Week 1: Mon Oct 20 - Fri Oct 24
TOPIC: Unit 3 Markets Government & Democracy
HOMEWORK: Read chapter 8 in EWT
Week 2: Mon Oct 27 - Friday Oct 31
No classes Tuesday Oct 28
Read and annotate CR "Liberty & Individual Responsibility" and "Freedom and Failure" by Lee. Reflection is due Friday.
Wednesday: QUIZ CHAPTER 8 (Profit, Risk, the Entrepreneur)
Friday: SEMINAR: Lee (REFLECTIONS DUE)
Week 3: Mon Nov 3 - Friday Nov 7
Read EWT chapter 11
Read and annotate "Capitalism and Freedom" by Milton Friedman and complete reflections.
Wednesday: QUIZ CHAPTER 11
Socratic Seminar Friday: Reflections due.
Week 4: Mon November 10 - Fri Nov 14
No classes Tuesday November 11
Read EWT chapter 14
Wednesday: QUIZ CHAPTER 14
UNIT 3 TEST FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14!
Week 5: Mon November 17 - Friday November 21
Read and Annotate SOWELL Article.
Read EWT chapter 15
Unit 4 Quiz 1 on Thursday November 20
Socratic Seminar (Sowell) on Friday November 21. Reflections Due.
Week 6: Mon Nov 24 & Tues Nov 25
Work on Final Projects / Review unit 4 material
Week 7: Mon December 1 - Friday December 5
Review Unit 4 material (EWT chapters 15, 16, 17)
Unit 4 Quiz 2 on Wednesday December 3
Unit 4 Test on Friday December 5
Week 8: Mon December 8 - Friday December 12
Monday December 8: Work day for final projects
Tuesday: PRESENTATIONS DAY 1 OF 2
Wednesday: PRESENTATIONS DAY 2 OF 2
Hayek reflection - distributed Thursday. Seminar will be Monday.
Week 9: Mon December 15 - Friday December 19
Monday December 15: Hayek Seminar (reflections due)
Tuesday: Reveiw DAY 1 OF 2
Wednesday: Review DAY 2 OF 2
Finals on Thursday and Friday
Week 0-1 Thursday July 31 -Friday August 8
TOPIC: Course Introduction. Textbooks. Expectations.
DISTRIBUTED IN CLASS: Course Syllabus.
HOMEWORK: Parents & students sign syllabus. Return on Friday.
NOTE: A copy of the course syllabus (including signature page) is available on this website under the "Course Documents" tab.
Friday Aug 1
TOPIC: Social Cooperation. Reflection 1 distributed.
HOMEWORK: Read Economic Way of Thinking (EWT ) chapter 1 pages 1-11
Monday Aug 4 - Friday Aug 8
HOMEWORK: Complete reading EWT chapter 1 (QUIZ 1 IS THURSDAY!)
Read and annotate CR "What is Economics" by Sowell. Reflection is due Friday.
SEMINAR: WHAT IS ECONOMICS? SOWELL (REFLECTIONS DUE)
Monday Aug 11 - Friday Aug 15
Read EWT chapter 2
Read and annotate "I Pencil" in CR. Reflections due Friday / Socratic Seminar Friday.
Monday Aug 18 - Friday Aug 22
Unit 1 Quiz 2 is TUESDAY (Absolute and Comparative Advantage)
Complete chapter 2 reading before Tuesday's quiz
Read and annotate Smith, Ricardo, Montaigne in CR - pages 24 - 41
Socratic Seminar Friday: Reflections due
Monday Aug 25 - Friday Aug 29
Unit 1 Quiz 3 is Thursday Aug 28
Complete reading chapter 3 before quiz on Thursday
Complete Reading "Smith 2 & Bastiat" in CR - pages 42-61.
Socratic Seminar Friday: Reflections due
Tuesday September 2 - Friday September 5
UNIT TEST THURSDAY
HOMEWORK is to prepare for the test.
Monday September 8 - Friday September 12
Complete chapter 4 reading before quiz on Thursday
Unit 2 Quiz 1 (chapter 4) on Thursday September 11
Read and annotate Smith / Menger in CR - pages 62-74
Socratic Seminar Friday: Reflections due.
Monday September 15 - Friday September 19
Complete chapter 5 reading
Read and annotate Marx "Estranged Labour"
Socratic Seminar Friday: Reflections due
Monday September 22 - Friday September26
Prepare for Unit 2 Quiz 2 (chapter 5) on Tuesday Sept 23
Begin reading chapter 6
Socratic Seminar Friday (Poirot): Reflections due
Monday September 29 - Friday October3
Prepare for Unit 2 Quiz 3 (chapter 6) on Wednesday October 1
Thursday October 2: Timed Writing (in class)
Monday October 6 - Friday October 10
Comprehensive unit review
Prepare for Unit 2 Test on Thursday October 9