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