Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Jan 3-5, 2018

Wow a new year has arrived and we are down to 2.5 weeks in the semester.  Here we go...

AP Human Geography
Wed. 1/3 -- Review ethnic distributions in the United States.  U.S. census activity with data for four cities and states and a color coded map. DUE: CRQ on Population -- remember it must be typed and printed for full credit.  
Thur. 1/4 -- Lecture notes on ethnic migrations in the U.S. and a few other countries for examples.  We will look at the history of segregation in the U.S. and South Africa.
Fri. 1/5 -- Introduction to ethnic conflict.  We will be assigned teams to work on a research project on ethnic conflict.  Each team will have a different topic and will create a slide show to present to the class.  Slide shoes due on Wednesday 1/10.

Economics
Wed. 1/3 -- Most of the class will go to the ASVAB interpretation class conducted by Dr. Cook in the career center to complete their high school and beyond plan.  The seniors will watch a DVD on U.S. and China trade.
Thur. 1/4 -- Hand out new purple calendars. "Can trade be win-win" lecture with notes.  We will also watch crash course economics #2 to complete the work on trade absolute and comparative advantage. There are questions with the video on the lecture note sheet.
Fri. 1/5 -- T-chart with graphic elements on protectionist and free trade arguments. 

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

December 11-19, 2017

This post is for one week and the first two days of the following week. 

AP Human Geography
Mon. 12/11 -- Chapter 6, Key Issue 4 -- Religious conflict -- religion vs government (Taliban and Hinduism) and religion vs communism (USSR and China).  Introduce Key issue with some notes on the first three pages.  Break into groups and research the answers to questions about Ireland, Israel/Palestine and the Islamic State.  How do religious differences play into these conflicts.  We finished Ireland on Monday.
Tue. 12/12 -- Finished Israel/Palestine and the Islamic State.  The notes have some embedded video.  I would suggest watching Clarissa Ward of CBS news explain the Suni vs Shia conflict (you can google it on Youtube). Notes and discussion.
Wed. 12/13 -- Quiz on Chapter 6 -- Religion.  Time to work on calendar/holy day presentations.  Notebook #5 DUE. 
Thur. 12/14 -- Holy days presentations
Fri. 12/15 -- Finish Holy days presentations
Mon. 12/18 -- Go over the chapter 6 quiz and review religious geography of the U.S..  CRQ on religious distribution -- in class write.
Tue. 12/19 -- Grade the CRQ and discuss the best ways to score well on the writing portion of the AP test.  Winter Break assignment -- writing on Population.  DUE Wed. 1/3/18

Economics
Mon. 12/11 -- Review Fiscal Policy from Friday and grade the front side of the "Fiscal Policy" worksheet.  Notes on Supply-side policy.  Work stamped in class.
Tue. 12/12 -- Introduce the Federal Reserve -- Look at money and identify the local Federal REserve district (#12).  Maintaining the quality and circulation of the money supply is one of the main responsibilities of the Fed.  We also looked at security features on the paper currency.  Students completed a graphic organizer on the structure of the Fed and its responsibilities.
Wed. 12/13 -- Notes on Monetary Policy and the tools of MP.  I handed out a graphic organizer that students filled in showing reactions with recessions and inflation.  Finished the class playing the Fed Chairman game from the San Francisco Federal Reserve.  It is worth 10 extra credit points if you get reappointed chair!
Thur. 12/14 -- Small group activity to review the difference between Fiscal and Monetary Policy.  Hand out reviews for the exam on Monday.  [This is a lot of information in these chapters so you will need to study for the exam. Notebook #5 DUE
Fri. 12/15 -- Review for the exam
Mon. 12/18 -- Government and the Economy exam (chapters 14-16).
Tue. 12/19 -- Fun surprise activity where you will probably win prizes.
 

Monday, December 4, 2017

December 4-8, 2017

AP Human Geography
Mon. 12/4 -- Correct worksheet on the distribution of religions.  Break into groups of three and make a graphic organizer about the largest universalizing religion.  The graphic organizer directions are posted on the google classroom space.
Tue. 12/5 -- Review the hearths of religions with a picture power point.  Maps showing the diffusion of religions from their hearths and agents of diffusion.
Wed. 12/6 -- Qz. Chapter 6, Key issues 1-2 (religious distribution and diffusion). Break into groups of six. We will tackle Key Issue 3 on religious organization.  Each group member will take one religion and complete the section of the chart for that religion.  They will then share the information with others.  We will make a large class diagram.
Thur. 12/7 -- Continue the assignment from Wednesday
Fri. 12/8 -- Holiday presentation. Assignment posted to Google classroom.

Economics
[Note I have made some changes to the calendar.]
Mon. 12/4 -- Introduction to the budget and budget numbers.  How do competing tax bills make their way through conference committees.  Budget showdown this week!  Begin assignment to research discretionary spending by department. 
Tue. 12/5 -- Continue spending research
Wed. 12/6 -- Mini-Congress.  We will use our research to try and cut 50 billion from discretionary spending.  Simulation.
Thur. 12/7 -- Budget Debt. Pages 417-422.  You will read the section and take notes.  You can ask me questions.  When you are ready, you can use the notes you have taken on the quiz.  It is about 14 multiple choice questions.
Friday. 12/8 -- Fiscal Policy, Keynes and Stimulus .  Crash Course video #8, questions and some follow-up reading in the book, p. 438-443.