on Bill Moyers

American Government--Period 5
1. Scahill and Greenwald on the Ed Show (Discussing Osama, Afghanistan, Iraq & Pakistan)
2. 60 Minutes on Predator Drones">Drone Warfare3. Lecture on Supreme Court (handout)
4. Assignment: Significance of key SC cases

Tues & Wed, May 4-5

Economics: Deputy Wayne!!!!

AP World
1. Start PPT on Chapters 34-36
2. Practice Essay: Change & Continuity Over Time
3. Grade Review Test #3 (Test Corrections)

American Government:
1. Scahill and Greenwald on the Ed Show (Discussing Osama, Afghanistan, Iraq & Pakistan)
2. 60 Minutes on Drone Warfare
3. Lecture on Supreme Court (handout)
4. Assignment: Significance of key SC cases

Thurs/Fri, April 28-29

Economics:
Thurs:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Outsourcing (handout: list key reasons why this has increased rapidly in the past 3 decades)
2. Lecture Notes on Business Cycle and Leading/Lagging Indicators
3. Homework: Chapter 13, Section 3 Questions on the back of the fill-in-the-blank notes for Unemployment/Inflation (due Friday)

Fri:
1. Collect Homework
1a. 7-Minute Reading: Robert Reich article (what is Reich's thesis and what does he think we should do to fix the economy?)
2. Review Macro Stats (PPT)
3. Practice Multiple Choice Test


AP World
*Mock AP Test #1

American Government
1. 7-Minute: Jared Loughner--No Death Penalty?
2. Death Penalty Arguments and Statistics
3. 60 Minute Clip: Death Penalty and DNA
4. 60 Minute Clip: Guantanamo Bay Scandal

Tues/Wed, April 26-27

Economics:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Fat Cats (handout--1/2 page summarizing argument and 1/2 on your opinion)
2. Continue Macro PPT: Inflation
3. Lagging Indicators/Leading Indicators
4. Poverty worksheet for homework

AP World:
1. Test Corrections: Review Test #2
2. Timelines
3. PPT: AP Test Multiple Choice Guidelines

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: Miranda Warnings (handout--1/2 page summary)
2. Chapter 20 PPT
3. Finish Inside Job

Thurs/Fri, April 21-22

Economics
Thurs:
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Two Jobs Report (handout)

Questions:
A. How does the author explain the tension of the 2 jobs reports (how can they BOTH tell so different stories)?
B. According to the author, why do Americans persistently focus on what is wrong with the American economy (last paragraph)?

2. PPT Notes on Unemployment
3. Inside Job Continued

Fri:
1. Worksheet on GDP and Inflation (do both sides--due at end of period)

AP World
1. PPT on Chapter 33
2. Chapter 33 TEST
3. Chapter 34 Practice Test
4. Work on Timelines (both docs on School Loop: Timelines and Must Know Dates)

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Supreme Court Gun Fight (handout)
--> Summarize both points of view and write an opinion piece taking a position on the issue

2. Read Chapter 20 and take notes (at least 2 pages, front/back)
3. pg.590, #10-25

Tues/Wed, April 19-20

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Be Like Bhutan (handout)
2. PPT on Gross Domestic Product

AP World
1. PPT on chapter 32
2. DBQ Practice

American Government
1. 2nd Amendment Preview/Notes
2. 1st Amendment Review Sheet (handout)

Monday, April 18

Economics and American Government
*Guest Speaker from Westwood College

AP World
*Review Test #1 (8000BCE to 500CE)--corrections and analysis

Th/Fri, April 14-15

Economics
--> Business Project Presentations
--> Continue Inside Job (2010)

AP World
1. Finish Chp 31 PPT
2. Chp 31 Test
3. Essay: Compare/Contrast US and USSR during Cold War Period (political, economic, and cultural)

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: South Park versus Revolution Muslim (get handout)

Reflections:
1. What do YOU think of Comedy Central’s decision to bleep out Muhammad on South Park? Agree? Disagree? Explain?

2. What do YOU think about the constitutionality of a blogger from the Revolution Muslim writing the things he wrote? Should this be censored by the government? Explain.

2. PPT Notes on Freedom of Speech, Press, Assembly (get handout)
3. Continue Inside Job

Tues/Wed, April 12-13

Economics:
--> Working on the Business Project

AP World:
1. Test Corrections
2. Chp 31 PPT
3. Persian Charts: US versus USSR (Cold War)

American Government:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Fred Phelps versus the father of a dead soldier
2. Notes on Freedom of Religion (Part I of the 1st Amendment)
3. HW: 22 Questions on Chapter 19, sections 1-2 (handout)

Monday, April 11

Economics
1. Introduction to Business Project and Time to work on it in class.

AP World
1. Chapter 30 TEST
2. Chapter 30 Review Sheet

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: Atheists versus Evangelical Christians over the Day of Prayer
--> Summarize arguments on both sides in regards to the 1st Amendment
--> Opinion: which side to you agree with?
2. Start 1st Amendment PPT

Thurs/Fri, March 31--April 1

Economics
1. Notes on Costs (handout)
2. Micro Review Sheet (handout)
3. Micro II TEST and Corrections
4. Annie Leonard on Bottled Water

AP World History
1. PPT Notes on Marx/Communism/Russia/China
2. TEST and corrections

American Government
1. TEST
2. Political Self-Inventory (see course locker on School Loop)
3. Read article (handout) on Internet Tax proposals and complete this assignment:

Write a letter to the editor of the LA Times in response to this article. Take a position on the issue and make strong arguments to support your position. Be sure to include how the proposal in the article affects businesses, the government and consumers.

Tues/Wed, March 29-30

Economics
1. Chapter 8 QUIZ
2. 7-Minute Reading: The Sunk Cost Fallacy
--> What is the sunk cost fallacy?
--> Give two examples of how the sunk cost fallacy has played out in YOUR life.
3. Notes on Costs (handout)
4. Video: The Story of Citizens United
--> According to the video, why is this recent Supreme Court case so bad for democracy?
--> What did you learn about corporations in this video?

*Colbert on the Citizens United Case

AP World
1. Review Terms Quiz III
2. Grade Chapter 28 TEST
3. Grade Review Terms Quiz II
4. Begin Chapter 29 PPT
5. 20 minutes to work on Chapter 29 Guided Reading

American Government
1. PPT on Corporations & Interest Groups
2. Video: The Story of Citizens United
--> According to the video, why is this recent Supreme Court case so bad for democracy?
--> Does this video have a bias? Explain.
3. Video: Wendell Potter on the Health Care Industry (first 10 minutes of interview)
--> What did you learn about corporate spending in this interview?

*Colbert on the Citizens United Case

Monday, March 28

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Allergan Sees Big Market in Fat (get handout)
--> Answer these questions:
-What products does Allergan sell?
-What does Allergan want from the government (FDA)?
-How has Allergan changed over time?
-Why did Allergan have a $670 million loss for its 3rd quarter in 2010?
-How many people does Allergan employ, where are they based and what was their total revenue in 2010?

2. Complete packet on Chapter 8 (get handout)--Quiz on Wednesday

AP World
1. Finish Chapter 28 PPT
2. Chapter 28 TEST

American Government
1. Unit II Review Sheet--Test on Wednesday!!!!

Thurs/Fri, March 24-25

Economics

Thursday
1. Open-Note Quiz
2. 7-Minute: Supermarket Squeeze (handout)

A. Which of the 4 market structures best describes the SoCal supermarket industry?
B. What key changes have been made to the industry?
C. List all the different supermarkets that you/your parents buy from.

3.  Are the best schools best for all their students, or are student athletes being left behind?

--> An NCAA Tourney Bracket based on Academic Performance

--> US News & World Report’s Rankings

--> Summarize your findings

Friday:
1. Test Corrections
2. Start Inside Job (2010)

American Government:

PollingReport.com: Look up 5 different issues and report on what public opinion is for each.

Analyze the Exit Poll from the Presidential Election in 2008. List 10 key statistics.

--> Get notes on political socialization.

AP World History
1. Essay: Describe the changes and continuity of the world between WWI and the 21st century. (Use notes from textbook pp.636-645)
2. Chapter 28 PPT notes continued
3. Test corrections from chapter 27 TEST

Tues/Wed, March 22-23

AP World
1. Review Terms QUIZ II
2. Take notes/outline on pp.636-642
3. Test Corrections: Chapter 27 & Review Terms QUIZ I
4. Start Chapter 28 PPT

Economics
1. Lecture on Market Structures
2. Video Clip:

A. How will this merger affect AT&T?
B. How will this merger affect Sprint & Verizon?
C. How will this merger affect consumers?
D. Does the government have any say over whether this happens or not?
E. What does the word "anti-trust" mean?

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Framers Can Help Us

--> How should we change each of these to work better for American citizens, according to Turley: third parties, gerrymandering, electoral college, primaries?

2. Finish electoral college map and notes
3. Fill-in notes on Public Opinion

Monday, March 21

Economics
1. Read Chapter 7 in textbook and take notes/outline (about a page).

AP World
1. Work on Chapter 28 GR

American Government
1. Do questions #14-31 on Chapter 7 (back of the 1/2 sheet chapter 5, section 5 questions).

Thurs & Fri, March 17-18

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Folly of the Fun Tax (what does elasticity of demand have to do with the proposed tax on Disneyland? why does Navarro think the tax will actually reduce revenue and jobs for the state?)
2. Quick Review for the TEST
3. Finish Food, Inc and Write a critical reflection

AP World
1. Turn in GR
2. Finish Chp 27 PPT
3. Chp 27 TEST
4. Write Change/Continuity Essay for Ottoman Empire
5. Change Analysis Worksheet: JAPAN

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: Anti-Tax Activists

A. Which of the 4 types of media do John and Ken (on KFI radio) represent?
B. How would you evaluate John and Ken? Is this good journalism?

2. Chapter 8 Fill-in Notes (handout)
3. Coloring the Electoral Map! (handout)

Tues/Wed, March 15-16

Economics
1. QUIZ: Supply/Demand (15 pts)
2. In Class Review Sheet

AP World
1. Review Quiz (Terms Chapters 1-4)
2. Start Chapter 27 PPT
3. Change Analysis Worksheet: Japan

American Government
1. 7-Minute: Internet Tops Newspapers (summarize in 1/2 page)
2. PPT Notes on Media (the role of Journalism in a democracy!)

Monday, March 14

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Bad News for Dairy Farmers (get handout & show on a graph the shift in demand and/or supply curves and give reasons for shift)
2. Review Sheet on Curve Shiftage

AP World
1. Test Corrections
2. Time to work on Chp 27 GR & study for terms quiz

American Government
1. 7-Minute: Golden Gate Net? (get handout: write a 1/2 commentary on SF's decision to build the safety net...do you agree with the decision...why/why not?)
2. Greenwald/Scahill on The Purpose of Media (watch and take a page of notes)

Thurs & Fri, March 10-11

Economics
Thursday
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Nano (get handout and summarize)
2. Shift in Supply/Demand Curves
3. Word Problems!

Friday
1. 7-Minute Reading: Fighting Over Food (get handout and summarize: why are food prices increasing around the world?)
2. Finish Supply/Demand Curve Problems
3. Continue Food, Inc

AP World
1. Qing Dynasty PPT
2. Chapter 26 TEST
3. Change/Continuity Essay

American Government
1. 15 Minute Video: Biden versus Palin (identify liberal and conservative policies)
2. Continue Fill-in-the-Blank Notes
3. Finish Questions on 6.1/6.2 (end of notes), as well as half sheet Chapter 5.5 & Chapter 7.1 & 7.2.

Tues & Wed, March 8-9

AP World
1. Peer Grading (Compare/Contrast Essay)
2. Continue Chapter 26 PPT

American Government
1. Quick Video: Meet The Press (from Sunday Morning)--1/2 page reflection on these opposing points of view (share your opinion!)
2. 7-Minute Reading: GOP Candidates
3. Start fill-in-the-blank notes on Political Parties

Monday, March 7

Economics:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Twitter (get handout--summarize their business plan)
2. Continue with Unit II PPT (Price Floors: minimum wage)
3. Continue with Food, Inc

AP World
1. Test Corrections
2. Begin Chapter 26 PPT

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: Newt Gingrich (what specific policies does he support?)
2. Finish Frontline/PBS documentary: Obama's Deal (1/2 page summary and 1/2 page reflection)

Thurs/Fri, March 3-4

Economics

Thursday:
1. Reviewing Supply/Demand
2. Price Ceilings
3. Elasticity of Demand
4. 7-Minute Reading: America's Good Food Fight

Friday:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Big Burgers Still Rule (summarize and give your opinion!)
2. Test Corrections
3. 1st 30 Minutes of Food, Inc

AP World
1. Finish Chapter 25 PPT
2. Test and Essay!

American Government
1. Quiz on Chapter 4
2. Turn in Outline/Notes for Chapter 4
3. 7-Minute Reading: What the Founders Intended (get handout--summarize in 1/2 page)
4. PPT: Finish Preamble and Chapter 4 notes

Tues/Wed, March 1-2

AP World
1. Chapter 25 PPT
2. Prep for Compare/Contrast Essay: Mexico versus Argentian Economic Transformation

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Turmoil in OPEC Nation Drives Oil Prices Up Sharply

A. What is OPEC?
B. Where does CA get its oil?
C. So does Libya affect CA oil prices?
D. Gas prices are going up: is this effect caused by a change in supply or demand?
E. What do gas prices have to do with the unemployment rate and the inflation rate?

2. Start Unit 2 PPT: Microeconomics (Supply and Demand)
3. Solmon Videos on Supply and Demand Curves

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: Framing Today's Abortion Debate
A. Locate Cohen on the Political Spectrum
B. What is her main point about the abortion debate?
C. What's wrong with all these polls claiming that America is becoming more "pro-life?"
D. According to Cohen, how should those who believe abortion should be legal frame the issue?

2. Unit 1 Test Corrections
3. Start Unit 2 PPT

Monday, February 28

Economics
1. Unit 1 TEST
2. Post-Test Assignment (10 points): Read article on Cuba and write a 1-page reflection on it using concepts/terms you learned in Unit 1. Let it be an analysis and an opinion (don't just summarize the article!)

AP World
1. Test Corrections
2. DBQ Grading

American Government
1. Unit 1 TEST
2. Post-Test Assignment (10 points): Read Chapter 4 in Textbook and outline it (use any format that works best for YOU)

Thurs/Fri, Feb 24-25

AP World
1. Finish PPT
2. TEST
3. DBQ

Economics
Thurs:
1. 7-Minute Reading: CA's Budget Dilemma (handout: how does Gov Brown's budget proposal specifically affect YOU!)
2. Roles of Government
3. Start Reviewing for TEST (Mon)

Fri:
1. 7-Minute Reading: Free Market Baby Making (Who does IVF better: US or Europe? Why is the free market approach better?)
2. Finish Test Review: Handout and PPT
3. Zuckerberg's Interview, Part II

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: They're Doing It Without Us
2. Finish PPT (Amendments, Preamble, Etc)--get handout also!
3. Review for TEST on Monday!

Tues/Wed, February 22-23

AP World
1. Test Corrections
2. DBQ Feedback
3. Chapter 24 PPT

Economics (Wed)
--> Casey Wian on Wisconsin
1. Roundtable on Wisconsin/Unions (can you label each voice on the economic spectrum: from capitalist on the right to socialist on the left)
2. Another View: Matt Taibbi on Democracy Now
3. Finish PPT

American Government
--> Casey Wian on Wisconsin
1. Roundtable on Wisconsin/Unions (can you label each voice on the political spectrum: from conservative on the right to liberal on the left)
2. Another View: Matt Taibbi on Democracy Now
3. PPT on philosophers
4. Social Contract Theory

Thurs/Fri, Feb 16-17

Economics (Thurs):
1. 7-Minute Reading: Norway (List 7 ways Norway's economic system is different than ours. How do they get more revenue to offer SO MANY benefits?)--get HANDOUT
2. PPT Notes

Economics (Fri):
1. 7-Minute Reading: Free Market Baby-Making (Why does the author think that American free-market IVF is better than Europe's?)
2. Video Clip: Bush's 2008 speech

What was the problem?
What actions did Bush take?
What would happen if he didn’t take these actions?

3. Video Clip: Cornel West's response

Where is Cornel West on the economic spectrum?
How can YOU tell?

AP World
1. Turn in Guided Reading
2. Finish Chapter 23 PPT
3. Chapter 23 TEST

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: Dying for a Text Message

-What should government do about texting while driving?
-What does your proposed law (or lack thereof) say about YOUR philosophy of government?

2. Continue PPT Notes
3. Federalist Papers: Read first 5 paragraphs of Federalist #10 on page 783

-Summarize what the author is saying!!!!!

4. Concluding Reading: When a Majority is Not Enough

Answer These:
1. What % of the vote do CA legislators need to pass a budget?
2. Why is that the law?
3. Do you like that law? Why/why not?
4. Define:
A. plurality
B. majority
C. supermajority
D. unanimity
5. Give two specific examples of supermajority in action.
6. Give the advantages for using supermajority to make decisions.
7. Give the disadvantages for using supermajority to make decisions.
8. Why did the progressives want to use supermajorities in the state legislature and create the referendum process?
9. When did CA voters adopt 2/3 vote for taxes and budgets?
10. What main point is the author trying to make?

Mon/Tues, Feb 14-15

AP World
1. Test Corrections/Make-up: Chapter 22
2. Begin Chapter 23 PPT
3. Time to work on Guided Readings

Economics
1. Chapter 1 QUIZ
2. PPT Notes: Capitalism versus Socialism
3. Adbusters Interview: Why ways does Micah White critique capitalism? What do you resonate with? What is abrasive? What areas of YOUR life to you recognize that Capitalism has affected YOU?

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Original Intent of the Constitution (what was the main idea of the reading? How does it relate to the two SC cases?)
2. PPT Notes: 6 Principles of the Constitution
3. Key Issue: Gay Marriage (video debate)--summarize pros and cons of legalizing gay marriage and write a 1/2 page reflection on your current convictions on the issue

Friday, Feb 11

Economics
1. Video Clip: The Story of Stuff (what resonates? what is abrasive?)
2. PPT Notes
3. Video Clip: Mark Zuckerburg 60 Minutes Interview (write a 1/2 page reflection on what YOU found to be significant about Zuckerburg's entrepreneurship)

AP World
1. TEST
2. Post-Test Essay Questions:
A. Complete PERSIA Charts: Ming China & Japan
B. Compare the European intrusion into the African commercial system with their entry into the Asian network.
C. Describe the origins of the European tribute system.
D. Make an outline for an AP Test Compare/Contrast essay: The means/motives of overseas expansion--Europe versus China (use Venn Diagram that you constructed on Tues/Wed)

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: Kobe versus Shaq (what does it mean to be Kobe-ite? Shaq-ite?)
2. PPT Notes: The Political Spectrum
3. Apply the Political Spectrum: Watch this panel discussion and plot Cornel West (3:21), David Frum (21:37) and Maria Bartolomo (24:33) on the political spectrum! What makes each conservative or liberal?

Thursday, Feb 10

Economics
1. Read short article on the opportunity cost of marriage and answer three questions (handout)
2. Read Chapter 1 in textbook and answer questions at the end of the chapter (quiz on Monday)

AP World
1. TEST
2. Post-Test essay questions--get them from Airey to complete immediately!

Tues/Wed, February 8-9

AP World
1. Finish Chapter 22 PPT
2. Complete a Venn Diagram for "In-Depth" (blue section) in chapter 22: Europe versus China in regards to the Means/Methods of Overseas Expansion
3. PERSIAN: Ming China and Japan

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Theater Owners Fighting Studios
2. Continue Unit 1 PPT
3. Watch The Story of Stuff--What is the message of this short film? What resonates? What is abrasive?

American Government
1. 7-Minute Reading: Who Controls the Joystick? (Explain the debate. Which side are YOU on? Explain!)
2. Continue Unit 1 PPT
3. Intro to Political Spectrum: Video Clip of Hannity (conservative) versus Moore (liberal)--describe what is "liberal" and what is "conservative" based on this debate!

Monday, February 7

AP World
1. Final Test Corrections
2. Start Chapter 22 PPT Notes (Test and GR on Th/Fri)

Economics
1. Opening PPT Notes

American Government
1. Opening PPT Notes

Mon/Tues, Jan 31--Feb 1

AP World
1. PPT FINAL Review
2. Grade Chp 21 Tests (Corrections)
3. Prior Test Review (Chapters 1-5 Test)

Economics
1. A Few Current Events
2. PPT FINAL Review
3. Time to Finish Final Review Sheet

Th/Fri, January 27-28

Economics
1. Essays! (if you missed class, be sure you get this handout and complete it)

Tues/Wed Jan 25-26

AP World
1. Grade Tests (Corrections)
2. Chapter 21 PPT
3. Persian Charts: Ottoman & Safavid

Economics
1. Multiple Choice Practice Test (come to tutorial to take this if you are absent)
2. More Time to work on FINAL Review Sheets
3. If time: Zuckerburg Interview, Part II

Monday, January 24

AP World
*Time to work on FINAL Review Sheets!

Economics
*Time to work on FINAL Review Sheets!

Thurs & Fri, January 20-21

AP World
1. Finish Chp 20 PPT
2. Chapter 20 TEST
3. Class time to work on Semester Final REVIEW Sheets

Economics
1. 7-Minute: Governor Brown's Budget Proposal (Which cuts affect YOU? What are the specific taxes/fees that might be raised an extended in June? How will you vote on the tax extension in June?)
2. Finish Zuckerburg Interview
3. Finish Personal Finance Notes
4. Start Final REVIEW Sheet

Tues/Wed, Jan 18-19

AP World
1. Chapter 20 PPT Notes

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: America's Good Food Fight
--> What is the US government doing with American farms that hurt world farmers?
--> What are the two solutions offered by the author?
2. 7-Minute Clip: Paul Solmon on Chinese Currency (how does the devaluing of Chinese currency affect the US?)
3. Financial Literacy Notes (handout)
4. 60 Minutes Clip: Mark Zuckerburg

Thurs & Fri, January 13-14

AP World
1. Finish PPT notes
2. The Mexican Origin Story
3. Chapter 19 TEST
4. Chapters 1-3 Test Re-Takes

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: State of the Unions (why have unions become so unpopular during the Great Recession?)
2. TEST (does not count against your grade) on International Trade
3. MLK & Economic Justice: Bill Moyers Interview (summarize first 20 minutes in 1 page)
4. Cornel West and Carl Dix Interview (1st 5 minutes of interview: what did you learn?)

Tues/Wed, Jan 11-12

AP World
1. Finish Chp 19 PPT
2. Old World versus New World
3. Spain versus Portugal
4. PERSIAN Chart: Brazil

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Hikes in Gas Prices (summarize article in 1/2 page: why is the price of gas increasing?)
2. Read page 465 in textbook (answer both questions and define NAFTA)
3. Read pages 453-454: define WTO (give date also)
4. 15-Minute Viewing: Buy American (summarize the episode in 1/2 page and give your opinion on the free trade versus protectionism debate)
5. Finish World Trade Notes

Monday, January 10

AP World
1. Chapter 18 Test Corrections
2. Chapter 19 PPT

Economics
1. Formative Assessment: LABOR (10 points) USE YOUR NOTES!

1. List 2 positives & 2 negatives of UNIONS
2. What has happened to union membership in the past 40 years?
3. What are RIGHT TO WORK LAWS?
4. Why do wages DECREASE during times of rising unemployment?
5. In the current economic climate, why are corporations reluctant to hire more workers while their profits are rising?
6. OPINION: Do you think the US government should raise the minimum wage? Why/Why not (focus on the effect it will have)?
7. Define: outsourcing

Thurs/Fri, January 6 & 7

AP World
1. Finish PPT Notes for Chapter 18
2. Chapter 18 TEST
3. Compare/Contrast Essay on Western Europe & Russia from 1450 to 1750 (use notes!).

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Movie Studios versus Theaters (read and summarize in 1/2 page)
2. Finish Labor Notes and Review Sheet
3. Finish Robert Reich Interview (see previous day for link) and Questions (handout)

Tues/Wed, January 4 & 5

AP World:
1. Finish PPT Notes on Chapter 17
2. Test Corrections (Chp 17)
3. Start PPT Notes on Chapter 18

Economics
1. QUIZ on Fiscal/Monetary Current Events
2. Continue Labor Notes (packet)
3. 1st 18 questions on Robert Reich Interview (get handout)

Monday, January 3, 2011

Happy New Year!

AP World:
1. Chapter 17 TEST
2. PPT Notes on Chapter 17

Economics:
1. PPT on Fiscal & Monetary Policy Current Events (QUIZ on Tues/Wed)
2. Start Notes on Labor (Packet)