Final Exam is Today!

Exam Day

Turn in your essays now!

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Last Day of Review

June 9th, 2015

Warm Up

What is the difference between net income and gross income?

Your finals start tomorrow.  Today you will be taking another practice test with True & False questions.  Do your best and we will review them as a class to help you identify holes in your knowledge.

If you are absent you can download it here.

Remember your final exam take home essays are due when you take your exam.  If you need a new copy of it click here.

Two Days Left

June 8th, 2015

Warm Up

What are 3 ways commercials and campaigns try to manipulate you with propaganda?

We have today and tomorrow until your final exams start.  Today you will be taking another practice test with True & False questions.  Do your best and we will review them as a class to help you identify holes in your knowledge.

If you are absent you can download it here.

Penny for Your Thoughts

Review

June 5th, 2015

Warm Up

Labor is

1. a factor of production.
2. work done by humans to create goods and/or services.
3. stored in money to be used later in the product markets.
4. All of these.

Define consumer sovereignty.

Learning Objective: Students will be prepared for their final exam next week.

Success Criteria: Students will have passed second semester citizenship.







You will be using Zondle to review for your final.  Today you should use question sets from any unit that you feel you need extra help with.  They are all unlocked and open for earning Dun-Bucks.

Exam Review Sheet Revealed

Your review sheet for the final exam will be handed out tomorrow in class (likely today when you read this).  It lists all the chapters, vocabulary words, and key questions to consider for each unit that we covered this semester.  It can be found here.

Use this sheet along with Zondle to guide your studying and test prep for the exam.

Your take home portion of the exam will also be handed out in class with your review sheet. Good luck.

Basic Econ Review

June 4th, 2015

Warm Up

1. What's the difference between a good and a service?
2. What is scarcity?

Learning Objective: Students will be prepared for their final exam next week.

Success Criteria: Students will have passed second semester citizenship.







You will be using Zondle to review for your final.  Today you should focus on games titled:

1. Basic Econ Vocab 1
2. Basic Econ Vocab 2
3. Basic Econ Review

Political Parties & Public Opinion Review Day

June 3rd, 2015

Warm Up

1. Can felons vote?  If so, when?
2. How is Wisconsin different from most states when it comes to registering to vote?

Learning Objective: Students will be prepared for their final exam next week.

Success Criteria: Students will have passed second semester citizenship.







You will be using Zondle to review for your final.  Today you should focus on games titled:

1. Political Parties, Public Opinion, Mass Media
2. Political Party Definitions

Voting & Law Vocab Review

June 2nd, 2015

Warm Up

1. What's the role of the mass media in our democracy and how do they make money?

Learning Objective: Students will be prepared for their final exam next week.

Success Criteria: Students will have passed second semester citizenship.







You will be using Zondle to review for your final.  Today you should focus on games titled:

1. Voting
2. Voting Take 2
3. Law Unit Vocabulary Review

Review Week

June 1st, 2015

Warm Up

1. What's the difference between an open primary and a closed primary?

2. What's the difference between a ballot and an absentee ballot?

Learning Objective: Students will be prepared for their final exam next week.

Success Criteria: Students will have passed second semester citizenship.  

Your test is next week.  It's time to see what you remember.  You will take the next 20 minutes to answer 15 True or False questions and 3 short answer questions. 

Do your best as these questions cover vocabulary and concepts that you will need to know for the exam.  We will go over as many as we can afterward.  

If you do well, then you will know that you can focus on other units.  If you do poorly, you'll have a good study guide for the law unit from the first semester. 

If you are absent and reading this, you can download these practice questions here.

Two American Famlies

May 29th, 2015

Exam Review Warm Up

Define the following:

1. Due Process of Law
2. Libel
3. Hung Jury

Over the past few days we have been watching Two American Families, a news special that followed two families from right here in Milwaukee as they survived together for 20 years.

For extra credit, write a letter to either the Nuemann or the Stanley family about their experiences and turn it in on Monday. If you had chance to speak with them, what would you say?  Can you relate to them?  How or why?  What advice would you ask them for? etc.

Start studying with Zondle this weekend, the exam is only 1 week away!

How to Apply for a Job Pt. 2

May 26th, 2015

Warm Up

What are some "red flags" that companies look for on applications?

Learning Objective: Students will understand pitfalls of applying for work.

Success Criteria: Students can proficiently complete a job application.







On Friday we learned about potential "red flags" companies look for on your applications.  We then filled out sample applications of our own.

In your groups you will be given several applications filled out by your classmates (with private information blanked out).  As a group take a few minutes to study these applications for "red flags" and decide who you'd want to interview.  Be ready to explain to the class why you came to the decision you did.

How to Apply for a Job

May 22nd, 2015

No Warm Up

We will be passing around a "yearbook" for Erin from City Year today.  Please sign it and/or leave her a nice note letting her know how much you liked working with her this year.










Learning Objective: Students will understand pitfalls of applying for work.

Success Criteria: Students can proficiently complete a job application.

Test Day

May 21st, 2015

No Warm Up

Test Day

Reminder you can make purchase that benefit the test today.

10% Test boost = 4,500 Dun-Bucks

3 free multiple choice/1 free short answer = 4,000 Dun-Bucks

Rolling Chair = 1,000 Dun-Bucks

Water Pass = 1,000 Dun-Bucks

Headphones During Test = $1000

New pencil = 300 Dun-Bucks

Eraser cap = 100 Dun-Bucks

Review Day

May 19th, 2015

Warm Up

How do people get into trouble with credit?

Learning Objective:  Students will understand how to be financially responsible.

Success Criteria: Students will be able to explain how to effectively manage their finances.





Your test is on Thursday.  Your packets are also due this Thursday.

Use today to catch up on anything you need to in your packets or study for the test with Zondle.

For review you should be using:

1. Personal Finance Vocab 1
2. Personal Finance Vocab 2
3. Personal Finance Review

The test is Thursday, packets are due Thursday.

DO NOT WRITE ON THESE BOOKLETS!!!!!

DO NOT TAKE THESE BOOKLETS WITH YOU!!!

Electronic copies of both can be found on the class blog under the packets section over there.

Personal Finance Booklet

To make it easier, here is the personal finance booklet needed to complete this unit's packet.  Remember it is due this Thursday.  Our test will also be on this Thursday.

Click here for the booklet.

New Review Question Set!

You may now answer a new set of practice questions for the upcoming test on personal finance.  These questions do not focus on vocabulary, but instead focus on applying the concepts and vocabulary you have learned to different personal finance situations.

You can play be either logging on to your Zondle account and choosing "Personal Finance Review" or by playing the spaceship/asteroid game below right from our class site.




Happy Hunting.

Debt

May 18th, 2015

Warm Up

1. What should you look for in a good credit card agreement?

Learning Objective:  Students will understand how to be financially responsible.

Success Criteria: Students will be able to create a plan to stay out of debt.

One student's story.

YOU MAY TAKE YOUR PACKETS WITH YOU TODAY.  THEY ARE DUE ON TEST DAY.

Complete pages 12 of your packets using the booklet.

DO NOT WRITE ON THESE BOOKLETS!!!!!

Electronic copies of both can be found on the class blog under the packets section over there.

Credit Part 2

May 15th, 2015

Warm Up

1. What is the amount of credit you can borrow based on?  (the 3 c's)
2. How does not paying your bills affect these 3 c's?

Learning Objective:  Students will understand how to be financially responsible.

Success Criteria: Students will be able to explain how to use credit carefully and responsibly.

Today we are going to try to figure out which credit card is the best deal.  Each group will be given a disclosure summary from a real credit card and have to answer several questions about that card.

After each group has had time to read over their disclosure summaries we will compare our options and decide which card is the best deal.

      

Important take-aways.  Pick cards with:

1. low APR
2. no annual fee
3. lower penalty APR (just in case)
4. longer grace periods
5. lower penalty fees

Avoid interest and penalties by:

1. only charging what you can afford to pay back
2. pay off balances in full at the end of a billing cycle
3. avoid impulse buying!!!!!

Credit

May 14th, 2015

Warm Up

What is the difference between a fixed expense and a flexible expense?  Give 2 examples of each.








Learning Objective:  Students will understand how to be financially responsible.

Success Criteria: Students will be able to explain how to use credit carefully and responsibly.






Credit is money you borrow with a promise to pay it back with interest.

The amount you're allowed to borrow is based on three things:

1. Your capacity - ability to pay the money back
2. Your character - your reputation when it comes to paying things back
3. Your capital - what you can give them if you can't pay it back

People get into trouble when they borrow too much and don't pay it back.  Interest can pile up against you causing you to have to pay back far more than you borrowed in the first place.

However, there are some advantages to credit.

1. Helpful in times of emergency
2. It is more convenient and safer than carrying cash
3. Allows you to make major purchases like a house or car

Complete pages 10 & 11 of your packets using the booklet.

DO NOT WRITE ON THESE BOOKLETS!!!!!

DO NOT TAKE THESE BOOKLETS OR PACKETS WITH YOU!!!

Electronic copies of both can be found on the class blog under the packets section over there.

Budgets Part 2

May 13th, 2015

Warm Up

Why should your budgets be realistic?

Learning Objective:  Students will understand how to be financially responsible.

Success Criteria: Students will be able to create a working budget.







Today we're going to be creating a working budget.

For this lesson we will assume the following:

1. You work for minimum wage and can get 40 hours a week (which is not always possible)
• This makes your monthly net income $1,099
• You work at the McDonald's located at 
• Milwaukee, WI 
• 2520 W National Ave 
2. You are living alone and do not have any children.
3. You have no savings.
4. You do not own a car.
5. Utilities would run you about $50 a month if the apartment you find does not include heat
• $30 a month if it does include heat
6. Food will run you about $200 a month

Your assignment will be to fill out the budget sheet that will be passed out to you.

Click here to download the budget template.

You will need to find an apartment that you can afford using this website.

You should complete your budget handout by the end of this class period.

Electronic copies of your packets, the booklet we are using, and this handout can be found on the class blog under the packets section over there.

The Importance of Budgets

May 12th, 2015

Warm Up

Define the following words

1. Fixed Expenses
2. Savings Account
3. Credit

Learning Objective:  Students will understand how to be financially responsible.

Success Criteria: Students will be able to explain the importance of creating a budget.







Today we're going to look at the importance of creating a budget and why it is so useful.

A budget is simply a list of your income and your expenses.  It allows you to track and your spending to make sure you don't overspend.  It also helps you keep track of how much you are saving!

Let's look at this example.

You're budget does not have to be this detailed, but it does help.  A template of a budget I've used can be found here.

No matter what, it should be realistic.

If you have unreasonable goals or expectations of your saving/spending habits you are not going to stick to your budget making it worthless.  Plan realistically, pick reasonable goals, be responsible, but also be honest with yourself!

I find it helpful to add a "unexpected expense" category where I can use it to add to any of my other expenses just in case something comes up.  

Remember some of your expenses will be fixed expenses (meaning they are always the same so you can plan for them) others will vary from month to month.  This will help with your planning.  After you subtract your fixed expenses it is easier to plan the rest of your monthly spending because you know what money is leftover to play with or save.

We'll look more closely at creating a budget tomorrow.  For know complete page 9 of your packet to learn more about budgets.

Complete page 9 of your packets using the booklet.

DO NOT WRITE ON THESE BOOKLETS!!!!!

DO NOT TAKE THESE BOOKLETS OR PACKETS WITH YOU!!!

Electronic copies of both can be found on the class blog under the packets section over there.

Personal Finance Vocabulary Part 2

May 11th, 2015

Warm Up

1. What is the difference between net income and gross income AND what are some of the things the missing money is used for?

Learning Objective:  Students will understand how to be financially responsible.

Success Criteria: Students will be able to define new vocabulary to help them understand the concepts of personal finance.










Today we will be using the chromebooks to play Zondle to learn the vocabulary works on page 8 of your packets through trial and error.  As you learn the definitions write them down on page 8 of your packet!

Using the quick quiz option makes this go quicker and is highly recommended.

Use "Personal Finance Vocab 2" for today's lesson.

Complete Page 8 of your packet by the end of class today.

DO NOT TAKE THESE BOOKLETS OR PACKETS WITH YOU!!!

Test date changed

Your test has been pushed back to May 21st, 2015.  Packets should be completed by then.  They will not be accepted late.

Catch Up Day

May 8th, 2015

Warm Up

1. What is the difference between gross income and net income?
2. Name 3 payroll deductions taken out of your paychecks.

Learning Objective:  Students will understand how to be financially responsible.

Success Criteria: Students will be able to define new vocabulary, explain the value of their education, and explain their paychecks.




Today is a catch up day to help you in case you fell a little behind.  By the end of today you have no excuse not to be done with your work through page 7 of your packets.

If you are caught up you should use this time to work ahead or make sure your entire group has ALL the right answers by having your packets checked by Mr. Dunbeck.

Complete through page 7 of your packets using the booklet.

DO NOT WRITE ON THESE BOOKLETS!!!!!

DO NOT TAKE THESE BOOKLETS OR PACKETS WITH YOU!!!

Electronic copies of both can be found on the class blog under the packets section over there.

Your Paycheck

May 7th, 2015

Warm Up

1. About how much is each class period in high school actually worth for you?
2. How could viewing a job as short-term rather long-term change how you act on the job?

Learning Objective:  Students will understand how to be financially responsible.

Success Criteria: Students will be able to read and explain their paychecks.







Today we're going to learn how to read and understand our paychecks to make sure that we are getting paid what we're supposed to be getting paid.

We'll also figure out why your gross income and your net income are different.

Let's look at this example from your packet.

You get paid differently depending on if you work overtime (more than 40 hours a week or 8 hours a day) or not.  

You also get money taken out of your check for payroll deductions such as:

1. federal income tax - Money taken from your check and given to the federal government to pay for services it provides like the military, food stamps, Congress & the President’s salary, etc
2. state income tax - Money taken from your check and given to the state government to pay for services they provide such as aid to local schools, police/fire departments, road building, etc.
3. medicare tax - Money taken from your check to pay for basic medical care for the elderly and the disabled
4. social security tax - Money taken from your check to provide some income to people too old to work or people with disabilities

Other payroll deductions could include union dues, insurance costs, retirement plans, etc.

The difference between the amount you earned and the amount you actually get to take home and use to pay your bills and meet your wants and needs creates the difference between gross income (the amount you earned) and net income (the amount you actually get to keep)

Complete pages 6 & 7 of your packets using the booklet.

DO NOT WRITE ON THESE BOOKLETS!!!!!

DO NOT TAKE THESE BOOKLETS OR PACKETS WITH YOU!!!

Electronic copies of both can be found on the class blog under the packets section over there.

The Value of Education

May 6th, 2015

Warm Up

Define the following:

1. Asset
2. Gross Income
3. Payroll Deductions

Learning Objective:  Students will understand how to be financially responsible.

Success Criteria: Students will be able to identify some of their assets and and explain the financial value of their education.







Why does education matter?

Economically speaking it increases your ability to earn money so you can better meet your wants and needs.

But by how much?

The difference between graduating high school and dropping out is ...

$10,963 A YEAR in earnings

Some college adds an extra $5,983 A YEAR to your income

A 2 year degree adds an extra $4,293 A YEAR to your income

A 4 year degree or higher adds an extra $19,242 A YEAR to your income

The average difference between a high school drop out and a 4 year college graduate...

$40,481 A YEAR in income

So how much does each class add to your lifetime income?  i.e. How much is each class period actually worth in terms of dollars? (Assuming you graduate high school in 4 years)

All data comes from the 2010 US Census.

Complete pages 4 & 5 of your packets using the booklet.

DO NOT WRITE ON THESE BOOKLETS!!!!!

DO NOT TAKE THESE BOOKLETS OR PACKETS WITH YOU!!!

Electronic copies of both can be found on the class blog under the packets section over there.

Personal Finance Vocabulary Part 1

May 5th, 2015

Warm Up

1. What is poverty?
2. What are some problems living in poverty causes?

Learning Objective:  Students will understand how to be financially responsible.

Success Criteria: Students will be able to define new vocabulary to help them understand the concepts of personal finance.








Due to the Sophmores taking the ACT Aspire we can not use the chromebooks for our vocabulary. Instead we will be playing the Team Play Game Show!

As we reveal the answers in the game, write the definitions down on page 3 of your packets.

Your teams are your groups.  No you may not switch groups.

1st place - 1000 Dun-Bucks

2nd place - 900 Dun-Bucks

3rd place - 800 Dun-Bucks

4th place - 700 Dun-Bucks

5th place - 600 Dun-Bucks

6th place - 500 Dun-Bucks

7th place - 400 Dun-Bucks

8th place - 300 Dun-Bucks

Complete Page 3 of your packet by the end of class today.

DO NOT TAKE THESE BOOKLETS OR PACKETS WITH YOU!!!

Intro to Personal Finance Unit

May the 4th be with you, 2015

Warm Up

What is a budget and why is making one important?










Learning Objective:  Students will understand how to be financially responsible.

Success Criteria: Students will be able to explain how difficult it is to survive on a low income.

Lesson: 3 Income classes

We divide people into 3 income groups based on our income; upper, middle, lower.

Upper class is the wealthiest in our country

Middle class is where you can afford to meet your needs and some of your wants

Lower class is where you struggle to meet your basic needs

What is poverty?

poverty = not having enough money to meet most or all of your needs

government programs such as free school lunch & food stamps are only given to those who qualify as living in poverty

According to the 2010 census, 29% of people living in Milwaukee are considered living in poverty compared to 13% of the State of Wisconsin as a whole. 

35% of Hispanics and 41% of African Americans in Milwaukee are living in poverty. - JSonline

Let's play a game and see if we can make it 1 month living in poverty...

Why is poverty bad?

"Poverty extends into every arena of society and is associated with many social and economic problems. Poverty is intimately related to inadequate nutrition, food insecurity, exposure to environmental toxins, family and street violence, residential instability, mental health issues, decreased educational attainment, and decreased access to employment opportunities among other detrimental issuesviii. The local economy weakens because without a strong employment pool, private sector businesses lack incentive to stay in our community and provide much-needed jobs to all residents." - Social Development Commission

Zondle Updated

May 3rd, 2015

Zondle has been updated with 2 new question sets for you to practice with:

• Personal Finance Vocab 1
• Personal Finance Vocab 2

Both of these will earn you Dun-Bucks for playing.

A third set will added soon.

• Personal Finance Review

Your test for this unit will be on May 19th, 2015.  The packet and the booklet we will be using for this unit can be found on the right-hand side of this page under the "packets" section.

Right over here:

Happy gaming.

In Solidarity,

Mr. Dunbeck

Sugars

May 1st, 2015

Learning Objective: Students will understand the true cost of sugar.

Success Criteria: Students can explain what they have learned about the food industry.
 

Today we will watch a John Oliver segment on sugar in your food.  Your job is to listen & raise your hand if you'd like to discuss or ask a question.  

State Standard Communication C1: Communicating using styles for appropriate purpose.

Food, Inc. Day 2

April 28th, 2015

Warm Up

What are 3 things that you learned, surprised, or shocked you from yesterday?

Today will will be continuing watching Food, Inc. to learn more about the food we eat, and our power as consumers.

ACT Aspire Testing (5th Period Only)

Welcome.

Please take a seat with no one next to you.

Place everything except a pen or pencil under your desk.

DO NOT LOG INTO THE CHROMEBOOKS.

Cellphones must be turned off and remain off for the entire test.













You will by using the Test NAV feature do not switch away from this screen.

When you are finished shut down the chromebooks.  Sadly the ACT Corporation will not allow you to play our review games, listen to music, or play on your phone when you are finished.

You must be quiet for the entire test.

This test will last 60 minutes.

Food, Inc & Consumer Sovereignty

April 27th, 2015

Warm Up

What is consumer sovereignty?

Learning Objective: Students will better understand their role as consumers.

Success Criteria: Students can use economic concepts to explain their impact on the economy.









This week we will be watching Food, Inc. to get a better look at how our food is made and understand how we have control over it.

Please fill out the handout given to you in class as you watch the film and keep them in your group folders throughout the week.  DO NOT TAKE THEM HOME.

If you don't answer the critical thinking questions, the best you can receive is a BASIC on this assignment.


 

Zondle Update

Greetings all,

As we have finished our Intro to Econ Unit the Econ Basics question sets have been "unset" meaning you can't earn Dun-Bucks for them anymore.  

However, you can play a new question set "General Civics Knowledge" to earn Dun-Bucks and check your general knowledge for Civics Facts.

In Solidarity,

Mr. Dunbeck

Test Day

April 24th, 2015

No Warm Up

Test Today

Reminder you can make purchase that benefit the test today.

10% Test boost = 4,500 Dun-Bucks

3 free multiple choice/1 free short answer = 3,000 Dun-Bucks

New pencil = 300 Dun-Bucks

Eraser cap = 100 Dun-Bucks

Review Day

April 22nd, 2015

Warm Up

How can you use consumer sovereignty to change the way companies act?

















Today is a review day, we will be using Zondle to review for our test tomorrow.  We will be using the following sets of questions:


Basic Econ Vocab 1
Basic Econ Vocab 2
Basic Econ Review

Bottled Water Scam & Consumer Sovereignty

Capitalism & Consumer Sovereignty

April 21st, 2015

Warm Up

Explain how your family fits into the circular flow of economic activity.

Learning Objective:  Students will understand their role in answering the 3 basic questions every economic system must be able to solve for.

Success Criteria:   Students can explain how consumer sovereignty and the profit motive shape our economy.

Notes are strongly encouraged.

Today's lesson is about how to use an app called Buycott to fully use our ability to shape the economy through the use of consumer sovereignty.

To be on target to complete our packets for the test, you should take your packets home today and complete the review page on page 13 and anything else you still need to finish.

Packets are due Friday.

Circular Flow of Economic Activity

April 20th, 2015

Warm Up

1. What does money store?
2. Why can't we just print more money whenever we want to?

Learning Objective: Students will understand the circular flow of economic activity.

Success Criteria: Students can explain how the economy grows.

Circular Flow of Economic Activity

For more detail read Chapter 19 Section 2: Economic Activity

To be on target to complete our packets for the test, you should have pages 11 & 12 completed by the end of class.

Goods v. Services, Batrering & Money

April 17th, 2015

Warm Up

Define the following words.

factors of production

labor

market

Learning Objective: Students will understand the benefits of currency.

Success Criteria: Students will be able to explain what makes good currency, what its true value is, and the benefits to its use in our economic system.

We will not be working on our packets today.  Note taking is encouraged.

Chapter 19 Vocabulary Day

April 16th, 2015

Warm Up

1. What is an opportunity cost?

2. If someone has a choice between buying soda for $1 or juice for $1 what will their choice tell us?

Learning Objective: Students will preview new vocabulary words.

Success Criteria: Students can define basic economic vocabulary words.

We will be using Zondle to learn new words through trial and error.  As you play write down the definitions on page 9 & 10 of your packet.  

Once you finish page 9 of your packet, use these words to fill in the blanks on page 10 of your packet.

You will be using "Basic Econ Vocab 2" today.

To be on target to complete our packets for the test, you should have pages 9 & 10 completed by the end of class.

Economic Decision Making

April 15th, 2015

Warm Up

What is scarcity, and what are the 3 economic questions that it creates?












Learning Objective: Students will understand how economic decisions are made.

Success Criteria: Students can explain the concepts of cost-benefit analysis,opportunity cost, and what these decisions tell us about people and a society.

Scarcity

April 14th, 2015

Warm Up

What is the difference between a want and a need?  Give 2 examples of each.














Learning Objective: Students will understand the problems associated with scarcity.

Success Criteria: Students can explain how our economic system tries to solve for the problems of scarcity.

To be on target to complete your packet in time for the test, you should complete pages 5 & 6 by the end of today.  Chapter 18 Section 1: How Economics Works will assist you with this.

Economics begins today!

April 13th, 2015

No warm up today.

Welcome Back!!!!

Learning Objective: Students will preview vocabulary words necessary to gain a successful understanding of economics.

Success Criteria: Students can define basic economic vocabulary words.












Today we begin our study of economics, the study of how our society decides the three big questions every society must answer:

1. What do we make?
2. How do we make it?
3. Who gets what is made?

In order to begin, we must have an understanding of some basic words.  We will be using Zondle to learn these words through trial and error.  As you play write down the definitions on page 3 of your packet.  Eight of the eleven words in today's game are on page 3, the other words will show up later in our unit, don't worry about those right now.

Once you finish page 3 of your packet, use these words to fill in the blanks on page 4 of your packet.

You will be using "Basic Econ Vocab 1" today.

To be on target to complete our packets for the test, you should have pages 3 & 4 completed by the end of class.

Zondle Updated

April 7th, 2015

Sorry for the delay, Zondle games are now updated and ready to go to help you preview the vocabulary for our new unit that we will be starting once we return to school next week.

With this unit we will be starting our units on Economics (the study of how we make decisions about what to make, how to make it, and who it goes to).

Enjoy the rest of your Spring Break and happy gaming!

Student Choice Class Discussion Day

April 2nd, 2015

No Warm Up

News: Youth Empowered in the Struggle will be having it's weekly city-wide meeting today after school to discuss the laws our State Government is trying to pass that could shut down our school and other MPS schools forcing us to kick everyone (students and teachers) out and sell it to a private school.  For more information see Mr. Dunbeck.

Learning Objective: Students will direct their own educational experience.

Success Criteria: Students can thoughtfully discuss important modern issues.

Today your class will be in charge of what we learn.  You have a choice between 3 topics that we as a class will vote on.  We will watch and discuss the video that gets the most votes.  

Your options are:

Puerto Rico, Guam, & American Somoa are part of the United States?

Money for Schools & the Lottery

Poor v. Rich in America

Zondle Games Update

Congratulations to our top 10!

1. Dwonya Gibbs (2nd Period)
2. Alex Torres (4th Period)
3. Ravianna Johnson (4th Period)
4. Javon Smith (5th Period)
5. Angel Jones (2nd Period)
6. Linda Scott (4th Period)
7. Francisco Cortes-Turjano (5th Period)
8. Chikya Joseph (5th Period)
9. Daizhun Thurman (2nd Period)
10. Joshua Williams (5th Period)

Games have been "unset" meaning you can still play them, but will not earn Dun-Bucks for them until they are reset for you all a couple weeks before finals start.  

However, over Spring Break, you will have a chance to play vocabulary games to preview words for our new unit.  Those games will be up Friday or Saturday this week.  Until them, take a breathe and re-group!

In Solidarity,

Mr. Dunbeck

Test Day

April 1st, 2015

Test Day

Review Day

March 31st, 2015

No Warm Up Today

Today we will be reviewing for the test by playing Zondle review games for Dun-Bucks.  The better you score in your games the more Dun-Bucks you earn.


CHROME BOOK LOG IN
email: your s#@milwaukee.k12.wi.us
password: your date of birth

Go to www.zondle.com

Play questions for either

Voting

Voting Take 2

Announcements

Take packets home today at end of class

Packets due Wednesday

Test on Wednesday

Youth Empowered in the Struggle tomorrow and Wednesday after school!

Filling out ballots

March 30th, 2015

Warm Up

Define: polling place, electorate, apathy

Learning Objective: Students will understand the mechanics of voting.

Success Criteria: Students can properly fill out a ballot.


















Today we're going to make sure we know how to fill out a ballot properly. If you can't fill out a ballot properly, your vote won't count even if you show up on election day.

Voter Apathy

March 27th, 2015

Warm Up

1. Why did different groups of people fight so hard, for so long for the right to vote?

Learning Objective:  Students will understand the importance of voting.

Success Criteria: Students can explain some of the reasons behind voter apathy.

What is apathy?

Why don't people vote?

Complete as many pages as you can through page 11.