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