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!!!!