DAILY LESSONS AND ASSESSMENTS
LEARNING ASPIRATIONS: The focus of these lessons is content knowledge and critical thinking.
Supply and Demand for Resources and Allocating Multiple Inputs (Topic 5.1)
Perfectly Competitive Labor Markets (Topics 5.2 and 5.3)
Monopsony and Unions (Topic 5.4)
RTI Day
Unit 5 Test
INQUIRY
LEARNING ASPIRATIONS: The focus of these assessments is cultural competence, content knowledge, critical thinking, and creativity. The extension is specially designed for students interested in emphasizing growth in cultural competence.
INSTRUCTIONS: Go to Schoology and open the "Micro Unit 5 Inquiry Folder." Follow the instructions there about how to participate in today's discussion.
INQUIRY QUESTION: WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF THE GENDER PAY GAP?
INQUIRY TEXTS
Why Does the Gender Pay Gap Still Exist? (Francesca Donner and Emma Goldberg in the New York Times)
Do "greedy jobs" cause the gender pay gap? (The Economist)
Women, Inequality and the XX Factor (Alison Wolf on EconTalk)
EXTENSION (OPTIONAL)
If you found this unit interesting, you might want to watch the videos and read the texts below.
Monopoly's Bad Cousin by Biyamin Appelbaum
Amazon's Monopsony is Not OK by Paul Krugman
Dave Eggers Created the Google-Amazon Mash-up of Your Nightmares (Dave Eggers interviewed by Kara Swish)