Important Documents
[Syllabus]
[Course Description]
Week 1 - Unit 1 Introduction to Economics
Essential Question: Fundamentals
Reading - Ch 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1
Monday
-Syllabus
-Solar Eclipse (1016am)
-Books
Tuesday
-Workbook 1.1 (opportunity cost, PPF, efficient, unattainable, under-utilization, scarcity)
Wednesday
-Workbook 1.2 (unintended consequences, the cobra effect)
Prohibition Unintended Consequences
Thursday
-Workbook 1.3 (land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship)
-Shark Tank
Friday
-Workbook 2.1 (three major economic questions, free enterprise [aka capitalism or market economy], socialism [aka command economy], mixed economies, traditional economies)
The Free Community College Experiment
Week 2 - Unit 1 Introduction to Economics
Essential Question:
Reading - 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Notes
Thursday
Robert Reich Video
Friday
Robert Reich Video
Current Events
Week 3 - Unit 1 Introduction to Economics / Unit 2 The Basics
Essential Question:
Reading - Ch. 3.4, 3.5, 4.1
Monday
HOLIDAY
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
-TEST Ch. 1-3
-4.1
Friday
Current Events
Week 4 - Unit 2 The Basics
Essential Question:
Reading - Ch. 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Senior Picnic :)
Week 5 - Unit 2 The Basics / Unit 3 Microeconomics
Essential Question:
Reading - Ch. 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2/7.3
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
-TEST Ch. 4-6
Thursday
Friday
Week 6 - Unit 3 Microeconomics
Essential Question:
Reading - Ch. 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
SICK DAY
Week 7 - Unit 3 Microeconomics / Unit 3 Macroeconomics
Essential Question:
Reading - 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
-TEST Ch. 7-9
Thursday
Friday
Week 8 - Unit 3 Macroeconomics
Essential Question:
Reading - Ch. 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 11.1
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 9 - Unit 4 Macroeconomics
Essential Question:
Reading - Ch. 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 10 - Unit 4 Macroeconomics
Essential Question:
Reading - Ch. 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Socratic Seminar
Thursday
Friday
Week 11 - Unit 4 Macroeconomics / Unit 4 Trade and Investment
Essential Question:
Reading - Ch. 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
-TEST 10-13
Thursday
Friday
Week 12 - Unit 4 Trade and Investment
Essential Question:
Reading - Ch. 15.3, 15.4, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
HOLIDAY
Week 13 - FINALS
Essential Question:
Reading -
Monday
TEST 15-16
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
FINALS
Friday
FINALS