G: Lesson on Thursday, August 31, 2017

Aim: What are the seven principles of the Constitution?

Bell Ringer: Journal 7 – Describe an important current event topic going on today.

Objectives:
1. Students will examine how power and responsibility are distributed, shared, and limited by the Constitution.

Agenda:
1. Bell Ringer (15 min)

2. Continue to analyze the Constitution using the following questions.
1. Does the Constitution give the federal government any power in the field of education?
2. Does the Constitution have a minimum age requirement for a senator?
3. What are the constitutional requirements
for a person to be president?
4. Does the Constitution allow a president alone to take the nation to war?
5. Are there any specific crimes mentioned in the Constitution?
3.Complete your Constitution Questions


Home Learning:
Complete the "Analyzing the US Constitution" questions and know the following answers:

1. According to the Constitution, how can a president and other national officials be removed from office?
2. How is an amendment to the Constitution added?
3. Is the term of a president limited by the Constitution?

E: Lesson on Thursday, August 31, 2017

Aim: How might major economic and social goals in the United States change in your lifetime?


Bell Ringer: YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3PwnKEHoCg (Economic & Social Goals)


Objectives:

1. SS.912.E.1.3: Compare how the various economic systems (traditional, market, command, mixed) answer the questions: (1) What to produce? (2) How to produce?; and (3) For whom to produce?
2. SS.912.E.2.1: Identify and explain broad economic goals.
3. SS.912.E.3.6: Differentiate and draw conclusions about historical economic thought theorized by economists.

Agenda:
1. Bell Ringer (10 min)
2. Journal 8 – What major themes can you identify in the list of seven economic goals? (10 min)
3. Have students work on a concept map about their assigned section of the What is Economics? note-taking guide. (rest of class)


Home Learning: "On-the-Job Video Gaming" on page 47. Questions 1-2 on a loose leaf./ Complete note-taking guide and concept map.

G: Lesson on Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Aim: What are the seven principles of the Constitution?  

Bell Ringer: Journal 6 – Choose one of the principles of the U.S. Constitution and explain how this relates to you.  

Objectives: 

1. Students will evaluate how the Constitution and its amendments reflect the political principles of rule of law, checks and balances, separation of powers, republicanism, and federalism. 

Agenda: 

1. Bell Ringer (10 min) 

2. Review HW (origins section of the Principles table) (10 min) 

3. 7 Principles of the Constitution QQT (demonstration) (5 min) 

4. 7 Principles of the Constitution QQT (10 min) 

5. Begin reading the student copy of the Constitution  

Home Learning: Answer Constitution Questions

E: Lesson on Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Aim: How does an economic system help a society deal with the fundamental problem of scarcity?  

Bell Ringer: YouTube video on different economies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B43YEW2FvDs  

Journal 7 – What are the advantages and disadvantages of a traditional economy? 

Objectives: 

1. Students will compare how the various economic systems (traditional, market, command, mixed) answer the questions: (1) What to produce? (2) How to produce?; and (3) For whom to produce?  

2. Students will identify and explain broad economic goals.  

3. Students will differentiate and draw conclusions about historical economic thought theorized by economists. 

Agenda: 

1. Bell Ringer (10 min)    

2. Complete the note-taking guide (Economic Systems) using your textbook (McGraw-Hill Economics Principles and Practices pp. 32-53), online resources, or class notes as appropriate. (rest of class) 

Home Learning: Complete your designated portion of the note-taking guide (Economic Systems). Use online resources. 

G: Lesson on Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Aim: How are the 7 Principles of government applied throughout the Constitution? 

Bell Ringer: Discuss yesterday’s exit ticket.  

Objectives:  

1. Students will evaluate how the Constitution and its amendments reflect the political principles of rule of law, checks and balances, separation of powers, republicanism, democracy, and federalism.  

Agenda: 

1. Bell Ringer (10 min) 

2. Review the Principles of the Constitution (10 min) (using the first worksheet) 

3. Copy the table on the 7 Principles of the Constitution (3 min) 

4. Principles of the Constitution video (5 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9CXreKdnYI 

Home Learning: Complete the “origins” section of the Principles table for HW.

E: Lesson on Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Today "What Is Economics?" Quiz was given. If you were absent you have until Wednesday, September 6, 2017 to make it up.

Home Learning: Debates in Economics p. 30 and 31. Answer questions 1-3 on a loose leaf.

G: Lesson on Monday, August 28, 2017

Aim: How has Federalism changed over time?  

Bell Ringer: Journal 5 – How does Federalism work today? What controversies does it create? How will it need to be changed in the future? 

Objectives:  

1. Students will define federalism, and identify examples of the powers granted and denied to states and the national government in the American federal system of government.  

Agenda: 

1. Bell Ringer (10 min) 

2. Discuss Journal 5 (10 min) 

3. Create a T-Chart (Powers of the Federal Gov./Powers of State Gov.), then write down the Exit Ticket. (5 min) 

4. Video: Federalism: Crash Course Government and Politics (10 min) 

5. Discuss Image “Federalism” (10 min) 

6. Exit Ticket: How has Federalism changed over time? (according to the video) 

Home Learning: No HW 

E: Lesson on Monday, August 28, 2017

Aim: What is scarcity and the Factors of Production?

Bell Ringer: Journal 6 – What are two ways to increase productivity?

Objectives:
1. Students will use geographic terms and tools to explain differing perspectives on the use of renewable and non-renewable resources in, the United States and the world.
2. Students will identify the factors of production and why they are necessary for the production of goods and services.

Agenda:

1. Bell Ringer

2. Check “Spotlight on Economy”

3. Finish presentations

4. Video Clip (I didn't get to show this clip, remind me tomorrow)

5. What Is Economics? Quiz-Quiz-Trade

Home Learning: Study for tomorrow’s quiz.

BELOW ARE THE Q.Q.T. questions and answers. Reading these is a good way to prepare for the exam. 

What is Economics? Quiz-Quiz-Trade

1.       Q - The condition that results from society not having enough resources to produce all things people would like to have.

A – Scarcity

2.       Q – The study of how people try to satisfy seemingly unlimited and competing wants through the careful use of relatively scarce resources

A – Economics

3.       Q – A basic requirement for survival, such as food, clothing.

A – Need

4.       Q – Simply something we would like to have but is not necessary for survival.

A – Want

5.       Q – There are three questions that economists or businesses ask themselves before production. What are these three questions?

A – WHAT, HOW, and FOR WHOM?

6.       Q – What are the factors of production?

A – Land, Labor, Capital, Entrepreneurs

7.       Q – What are some examples of “land” as a factor of production?

A – deserts, fertile fields, forests, mineral deposits, livestock, sunshine, climate

8.       Q – What are some examples of “capital” as a factor of production?

A – tools, equipment, machinery, and factories.

9.       Q – What are some examples of “labor” as a factor of production?

A – people with all their efforts, abilities, and skills, including all people except a unique group of individuals called entrepreneurs.

10.   Q – What is gross domestic product (GDP)?

A – the dollar value of all final goods, services, and structures produced within a country’s borders in a 12-month period. It is a measure of a country’s total output, and a key measure of a country’s economic health.

11.   Q – What is a durable good?

A – A product that lasts three years or more (i.e. automobiles)

12.   Q – What is a nondurable good?

A – A product that lasts less than three years (i.e. food, writing paper, most clothing items)

13.   Q – What is a service?

A – work that is performed for someone. Services include haircuts, home repairs, forms of entertainment such as concerts, also work that doctors, lawyers, and teachers perform.

14.   Q – Define consumer.

A – Consumers are the people who use good and services to satisfy their wants and needs.

15.   Q – What is a location or other mechanism that allows buyers and sellers to exchange a specific product called?

A – market

16.   Q – Describe the two markets found in the Circular Flow of Economic Activity?

A – Factor Market: where the factors of production are bought and sold.

Product Market: markets where producers sell their goods and services.

17.   Q – What is economic growth?

A – occurs when a nation’s total output of goods and services increases over time.

18.   Q – What is the term that describes a measure of the amount of goods and services produced?

A – productivity

19.   Q – What is the term that describes the sum of people’s skills, abilities, health, knowledge, and motivation?

A – human capital

20.   Q – What is the term that describes a way of organizing work so that each individual worker completes a separate part of the work?

A – division of labor

21.   Q – What is the term that describes when factors of production perform only tasks they can do better or more efficiently than others?

A – specialization

22.   Q – What is the term that describes how we rely on others, and others rely on us, to provide most of the goods and services we consume.

A – Economic interdependence

23.   Q – What is the term that describes when we have alternative choices?

A – trade-offs

24.   Q – What is the term that describes the cost of the next-best alternative?

A – opportunity cost

25.   Q – What is the term that describes the quality of life based on the ownership of the necessities and luxuries that make life easier?

A – standard of living