Ch. 4 Government Regulation of Business
Monday, 11/26
Introduction of Ch. 4 "Government Regulation of Business" pgs. 37-44. Discussion of "Why is government regulation of business" necessary. Read preview Case on pg. 37 about BOP. Discussion questions.
Discussion of Introductory Case and the effect of words "may" and "shall" and their interpretation on the effect of the outcome (Supreme Court decision)
Begin PowerPoint on smart board, discussing chapter objectives (students can review attachment below) and looking into Federal, State, Local agencies and the types Non-regulatory vs. Regulatory
Attention: HOMEWORK IS TO READ CHAPTER AND COMPLETE Interactive Quiz from textbook publishing website link can be found from Student Resource link on the website.and email me your results.
Chapter 4 Test is TBA
Tuesday, 11/27
Discussion of Supreme Court article dealing with "censorship"
Discussed (2) articles: "Gov't regulation: Keeping them honest" and "Flex Muscles on Energy Drinks"
Review PowerPoint for Chapter 4
Ch. 4 Notes Government Regulation
Discuss of "Unreasonable Restraint of Trade" (Price Fixing)
Discuss Types of Agencies (Regulatory vs. Non-regulatory vs. Public utility
Why are Public Utility companies granted monopoly status?
Antitrust Legislation-Discussion and students should take notes
Review Chapter 4 PowerPoint. Agencies: Regulatory vs. Non-Regulatory
Do Activity slide in class.
Students were asked to list Federal/State/Local regulatory agencies they were aware of and explain what the agency was trying to regulate.
Wednesday, 11/28
Chapter 4 Quiz
Discussion of Department of Labor (U.S.) article from Newsday
Is the Department of Labor a Non-regulatory or Regulatory Agency?
Check this site (Youth rules) http://www.youthrules.gov/
Student discussed their jobs and methods of signing in and out of work. How is it monitored by employers? What is minimum wage? How does overtime work? When does overtime kick in?
Do you feel the government needs to regulate this area of business? Why or Why not?
Thursday, 11/29
Review and go over completed study guide questions.
Review case on pg. 41 dealing w/ business merger. Relating to Clayton Act
Friday 11/30
Chapter 4 Test is next week.
Homework chapter questions due. Hand-back students work and discuss each question and have students take additional notes about the various topics that each question covers.
Monday, 12/3
Preparation for Socratic Seminar tomorrow.
Read 4 articles, highlight and annotate. Create ticket questions and post to google classroom assignment.
Tuesday, 12/4
FCC and Net Neutrality Socratic
Wednesday, 12/5
Hand out "Socratic Seminar Sentence Starters" and review with class for future seminars.
Review what specifically needs to be turned in to the classroom for the two assignments under Chapter 4 Materials labeled
"Socratic Seminar Ticket Assignment" and "FCC and Net Neutrality"
Ask students what regulatory agency they are going to research: DOJ, FBI, CIA, ICE, AFT. Details to follow on this assignment.
Begin discussion of ANTITRUST and use Long Island and the public utility companies as examples for what is a monopoly?
Thursday, 12/6
Students reported on their research/findings about Injurious Falsehood/Business Crimes.
Friday, 12/7
No school, Superintendent Conference Day.
Monday, 12/10
Antitrust lecture and discussion pgs. 40-41 in text.
Sherman Antitrust Act/Clayton Act/Robinson-Patman Act/Federal Trade Commission Act
Students had to pick government agency that they will present to class on.
Tuesday, 12/11
Complete Business Crimes and Injurious Falsehood student reports
Complete Study guide pages for Chapter 4. Take home complete and review for tomorrow's quiz
Chapter 4 Quiz tomorrow
Wednesday, 12/12
Chapter 4 Quiz
HW-Answer question #1-10 at end of chapter 4 and submit answers to google classroom assignment.
Thursday, 12/13
Government Agency Project/Presentations
Friday, 12/14
Government Agency Project/Presentations