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.


 

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

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.