Ancient Medieval
Mon. 4/28 -- Library to work on research paper. Students are writing about a historical figure in the 1st person, so I am calling the paper an autobiography. It is worth 150 points and is due on Wednesday, May 7th.
Tue. 4/29 -- Library day 2
Wed. 4/30 -- Feudalism simulation. Reading pages 360-363 on Feudal manors. Students will diagram a manor with the eight parts listed on p. 363. Define Manor, create a map/diagram of a manor and label (manor house, village church, peasant collages, Demesne, crofts, mills, common pasture and woodland. From pages 360-363 describe life on a manor with a minimum of 6 bullets.
Thur. 5/1 -- Lecture notes on castle and knights. Reading on sieges warfare/offense and defensive tactics. This vocab will be on a quiz on 5/7.
Fri. 5/2 -- Library (last class day) for research and writing.
*Most of the writing for this project will be homework. That is why there is a weekend and 5 more days to finish.
Economics
Mon. 4/28 -- Test on Banking and Finance (I moved the test fro Friday) Be prepared to take the test today if you were on a field trip.
Tue. 4/29 -- Notes on how to figure out GDP and GNP. Look and find data on 10 countries and color a map to show their per capita GDP. Get a copy of an almanac and the key if you are absent.
Wed. 4/30 -- Video on the increasing income disparity in the U.S. Research on different countries and their demographics of prosperity. What makes some communities well off while others have high crime rates and low levels of education?
Thur. 5/1 -- Read p. 428 about Keynes. Lecture on the out-put expenditure model and a color codes diagram. Video on Keynes. If absent: Get a copy of the circular-flow diagram. Read pages. 325-327. According to Keynes the economy is divided into four sectors GDP=C+I-G+F (x-m). Read and take notes on the four sectors. Keynes argued the Great Depression would not fix itself -- that the C and I were too low. Government spending was needed to jump-start the economy.
Fri. 5/2 -- Definition of the inflation rate. Skits on vocabulary. Reading pages 366-367. If absent do: p. 367 -- 1) define. consumer price index (CPI); creeping inflation, hyper inflation, demand pull inflation, cost-push inflation and wage price spiral. Do question 2, 5 and 6.
Mon. 5/5 -- Open note quiz on Keynes
Mon. 4/28 -- Library to work on research paper. Students are writing about a historical figure in the 1st person, so I am calling the paper an autobiography. It is worth 150 points and is due on Wednesday, May 7th.
Tue. 4/29 -- Library day 2
Wed. 4/30 -- Feudalism simulation. Reading pages 360-363 on Feudal manors. Students will diagram a manor with the eight parts listed on p. 363. Define Manor, create a map/diagram of a manor and label (manor house, village church, peasant collages, Demesne, crofts, mills, common pasture and woodland. From pages 360-363 describe life on a manor with a minimum of 6 bullets.
Thur. 5/1 -- Lecture notes on castle and knights. Reading on sieges warfare/offense and defensive tactics. This vocab will be on a quiz on 5/7.
Fri. 5/2 -- Library (last class day) for research and writing.
*Most of the writing for this project will be homework. That is why there is a weekend and 5 more days to finish.
Economics
Mon. 4/28 -- Test on Banking and Finance (I moved the test fro Friday) Be prepared to take the test today if you were on a field trip.
Tue. 4/29 -- Notes on how to figure out GDP and GNP. Look and find data on 10 countries and color a map to show their per capita GDP. Get a copy of an almanac and the key if you are absent.
Wed. 4/30 -- Video on the increasing income disparity in the U.S. Research on different countries and their demographics of prosperity. What makes some communities well off while others have high crime rates and low levels of education?
Thur. 5/1 -- Read p. 428 about Keynes. Lecture on the out-put expenditure model and a color codes diagram. Video on Keynes. If absent: Get a copy of the circular-flow diagram. Read pages. 325-327. According to Keynes the economy is divided into four sectors GDP=C+I-G+F (x-m). Read and take notes on the four sectors. Keynes argued the Great Depression would not fix itself -- that the C and I were too low. Government spending was needed to jump-start the economy.
Fri. 5/2 -- Definition of the inflation rate. Skits on vocabulary. Reading pages 366-367. If absent do: p. 367 -- 1) define. consumer price index (CPI); creeping inflation, hyper inflation, demand pull inflation, cost-push inflation and wage price spiral. Do question 2, 5 and 6.
Mon. 5/5 -- Open note quiz on Keynes
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