Week of 12/16-12/20
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Week of 12/9-12/13
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Week of 12/2-12/6
1) 16.2 N and Q6 and 7
2) 16.1 N and Q 5 and 6
3) 14.1 N and Q
4) 14.4 N and Q 6
4) 16.4 N and Q7
5) 415-419 N and Q3+4
6) 15.3 N and Q3+4
7) Reverse Foreign Aid N and Qs
8) In Praise of Cheap Labor N and Qs
9) Free Trade Butters N and Qs
10) Trouble with Trade N and Qs
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Week of 11/18-11/22
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Week of 11/11-11/15
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Week of 11/4-11/8
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Week of 10/28-11/1
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Week of 10/21-10/25
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Week of 10/14-10/18
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Week of 10/7-10/11
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Week of 9/30-10/4
Day
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Homework
4.3 N and Q6+7
5.3 N and Q6+7
Print Food Court (really want a hard copy; print the tables single sided)
Food Court Tables
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Week of 9/23-9/27
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Week of 9/16-9/20
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Week of 9/9-9/13
RIP
Share RIP to jdavis1@srvusd.net by 9:00 am Monday
Unit Exam next Friday
Note card: both sides of a 3”x5” card (or same space on regular sheet) for notes on test
Unit 1 Review Sheet
(Copy this list into Word, put your name on it at the top and print it out, put your homework, including annotated readings, in this order, staple it together with the list on top, and turn it in on Friday)
Unit 1 Homework Packet
1. This is Water Qs
2. Shooting an Elephant N and Q
3. Capstone N
4. 1.1 N and Q
5. Incentives N and Q
6. Fantasy Economics N and Q
7. Rat Democracy N and Q
8. Earth in the Balance Sheet N and Q
9. Marshall Plan Myth N and Q
10. 3 Economists Q
11. 1.3 N and Q
12. 2.3 N and Q
13. 17.1 N and Q
14. Crazy Incentives N and Q
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Week of 9/3-9/6
Week of 8/26-8/30
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Week of 8/19-8/23
Friday
Thursday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Day
Monday
Homework
Print and Annotate Capstone Letter
Incentives: Escalators and Crime (mark-up and answer questions on separate sheet of paper)
Fantasy Economics
Chapter 1 section 1 (1.1) Cornell Notes (notes for reading MUST be in proper Cornell Notes format and process to receive credit; see hand out for proper Cornell Notes DOC) and answer this question at the end of your notes
Q. Which of the factors of production is most important and why?
Rat Democracy and Earth in the Balance Sheet
(answer the Qs for Rat Democracy and Earth in the Balance Sheet that are on those readings; for Marshall Plan Myth answer the question below)
Marshall Plan Myth
Q. In addition to the elements from "Fantasy Economics," what does the Marshall Plan Myth tell us is necessary for capitalism to function?
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Week of 8/12-8/16
Day
Monday
Agenda
Homework
No Class
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Intros
Quiz /Calibration
This is Water Discussion / Plato "Allegory of the Cave"
Shooting an Elephant Discussion: Power and Double Think
1. Sign Class Rules
2. Read, and do whatever you would do if you were responsible for understanding: "Real Price of Oil"
3. Watch: This is Water
[Optional, but Strong Recommendation: Print out the text of the speech and underline what you think are the essential points while you listen to Wallace speak (pay special attention to the idea of "default settings" and what they are and why they are easy and dangerous)
PDF]
Answer these questions (remember, 1 good sentence is better than a mediocre paragraph) on a separate sheet of paper labeled "David Foster Wallace: ‘This is Water’"
Q1. In your own words, define the following terms in the context of Wallace's argument: a) self-centered, b) default setting, c) freedom
Q2. Has your education at SRV more helped you really think or has it mostly created default settings?
Read and mark-up George Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant"
Q. Identify what you think is the most important default setting described by Orwell and explain how it controls/affects a person's/people's actions.