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)!