HOTA: Wednesday, 11/25/09
Students took a quiz on the assigned reading. Afterwards we played Jeopardy with questions about the causes of the Civil War.
Homework: Read the Emancipation Proclamation and complete an OPVL analysis for 5 points. Use Mr. Yamada’s general tips for analyzing a document to guide your analysis.
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ECON: Tuesday, 11/24/09
We started with a show-and-tell of merit and demerit goods that students brought to share with the class. We explained how each good affected third parties in a positive or negative way. We also determined whether the effect came from the production or consumption of the product.
Students received a new externalities study guide. Mr. Yamada explained how goods can be rival or excludable and how these characteristics can determine the externalities of a product. Students chose groups for the externalities project and chose whether to complete the video or the poster option.
Homework: Complete the activity classifying excludable and rival goods (5 points). If you were gone, check page 136 of your textbook for explanations of “rival” and “excludable.” Check out the options for the externalities video assignment and the externalities poster assignment to decide which one you want to do and check with friends to see if you were picked for a group.
Externalities project due Tuesday, 12/8 (50 points).
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HOTA: Monday, 11/23/09
Students took a quiz on the first section of reading in chapter 15 from the textbook. Mr. Yamada reviewed some of the causes of the Civil War. Students worked in teams to create war strategies for each side in the conflict.
Homework: Read Ch. 15 from “Cotton Diplomacy” up to but not including “Changes Wrought by War.” Reading quiz, 5 points. Also, study the causes of the war from our study guide for a 20-point game show assessment. (This will also cover some of the chapter 15 topics.)
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ECON: Friday, 11/20/09
Students turned in the first current events commentary today. Mr. Yamada introduced the concept of market failure and its two major sub-categories, abuse of monopoly power and externalities. We viewed the film The Lorax and saw examples of negative externalities in action.
Homework: Bring a merit or demerit good to class for show-and-tell (5 points). A merit good is a product that has a positive effect on someone who didn’t produce, sell or buy it. A demerit good has a negative effect on someone who didn’t produce, sell or buy it. In other words, the product must affect a third party bystander. If you cannot find a good to bring in physically, you may bring a picture of such a good.
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HOTA: Thursday, 11/19/09
Students created posters classifying the various causes of the Civil War into social, economic and political factors.
Homework: Complete reading and study guide for chapter 14 (if not done already). Read first section of chapter 15, from “Organizing for War,” up to and including “Naval Warfare.” Next class we will take a 10 point multiple choice quiz on the reading based on the quiz questions handed out in class.
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ECON: Wednesday, 11/18/09
Mr. Yamada went over the Quest and put it in the context of preparation for the commentary, on which he also took questions. Students presented their market structure posters and took notes on the various kinds of markets.
Homework: Current events commentary #1 due on Friday, 11/20/09 (200 points)
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HOTA: Tuesday, 11/17/09
Guest teacher Peter Wiebe reviewed key terms from the causes of the Civil War. Students watched part of episode 1 in Ken Burns’ documentary, The Civil War. The episode is called “The Cause.” Students completed a worksheet on the film that they turned in at the end of class.
Homework: Read the remaining sections in chapter 14: from “Polarization and the Road to War” to the end. Complete the relevant sections in the study guide.
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ECON: Monday, 11/16/09
Students took a “Quest” (Quiz/Test) that involved drawing three different economic diagrams for a total of 30 points possible. Students provided each other feedback and advice on their commentary outlines while Mr. Yamada met briefly with each student individually.
Homework: Current events commentary due Friday, 11/20/09 (200 points). No additional homework.
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HOTA: Thursday, 11/12/09
Today Mr. Yamada reviewed several causes of the U.S. Civil War and introduced some of the key personalities involved.
Homework: Read second section of chapter 14, from “Political Disintegration” up to (but not including) “Polarization and the Road to War.” Take notes on relevant items in the study guide (5 points).
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ECON: Tuesday, 11/10/09
Students took a quiz on elasticities and we reviewed the homework on PES. Students created posters illustrating local examples of the following market structures: Perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition.
Homework: Complete a page of the Economics Commentary Guiding Questions from the commentary packet, 10 points. (See “economics resources” section for link to the commentary packet.) By doing this, you will create an outline for your commentary. You may use one of the articles you have already collected, or a new one.
First current events commentary due Friday, 11/20/09 (200 points).
“Quest” on Monday, 11/16/09. You will get three scenarios asking you to draw three different graphs: Supply and demand, elasticity (PED or PES) and PPC. (30 points total.)
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