Economics:

Monday: Students will be watching the building of the Alaskan Pipeline and identify the connections of this project to the characteristics and the goals of America as well as looking at how government has influenced this project and history.

Tuesday: Students will obtain their quizzes back, write a short summary of the video we watched on Monday and prepare for the test on Chapter 2 which will be Wednesday.

Wednesday: Chapter 2 Test

Thursday: Students will begin to examine Gross Income, Dispoable Income and Discreationary Income.

Friday: Students will take the day to research stocks of interest in preparation for purchasing stocks on Monday.

U.S. History:

Monday: Students will look at the critics of the New Deal and then how Roosevelt responded.

Tuesday: Students will examine the Second New Deal and watch a video and discuss the results of the New Deal to America.

Wedensday:  Students will have a quiz on the New Deal and then they will have the class time to work on a review guide.

Thursday: Students will obtain their quizzes back and continue to work on their review which will be due on Friday.

Friday: Students will go over their assignment and discuss the keys to their test over the Great Depression and the New Deal which will be on Monday.

Economics:

Monday: Discuss Circular Flow Model, essay and assignment

Tuesday: Discuss Characteristics of the U.S. economy and a written response.

Wednesday: Activity looking at a cause/effect connection in our nation.

Thursday: Discussion of the Goals of our nation

Friday: Quiz on the week's activities and a start of a video that will look at the characteristics/goals of our nation in action from a historical point of view.

U.S. History:

Monday: Finish looking at the results to America following the stock market crash and assignment on Hoover's response.

Tuesday: Look at the response of Hoover to the Depression.

Wednesday: Discuss Franklin Roosevelt's Background.

Thursday: Discuss the election of 1932 and the 1st New Deal

Friday: Look at the 1st New Deal and begin to examine the Critics.

Economics:

Monday: Quiz on Chapter 1 Section 1 and 2. Students will also be assigned a reading with questions that will focus on the various Economic thoughts that have evolved over time to our present day.

Tuesday: Return of Quizzes, go over reading of economist/discuss and prepare students for their Chapter 1 Test on Wednesday.

Wednesday: Chapter 1 Test

Thursday: Discussion on Chapter 2, section 1 and begin to examine the various economic systems that exist and their advantages/disadvantages.

Friday: Return of Chapter 1 Test and view a video on renewable energy and the importance to lessen our dependency on foreign oil.

U.S. History:

Monday: Students will go over a crossword over the 1920's and finish their review guide over the 1920's in class; students will obtain the quizzes that they took on Friday as well and we will discuss the results.

Tuesday: Students will go over their 1920's review guide in class for a grade and we will highlight the key points for their test on Wednesday over the 1920's.

Wednesday: Test on the 1920's.

Thursday: Students will discuss the causes of the stock market crash of 1929 and the early effects to the overall economy.

Friday: Students will obtain their 1920's test back and highlight their results and continue our discussion of the challenges to America as a result of the Stock Market crash of 1929 and how people "lived" to cope with the loss of all their money and life's savings.

Economics:

Monday: Students will begin looking at the issue of scarcity, shortages and the challenges of these thoughts in relationship to the world we live in as well as individual items impacting their lives.

Tuesday: Students will examine the factors of production and their connection to life. A short assignment will also be given.

Wednesday: Students will examine the opportunity cost of obtaining a college degree vs. working as they begin to make some choices about the direction they are considering for their futures.

Thursday: Students will examine the use of resources vs. idle resources and how production possibilities will drive business and governemental decisions through an exercise done in class.

Friday: Quiz and a video followed by a reading task for Monday.

U.S. History:

Monday: Students will be looking at issue of prohibition of the 1920's and starting a video.

Tuesday: Students will be looking at the life styles of women and how American's lived in the 20's and continue a video.

Wednesday: Students will have a chance to identify individual hero's of the 20's and how they became icons.

Thursday: Students will examine some of the struggling sectors of America in the 1920's as well as some successes of the various ethnic groups in America.

Friday: Students will have a quiz over the week's information as well as obtain a review packet that will be due the following Tuesday with a test on the 1920's planned for Wednesday, January 18th.