Thurs-Fri, May 31-June 1

Economics:
1. Monetary Policy TEST
2. Start Global Trade PPT
3. 7-Minute Reading: Charging for Debit Cards Is Robbery
--> Read article and write a 1/2 reflection on how banks make money on debit cards

Tues & Wed, May 29-30

AP World
--> Food Inc.

Economics
--> Turn in Notes
1. 7-Minute Reading: LA's Plastic Bag Ban

--> Do you agree with LA's new plastic bag law? Explain.

2. Finish Monetary Policy Packet
3. Review For Test
4. Ben Bernanke on 60 Minutes

Thurs & Fri, May 24-25

0 Period & 5th Period Economics (Friday)
1. 7-Minute Reading: Free UC?

--> How much $$$$ does the UC system get from the state budget?
--> How much has tuition increased in the past 20 years?
--> Why does the UC system continue to accept more out-of-state students?
--> Writing Assignment (1/2 page): What do you think of the proposal from Fix UC: allow students to attend college tuition-free but pay back their costs at a rate of 5% of their salaries over 20 years.
2. Monetary Policy PPT

Period 2 Economics (Thurs)
1. TEST!!!!!!
2. Monetary Policy PPT

May 22-23

Economics
--> Fiscal Policy test REVIEW Sheet

Tues & Wed, May 15-16

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Livin' Off the Safety Net
(Who's REALLY on welfare?)
A. List the government programs that middle-class families need more and more in order to survive.
B. If political leaders cut these programs, what would happen?

2. PPT: Budget
3. 60 Minutes: The Day of Reckoning
4. MC Review
5. Half-Sheet Handout on Chapter 14

AP World
--> Mock AP Multiple Choice TEST

Monday, May 14

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Tax The Rich

A. What historical “proof” does Adler give for the economic benefit of taxing the rich?
B. What specifically is Adler’s proposal?
C. Do you agree with Adler? Why? Why not?

2. PPT: Taxes

AP World
--> Mock AP Essay

Thurs/Fri, May 10-11

AP World
1. Review Test #4: 1914 to the Present
1a. Work on Which One Doesn't Fit Worksheet
2. Dates Practice Test
3. AP World Essays: Practice your Thesis Statements

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Economic Growth Statistics (handout)

How are each of these macro stats doing? (indicate direction with arrows up or down)
-GDP
-Business Investments
-Inventories
-Defense Spending
-Oil Prices
-Imports
-Personal Savings Rate
-Consumer Spending
-Housing Construction
-Demand for Homes
-Supply of Homes


2. PPT Taxes
3. Calculating Taxes

Calculate how much someone pays in federal income tax who earns $120,000 with these deductions and credits:

Deductions:
Standard Deduction: $6,000
Charity: $14,000
Credits:
College Tax Credit: $2500


4. TEST Corrections
5. Frontline on National Debt

Tues/Wed, May 8-9

AP World

1. Quick Read: 1914 to Present (WWI, Great Depression, WWII, Cold War)
2. Some Handouts
--> CCOT (each period)
--> Population Changes
--> AP Exam Specifics
3. Review #4 Practice TEST
4. Worksheet (Which One Doesn't Fit?)

Economics

1. 7-Minute Reading: Stiglitz on Iraq (List 7 things that shimmer: what excites you, angers you, inspires you, surprises you, etc?)
2. PPT on National Debt Continued
3. Debt Commission: Making tough decisions
--> GOP versus Dems on National Debt
--> Frontline on National Debt

Monday, May 7

Economics

--> 7-Minute: Tax Pledge May Scuttle Deal on Tax Deal


1. How many times did Reagan raise taxes during his 8 years in the White House?
2. Describe the 3 Theories of Why Republicans Refuse to Raise Taxes:

A. Laffer
B. Starve The Beast
C. The 2 Santa Claus Theory


--> PPT National Debt
--> Colbert on the connection between Trickle-Down and Religion: here and here

AP World

1. Chp 34-36 Open Book Test
2. Test Corrections: Review Test #3

Thurs/Fri, May 3-4

Economics

1. 7-Minute Reading: Too Little of a Good Thing

A. What were the 2 most important parts of the Obama stimulus plan, according to Krugman?
B. How long will it take to get back to full employment at the current rate of GDP growth?
C. In what way does Krugman disagree with “deficit hawks?”
How will the stimulus get paid for, according to Krugman?

2. PPT on Fiscal Policy Continued
3. Worksheet on Fiscal Policy
--> Grover Norquist on 60 Minutes

AP World

1. Finish PPT on Review #3
2. Review #3 TEST
3. Change/Continuity Over Time Essay
4. Practice Multiple Choice Questions

Tues/Wed, May 1-2

Economics

1. Macro Stats TEST
2. Post-Test Worksheet: Chapter 14, sections 2 & 4
3. PPT on Fiscal Policy

AP World
1. PPT on Chapter 33
2. Chapter 33 TEST
3. Quick Read on European Colonialism
4. Test Corrections for Review #2
5. PPT on Review #3

Monday, April 30

Economics 1. 7-Minute Reading: Obama + Romney on the Economy 1. How many jobs were added to the economy in March? How does this compare to other months this year? 2. What 2 policies specifically are the Republicans criticizing Obama for? 3. What specifically are Obama Administration officials concerned about (“external shocks”) from outside the country? 2. Multiple Choice Review (handout) 3. PPT Review 4. Macro Analysis Essay: I. Introduction—3-5 sentences summarizing what macroeconomics is and why it is important II. Analysis: How’s the US economy doing right now? Cite specific statistics and explain their meaning (what it says about our Economy)...you can also include other stats/concepts (income inequality?) that we've addressed. III. Problem: Based on what YOU know, why is the Economy in this situation right now. IV. Solution: What should the US government do about the current economic situation so that it gets better? V. Getting Personal: How has the Economy affected YOU and your family? 5. Colbert on Obama AP World 1. DBQ 2. Test Corrections

Thurs & Fri, April 26-27

AP World -->Finish Review #2 1. Review Test #2: 600CE to 1500CE 2. Quick Read: South Africa 3. AP Pre-Admin Economics 1. 7-Minute: Is Junk Food Really Cheaper? A. How does Bittman respond to those who argue that fast food calories are cheaper? B. What are food deserts? C. What is the core problem according to Bittman? D. What is the ratio of fast food restaurants to supermarkets in the US? E. What is dopamine and why is this important? F. What is the solution according to Bittman? (cultural and political) 2. Business Cycle NOTES 2a. Leading/Lagging Indicators 3. Chapter 13, Section 3: POVERTY worksheet

Tues & Wed, April 24-25

AP World --> Quick Read: Iran
1. Review Test #2 PPT
2. AP Test Administration
3. Quick Read: South Africa Economics 1. 7-Minute Reading: The 2 Jobs Reports 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. Consumer Price Index & Inflation Word Problems 3. Finish Inflation POTUS Slow Jams the News

Monday, April 23

AP World
1. Chapter 32 TEST
2. Review TEST #1 Corrections
--> Period 1: DBQ follow-up

Economics
--> Senior Surveys
1. 7-Minute Reading: How Much Is That Doggie?

A. Make a list: which goods/services have increased in price...which have decreased?
B. What makes a price go up or down?

2. PPT: Inflation
3. GDP/Inflation terms (half-sheet)

Friday, 4/20

Period 0
1. 7-Minute Reading: Fat Cats

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. Finish Unemployment PPT
3. The Rich & The Rest of Us

--> "If we don't deal with poverty we will lose our democracy."--Cornel West (what does this mean in light of the work that Smiley and West are doing?)

--> If time: Colbert & Smiley/West

Periods 1 & 3
1. Review TEST #1
2. Chapter 32 Fill-Ins
3a. Practicing DBQs or
3b. Start the End of Year Review Test ("The Really Hard Questions")

Period 5
1. 7-Minute Reading: Fat Cats

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. Finish Unemployment PPT
3. The Rich & The Rest of Us

--> "If we don't deal with poverty we will lose our democracy."--Cornel West (what does this mean in light of the work that Smiley and West are doing?)

Wed-Thurs, April 18-19

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Be Like Bhutan
2. Macro PPT: GDP Notes
3. Test Corrections
4. Worksheet: GDP & Inflation
--> If time: The Rich & The Rest of Us

AP World
1. Test Corrections: Chapter 30 TERMS Test, Chapter 30 MC Test, Chapter 31 MC Test
2. PPT: Review Test #1 (8000BCE--600CE)

Thurs & Fri, April 5-6

0 Period Econ
1. Open Note TEST
2. Microeconomics Closing Assignment--read both articles (handout) and do a 1 page reflection relating them to what you learned during the past 6 weeks of Microeconomics.

5th Period Econ
1. Open Note TEST
2. Microeconomics Closing Assignment--get articles and worksheet

AP World
1. Chapter 30 TEST (Open Note--30 minutes)
2. Work on Chapter 31: Open Note TEST on the day we get back from Spring Break

Tues & Wed, April 3-4

Economics
1. 7-minute Reading: The Sunk Cost Fallacy

A. What is the sunk cost fallacy?
B. Give two examples of how the sunk cost fallacy has played out in YOUR life.

2. Break Even Point
3. Rate of Return
4. MC Review
5. Microeconomics Review Sheet

AP World
--> Chapter 30 TERMS Quiz (open note)
1. Quick Read: WWII
2. Finish WWII PPT
3. Chp 29 Test Corrections

Monday, April 2

Economics
A. 7-Minute Reading: Allergan

1. What products does Allergan sell?
2. What does Allergan want from the government (FDA)?
3. How has Allergan changed over time?
4. Why did Allergan have a $670 million loss for its 3rd quarter in 2010?
5. How many people does Allergan employ, where are they based and what was their total revenue in 2010?

B. Formative Assessment: Business Organizations
C. PPT: Costs/Break-Even Point

AP World
--> Make-up Tests
1. Quick Read: Holocaust
2. Start Chapter 30 PPT

Thurs & Fri, March 29-30

Economics (Periods 0 & 2)
1. Guest Speaker: Gavin Fabian (Thursday)
2. 7-Minute Reading: Apple's Different Markets (handout)
3. PPT: Corporations/Partnerships/Sole Proprietorships (if you missed class, outline this section of Chapter 8 and turn it into Airey--should be at least one side of one page)
4. Period 5: Crude (a documentary on oil and indigenous populations)

AP World
1. Fill-in review: Communism
2. Chapter 29 TEST
3. Quick Read: Chapter 30
--> Notes on Chapter 30

Tues & Wed, March 27-28

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Big Supermarket Squeeze
--> Place Grocery Stores on the Market Structure Spectrum
2. PPT: Review of 4 Market Structures + Formative Assessment
3. PPT: Corporations/Partnerships + Sole Proprietorships

AP World
--> Writing like Rachel Maddow (start at 5:06 mark)
--> Check Chp 29 Guided Reading
1. Quick Read: Mexican Revolution
2. Finish Chp 29 PPT
3. Test Corrections

Monday, March 26

Economics
--> Test make-ups
1. 7-Minute Reading: YouTube
2. Start Markets
3. Test Corrections on Tues/Wed

AP World
--> Check Guided Reading
1. Quick Read: Armenian Genocide & Turkey
2. Start Chp 29 PPT
3. 12 minutes to work on Guided Reading (#1-7 due on Wed)

Thurs & Fri, March 22-23

Economics
1. Micro TEST #1
2. Finish Speaking Freely w/John Perkins

AP World
1. Finish Chapter 28 PPT
2. Chapter 28 TEST (open notes on terms)
3. Essay: Change/Continuity

Tues & Wed, March 20-21

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Whistleblowing Factory Farms

A. Why did Pachirat decide to work on an industrial farm for 5 months?
B. What did he find out?
C. Pachirat became a vegetarian as a result of his experience. Isn’t this a bit extreme?

2. Practice Quiz for Test on Thurs/Fri
3. Bonus Reading: Fighting Over Food (handout)

A. What is the average % of income Americans pay for food?
B. Draw a supply/demand graph for the price of wheat. Include reasons from SPINE and #CGRATES.
C. Why are meat and milk inefficient sources of protein?
D. How do biofuels (ethanol) destabilize food prices?
E. How much will the world need to produce in 2050 in order to meet demand?

--> Open-Note Multiple Choice TEST + Supply/Demand QUIZ

AP World
--> WWI Map Animation
1. Quick Read: WWI
2. Fill-in-the-blank Handout: Chapter 28
3. Test Corrections

Monday, March 19

Economics:
1. 7-Minute: Goldman Sachs Whistleblower

A. What exactly was wrong with the culture of Goldman Sachs that Greg Smith describes?
B. How does the “toxic” culture of Goldman Sachs affect others outside the firm?

2. More S & D Curves! (handout)

AP World
1. Chapter 27 Test Corrections
2. 636—643 (Read this and strategize/organize your essay)

ESSAY (in-class on Friday): Describe the changes and continuity in the world from the start of World War I to the 21st century.
Remember PERSIA!
Don’t just describe…ANALYZE! WHY did things change or stay the same?

--> Open Note Test on Chapter 28 (on Friday)--focus on the terms (know the context!)

Thurs & Fri, March 15-16

Period 0 (Thurs):
1. 7-Minute Reading: Rich Man, Poor Man

A. What 2 questions did Norton and Ariely ask in their scientific survey?
B. What was the ideal American distribution of wealth?
C. What is the actual American distribution of wealth?
D. What would have to happen in order to achieve the ideal?

2. Handout:Changes in the Demand and Supply of Gasoline
3. PPT: Changes in Supply & Demand

Periods 2 & 5 (Period 0 Friday)
1. 7-Minute Reading: Tiny Car, Big Threat
2. PPT Review
3. Supply/Demand Curves (Handout)
4. Start Speaking Freely: John Perkins

AP World
--> Finish Chapter 27 PPT
1. Chp 27 TEST (30 points)
2. DBQ Essay (30 points)

Tues & Wed, March 13-14

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Rich Man, Poor Man

A. What 2 questions did Norton and Ariely ask in their scientific survey?
B. What was the ideal American distribution of wealth?
C. What is the actual American distribution of wealth?
D. What would have to happen in order to achieve the ideal?

2. Handout:Changes in the Demand and Supply of Gasoline
3. PPT: Changes in Supply & Demand
4. Video: Income Inequality

AP World
--> Chapter 27

Monday, March 12

Economics
--> Quiz Make-ups
--> Intro Elasticity of Demand
1. 7-Minute: The Folly of the Fun Tax
1. What does it mean that demand for Disneyland is elastic?
2. Why would an tax on Disneyland (and other amusement parks) actually bring in lower revenue to state and local governments?
3. Why would this tax affect businesses other than amusement parks?

2. Elasticity of Demand & Price Floors/Ceilings (start w/PPT slide #73)
3. Grade Quizzes

AP World
1. Chp 26 Test Corrections
2. More DBQ: working on analyzing docs and grouping them

Thurs & Fri, March 8-9

Economics
1. Chapter 4 & 5 QUIZ (open notes)
2. 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?

3. Price Elasticity of Demand and Price Floors/Ceilings (PPT & Handout)

AP World History
1. Test on Chapter 26
2. DBQ Essay

Tues/Wed, March 6-7

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Gas in the Presidential Race

A. How's the economy doing right now and what does this mean for Obama?
B. Accoring to Baker, what are 2 key reasons for the rise of gas prices?
C. "The price of gas is increasing due to Obama's tree-hugging policies." What are 2 problems with this myth?
D. Compare US production of oil with the world market.
E. What is the problem with the media, according to Baker?

2. Supply/Demand PPT
3. Chapter 4-5 Focused Reading

AP World
1. DBQ Work Continued
2. Guided Reading for Chapter 26

Mon, March 5

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: Is Poverty A Death Sentence?
2. Test Corrections
3. Video Clip: Smiley & West on Poverty
--> Bonus Clip: Colbert on Poverty

AP World
1. DBQ Continued: Handout on organizing the DBQ
2. Test Corrections

Thurs & Fri, March 1-2

Economics
1. TEST #1
2. Finish Inside Job
3. Analyze Inside Job

AP World
1. Formative Assessment
2. Finish Chp 25 PPT
3. Chp 25 TEST (Open Note)
4. DBQ Part II
A. Read a 5 from AP Test
B. What makes a GREAT DBQ Essay?
C. Some Practice!!!!

Tues & Wed, Feb 28-29

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: IPhones Again!
A. What are "operating margins?"

B. "AT&T is basically subsidizing Apple's revenues and profit growth." Explain this quote.
C. How much do wireless companies buy IPhones from Apple for? How much do they sell them for?
D. What are wireless companies trying to do to get consumers to buy non-Apple smartphones?

2. PPT Review
3. Multiple Choice Review
4. Inside Job

AP World History
--> Handout: Comparing North and South American Revolutions
1. Mexico versus Argentina (Venn Diagram)
2. More PPT
3. Introducing DBQs

Monday, Feb 27

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Economics of Gay Marriage

A. List some of the rights that federal law bestows on legally married couples.
B. How does the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 define "marriage?"
C. What is the author's proposal to bring financial fairness to heteros and same-sex couples?
D. Opinion: Do you agree or disagree with his proposal? Explain.

2. Circular Flow Model
3. Start Reviewing: PPT (MC handout on Tues/Wed)

AP World
1. TEST Corrections
2. Start Chp 25 PPT
--> DBQ Coming Up on Wed!!!

Thurs & Fri, Feb 23-24

Economics
--> Periods 0 & 5:
Bush's Modified Capitalism Speech
A. What was the problem? (what caused the economic downfall?)
B. What actions did Bush take?
C. What would happen if he didn’t take these actions?

--> Elizabeth Warren on Stephen Colbert
-What do they say about:
*TARP $$$--how much has been paid back? (as of May 2010)
*Consumer Protection Agency--why is this needed?

1. 7-Minute Reading: Economics Made Easy

A. What will a company have to do if it raises your pay without becoming more efficient?
B. What does the example of Bain Capital and your brother-in-law tell us (2nd to last paragraph on front)?
C. “So whereas some efficiency is good, more efficiency may NOT be better.”—explain this with examples of credit cards & mortgage securities

2. PPT: Externalities
3. Handout Notes: The Government in the US Marketplace
3. Inside Job
--> 7-Things that Shimmer (what was significant from Part I?)
AP World
--> Quick Read: White Man's Burden
1. Finish Chapter 24 PPT
2. Chapter 24 TEST
3. Quick Read: Latin America Revolution

Tues & Wed, Feb 21-22

Economics
--> Quick Review:

A. Compare & Contrast Socialism (or Democratic Socialism) and Laissez-Faire Capitalism?

B. US is a mixed economy (or regulated capitalism): Give some examples of Socialism in the United States.

1. 7-Minute Reading: Smoking & Plastic Bags (see handout)

A. Would you agree or disagree with a plastic shopping bag ban + a 10-cent fee for paper bags? Explain.

B. Describe how the plastic shopping bag ban in unincorporated areas of LA illustrates the economic concepts of competition and incentive.

2. PPT: US as Regulated Market Economy
3. Bush's Modified Capitalism Speech

A. What was the problem? (what caused the economic downfall?)
B. What actions did Bush take?
C. What would happen if he didn’t take these actions?

AP World
1. Chp 23 TEST Corrections
2. Quick Read
3. Chapter 24 PPT

Wed/Thurs, Feb 15-16

Economics: Periods 0,2,5
1. Chapters 1 & 2 QUIZ
2. 7-Minute Reading: Free Market Baby Making
3. Finish Smith vs. Marx PPT
4. Marx vs. Smith Worksheet
5. Formative Assessment: Multiple Choice Chapters 1 & 2

AP World: Periods 1 & 3
1. Finish Chapter 23 PPT
2. Chapter 23 TEST

Mon/Tues, Feb 13-14

Econ: Per 0,2 & 5
1. 7-Minute Reading: A Short History of Capitalism (Handout: Adbusters, Fall 2011)

A. What two discoveries led to an increase in trade in the 14th century Mediterranean?
B. What was the Florentine Renaissance?
C. What “problem” led to banking?
D. What is fractional reserve banking?
E. Initially, enormous amounts of new wealth were created by colonialism, slavery and the harnessing of fossil fuels. How do people make large amounts of wealth today?

2. PPT: Marginality, Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility & Marx/Smith

AP World
1. Quick Read: Napolean
2. Chp 22 Test Corrections
3. Start Chp 23 PPT

Thurs & Fri, Feb 8-9

Periods 0,2 & 5

1. 7-Minute Reading: Video On-Demand

2. Read Chapters 1 & 2--focus on bold words and differences between Smith and Marx (QUIZ on Wed/Thurs next week)

AP World
1. Chapter 22 TEST

Tues & Wed, Feb 7-8

Economics
1. 7-Minute Reading: IPhones, Part II

A. Describe the conditions at Foxconn City
B. Where else in the world does Foxconn have factories?
C. What parts of the IPhone are "uniquely American?"
D. How much more would IPhones cost if they were manufactured in the US?
E. YOUR opinion: Do you think the American government should do anything about companies like Apple who have earned much of their profits from outsourcing? Explain.

--> Stewart on Apple & Chinese Labor

2. Economics 101 PPT
3. Production Possibilities Solmon Video

AP World
1. Chapter 22 PPT and exercises

Monday, Feb 6

Periods 0,2 & 5
1. 7-Minute Reading: IPhones

--> Define: outsourcing; profits
A. Why won't overseas Apple jobs ever come back to the United States?
B. How much profit per employeed did Apple earn last year?
C. Share your opinion on this quote (Are you OK with this kind of economic system? Can anything change it?): "Companies once felt an obligation to support American workers, even when it wasn’t the best financial choice. That’s disappeared. Profits and efficiency have trumped generosity." (from Betsey Stevenson, the chief economist at the Labor Department)

2. Start PPT: Syllabus & Expectations

AP World
1. AP Test Registration
2. Final Test Corrections

Mon & Tues, Jan 30-31

Periods 4 & 5
1. MC Review TEST (time for corrections)
2. PPT Review
3. Finish Review Sheets & Study

Periods 1 & 3
1. PPT Review
2. Finish Review Sheets & Study

Period 2
1. PPT Review
2. Start Occupy vs. Declaration of Independence Activity

Thurs/Fri, Jan 19-20

Period 0 (Thurs)
1. The Decline of Unions
2. 60 Minutes: Buy American
3. Finish Labor Notes

Period 0 (fri)
1. Stewart on Chinese Labor
2. International Trade notes PPT

Period 2
--> Collect HW
1. 7-Minute Reading: Who Controls the Joystick
2. Finish Executive Branch PPT
--> Occupy Wall Street versus The Declaration of Independence

Period 4
--> Collect HW
1. 7-Minute Reading: The Decline of Labor Unions
2. Fill-In Worksheet on Interational Trade
3. Stewart on Apple & Chinese labor

Tues/Wed, January 17-18

Period 2
--> Stephen Colbert on Stephanopoulis
1. 7-Minute Reading: Who Controls the Joystick
2. Executive Branch PPT
3. Chapter 13-14 Reading and Notes

Period 4
1. 7-Minute Reading: Rising Gas Prices!
2. Labor Fill-In-The-Blanks
3. 60-Minutes on Buy American Clause in Obama's Stimulus

Thurs/Fri, January 12-13

Period 0 (Thurs)
1. 7-Minute Reading: When did the rules change?

A. What specific jobs/careers have been hurt by technological advances?
B. What “general guideline” does the author give for what jobs/careers are safe from being invaded by technology?
C. How has “getting a college degree” changed in the last 4 decades?
D. What does it mean that high school grads and dropouts are “commodities?”
E. Name 3 laws/policies that have changed since the 1970s?


2. Monetary Policy Review Sheet
3. Ben Bernanke on 60 Minutes

Period 0 (Fri)
1. Monetary Policy TEST
2. Chapter 9 NOTES (due Wed)

Period 2
1. 7-Minute Reading: Racist Lending Policies
2. Bill --> Law Worksheet
3. MC Quiz
4. Congress TEST (Open Notes: 10 point assignment)

Period 4 & 5
1. Review Monetary Policy
2. Monetary Policy TEST (Take it, Grade it, Retake the missed ones!)
3. Chapter 9 NOTES (due Tues)

Periods 1 & 3
1. Chapter 19 PPT
2. Chapter 19 TEST

Tues/Wed, January 10-11

Period 2:
--> Chapters 10 & 11 Worksheets

Period 4 & 5:
--> Monetary Policy TEST on Thurs/Fri
1. Complete Monetary Policy Review Sheet
2. Chapter 9 NOTES (due next Tues)

Period 0
--> Monetary Policy Test on Friday
1. Complete Monetary Policy Review Sheet
2. Chapter 9 NOTES (due next Tues)

Periods 1 & 3
1. Write Change/Continuity Essay (use of notes OK)
2. Chapter 19 Guided Reading

Monday, January 9

Periods 0,4 & 5
--> Turn in Chapter 16 Notes
--> Guest Speaker: Megan Gauger from Westwood

Period 2
1. 7-Minute Reading: New CA Laws
2. Congress PPT continued
3. Obama's Deal continued

Periods 1 & 3
1. Turn-in Chapter 18 NOTES
2. Chapter 18 TEST
3. Quick Read on Latin America
4. Change/Continuity Over Time Essay

Thurs/Fri, January 5-6

Period 0
--> IOWA Caucuses QUIZ
--> 7-Min Reading: The GOP Candidates (rank them)
1. Monetary Policy Fill-in
2. Monetary Policy application

Period 2
--> IOWA Caucuses QUIZ
--> 7-Min Reading: The GOP Candidates (rank them)
1. Chp 10 PPT & Fill-In
2. Chp 10 Reading
--> Colbert on Media Technology
--> Obama's Deal

Period 4 & 5
--> IOWA Caucuses QUIZ
--> 7-Min Reading: The GOP Candidates (rank them)
1. Monetary Policy Fill-in
2. Monetary Policy application
--> Ron Paul on Stephen Colbert

Periods 1 & 3
--> Test Corrections: Chapter 17
1. Quick Read: Russia
2. Persian Chart: Peter the Great versus Catherine the Great
2. Chp 18 PPT