Thursday 1/30/2020

Today we began our business project and played a review game for the test on Monday.

Please come see me if you were absent.


•Objectives: Define income, savings, stock and dividend. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of buying stocks.
•Warm up 10: What are stocks?
•For Monday: Unit 1 test: Economics, scarcity, opportunity cost, production possibilities frontier, personal finance, interest calculations, economic structures, business organizations. You will be turning in notes and warm ups!

Tuesday 1/28/2020

•Objective: Evaluate the various types of business organizations and determine which type of business works best in various situations.
•Warm up 9: Would you like to be an entrepreneur? Why or why not?
•For Monday: Unit 1 test: Economics, scarcity, opportunity cost, production possibilities frontier, personal finance, interest calculations, economic structures, business organizations. You will be turning in notes and warm ups!


Instructions for stock game

Monday 1/27/2020

Budget Monday 

Get a budget worksheet from me if you were absent. 

This "month" you were asked to be in your best friend's wedding and now have to buy the dress/shoes and/or rent or buy a tux/shoes.
Search online for the perfect outfit and add the costs to this month's budget.
Remember to include and itemize your entertainment expenses from the week and multiply them by 4.
If you run out of cash to buy your clothes, use your credit card by paying the $15 minimum you may owe and charging any negative amount you have in your account.

1/23/2020

Today we will be discussing Economic Systems within different countries

Link for class survey

1/21/2020

Production Possibilities Curve/Frontier

PPT Week 3

If absent, review speaker notes to help you understand Production Possibilities Curves.

There was a worksheet in class...come pick it up.

Homework: Read/outline Chapter 2, sections 1, 2, and 3 for Thursday.

Thursday 1/16/2020

Today we learned about credit cards!

Here's the power point for today...please check to see what you missed and come to class to pick up your worksheets about credit cards.

Week 2 PPT

True cost of owning a car video

True Cost of Owning a Car

Tuesday 1/14/2020

PPT Week 20


•Objective: Students will identify the hidden costs of major purchases by researching and buying a car.
•Warm up 4: What kind of car would you like after you get your first job? What will you consider?
•For Thursday, finish car worksheet if not completed in class.

Monday, January 13, 2020

Week 2 PPT

•Objective: Students will identify choices required to live on their own by creating a realistic budget and applying their choices to real world situations.
•Warm up 3: Do you think you will be able to live on your own after high school or college graduation? How do you plan to have enough money to do that?

Thursday 1/9/2020

PPT for 1/9/2020


•Objective: Students will apply knowledge of opportunity costs and trade-offs by creating tables and graphs.
•Warm up 2: Name a decision you made in the last month in which you gave up something you wanted because you knew it would cost (does not have to be a monetary cost) you in the longer term (boots, car, night out).
•Homework: Enjoy your weekend.

If you were absent...I have packets of work for you in class with your names on them.

We discussed decision making, personal decision making, and "There's no such thing as a free lunch." 

Tuesday 1/7/2020

Econ Week 1 PPT

Welcome back and welcome to economics.



Today we discussed "what is economics" and the difference between macro and microeconomics. We defined scarcity, needs v. wants, as well as opportunity costs.




•HAPPY NEW YEAR!
•Objective: Students will define the study of Economics by watching a video and discussing scarcity.
•Warm Up 1: Write down three NEEDS and three WANTS that you have. What’s the difference between the two?
•Homework: Finish Chapter 1, Sections 2-3 (pages 12-25)


Crash Course Episode
Worksheet