1. Create memes to comment on and explain the six following economics topics. Make these however you want. You can use your phone, paint, the internet, or you can draw them by hand. Make them funny!
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1. Finish the work from yesterday.
2. Read this on an impending vote to repeal HB2. This just happened last night. Will it be repealed? 3. Read and do vocab from chapter 19. We'll do notes later. 4. Here are the people who voted yes on the ISP bill and how much money their PACs accepted from internet service providers. Two assignments today. These are two separate assignments, so do them on different sheets of paper or documents.
1. In a constructed response, explain the opportunity cost of going to college (two or four year university) after high school. Give examples and don't necessarily focus on monetary costs. This should be about half a page. 2. Pick a product to hypothetically manufacture
3. Work on any makeup work. We are going to start a unit on economics today. Economics is part of the civics curriculum in NC, and a general knowledge of it can benefit us in various ways. Knowing the intricacies of macroeconomics won't have a ton of influence on your life unless you're running a business, but more focused things, like personal finance, can be of benefit.
1. Read up on the basics of economics here. Read through the first four pages. Answer the questions at the bottom of the page using information from these links. 1. Who is considered to be the "father of modern economics"? What type of science is economics? 2. What assumption does economics make about human behavior? 3. Explain scarcity. 4. What is the difference between macro and micro economics? 5. Who came up with the invisible hand? Explain this concept. Use an example. (You may want to google this one) 6. What is a production possibility frontier? What does it show? Why is it useful to a business? 7. Explain opportunity cost. Create an example based on your own life to illustrate opportunity cost. 8. Why is it advantageous for nations to specialize industries and trade for what they need rather than to diversify their own industries? 9. Explain supply and demand. How does it affect the price of goods? What must occur for the economy to be at 'equilibrium'? 10. Explain the law of demand and the law of supply. 1. Read about the gun laws in the USA and the gun laws in NC. Scan over these and figure out what is and isn't allowed. Here is the law itself in NC.
2. Well, that movie was depressing. Have an uplifting article! Joe Biden meets Joe Biden. 3. Do the following assignment for some test extra credit. What do you feel like is an ideal compromise for the gun control argument? Present your idea in a one page handwritten essay. Make sure to give examples of why you think your way would strike a good balance between safety and freedom. 1. Check out this day in history.
2. Complete the questions at the bottom of this post and turn them in. 3. Practice on Quizlet for your test on Wednesday. 4. We will do notes and discussion during the last 30 minutes of class. Questions: For questions 1 through 5, use this link. 1. Who are our county commissioners? Who is the clerk to the board? When do they meet next? 2. 911 communications for Caldwell county handles an average of how many 911 calls per year? How many non-emergency calls, too? 3. Who is the current sheriff of Caldwell county? What year was he first elected? Who is the chief deputy? 4. When was Caldwell County founded? What was the original settlement of Lenoir called? What are the three main rivers in Caldwell County? How many farms where here in 1910? 5. Who is the president of the Caldwell County Library? How many branches does the Caldwell County Library have? Name three types of digital services the library has. Also, name two books on the best of 2016 teen books list. Questions 6 and 7 can be answered using this link. 6. Who is on the city council of Lenoir? Who is the mayor pro tem? Who is the mayor? 7. What year was Lenoir named an All-American city? Who made Lenoir's quilted square for the All-American city quilt? What was on our quilt square? Answer questions 8 through 10 using this link. 8. When was the town of Hudson first incorporated? What business did Mr. B.B. Hayes establish in Hudson? 9. Who is the mayor of Hudson? Mayor pro tem? Who is on the board of commissioners? 10. Name three annual events held in Hudson. Briefly summarize each one. 1. Beware the Ides of March.
2. We were going to watch a movie today but SOMEONE (Mr. Pitts) had trouble finding it. We'll try to watch it next Thursday or Friday instead. Sorry! 3. Go to http://www.caldwellcountync.org/ and read about our county! Jot down a few notes so we can talk about it. Find out the following things:
1. Finish the questions from yesterday and any missing work.
2. Check out this map of tax credit change with the American Healthcare Act, the potential replacement for the ACA. See what the tax cuts for our county are at various ages and incomes. How are they different from the tax cuts under ACA? 3. Work on any extra credit you may have missed. I'll take them until tomorrow. Go to the American BAR Association's website. Use the links on this page to answer the following questions. Read the whole thing over the next two days. This is a good primer on how court cases work.
1. What is the difference between a civil and criminal case? 2. What is "settling" in regards to a trial? What type of trial can be settled? 3. In a criminal case, a defendant can do something prior to the trial to lessen their sentence at times. What is this called? What does it require? Hint: Look in the section on settling. 4. What is the formal process of exchanging information between the parties about the witnesses and evidence they’ll present at trial? What is a written order issued by a court compelling a person to testify or produce certain physical evidence such as records? 5. What are the three ways that criminal charges can be brought against someone? 6. What rights are read to a person who is arrested? Why are these required to be read to them? What must happen for an arrested person to be held longer than 48 hours? 7. Who are the officers of the court? What do they do? 8. How many people are selected for a jury? What is the process of questioning potential jurors called? 9, What reasons can cause a trial to be called a mistrial? 10. What types of evidence are allowed in court? What is the difference between the two? |
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