May 14-18, 2018

AP Human Geography
Mon. 5/14 -- Political Geography Table Games -- Review Chapter 8.  I even went into the curriculum guide and added in extra stuff!
Tue. 5/15 -- Write two CRQ essays in 50 minutes or less.  This will help your pacing for the actual AP Test.  I will grade one and you will grade one.  Scoring rubrics help to understand stronger and weaker answers and how to earn more points.
Wed. 5/16 -- Review scoring rubrics.  Half of class to review chapter 10 -- Agriculture.  I have a sheet to fill in with the lecture.
Thursday 5/17 -- Part of class to review Factories and Industrialization.  Part of class to relax and make up questions with a set of answers.
Friday 5/18 -- AP Human Geography Test.  Bring some lunch.  Two pencils, blue or black pen. layers of clothing and a watch.  In class we will watch Discovery Atlas Japan.  Good luck!!😊

Economics 
Mon. 5/14 -- How fiscal and monetary policy work.  A big chart with groups. Hopefully I can gather more notebooks. I am missing about half!
Tue. 5/15 -- Review day for the test.
Wed. 5/16 --Current event and more review
Thur. 5/17  -- Test over economics and government
Fri. 5/18 -- Compare Free trade and Protectionist trade.  Make a -T-chart showing arguments about trade. p. 501-505.  Make three columns, one for Free Trade, one for an image and one for Protectionism.  p. 503-505 has "arguments for protection" This section also has the countering free-trade argument. For each a) write the protectionist argument (in times of war, the U.S. need to be self-sufficient) the free trade argument (not promoting specialization causes low productivity and expensive supply) finally your need and image for each.  Do not do supporting national pride -- it's not a very economic argument.  Define both tariff and quota.

May 7-11, 2018

AP Human Geography
Mon. 5/7 -- Review the Urban test from last week.  Go over the test basics.  How to study, where to focus your time.  Material to bring (pencils, and blue or black pens, layers of clothing).
Tue. 5/8 -- 2016 Practice Test for multiple choice questions.  I also handed out a scoring guide to estimate your AP score.
Wed. 5/9 -- Review of the 25 most missed questions on the practice test.  Culture review powerpoint with questions -- it is posted on our google classroom page.
Thur. 5/10 -- Culture Jeopardy day.
Fri. 5/11 -- FRQ scramble.  We looked at about 10 FRQ essay questions from previous years.  Students wrote essay outlines and then we looked at the questions.  I recommend students go to AP Central and look at the AP Human Geography Exam.  They can see past questions, scoring guides and sample essays.
One week until the AP test :)

Economics
Mon. 5/7 -- Review notes on the national debt (p. 417-422) and take the open-note National Debt quiz.  In 6th period we had a brief amount of time to review the material from the tax truths assignment.
Tue. 5/8 -- Fiscal Policy worksheet.  Part 1 -- Watch Crash Course Economics #8 on Fiscal Policy and answer the questions. Part 2-3 can be found in the text.
Wed. 5/9 -- Worksheet on the structure of the Federal Reserve.  The worksheet covers the parts of the Fed and the major responsibilities for ordinary operations. Watch EconMovies Despicable Me, which will review the role of the Federal Reserve. 
Thur. 5/10 -- Monetary Policy.  I have a lot of notes to review the Fed and go over the tools of monetary policy.  The notes review the structure and cover the duties of the Fed chair, Board of Governors and FOMC.  Know this.  We also went over the three tools of monetary policy.  We finished in class with the Fed Chairman Game -- easily searchable.  It is good review, but there is nothing to turn in .  Unless you get reappointed and then you get candy!
Fri. 5/11 -- Collected Notebook #5.  Watched Crash Course Economics #10 on monetary policy.  Then we played Table Games -- a review for the unit.  Nothing specific to make-up, but I need notebooks.  Good luck APUSH people.