1. Take the Fog of War quiz on Quia. This is open notes / internet, so you may use whatever sources to answer but do not use your friends as a resource! 2. Finish any missing work. 3. If all missing work is finished, read chapter 20, sections 3 and 4.
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1. Finish any missing work you have. Many of you have more than one assignment missing.
2. Read up on this Syria airbase attack from yesterday. Figure out what has happened and how you feel about it. We'll talk the last 40 minutes of class about that and other news. 3. Here are some links:
Read this, this and this to answer these questions. You'll work on this today and tomorrow.
Gasoline Supply and Demand: Answer the numbered questions.
$2.00 | 50 $1.75 | 60 $1.50 | 75 $1.25 | 95 $1.00 | 120 2. Draw a supply curve for gasoline. Do this on a separate graph than #1. Gas Supply per Consumer Price per liter | Quantity (liters) supply per week $1.20 | 50 $1.30 | 60 $1.50 | 75 $1.75 | 95 $2.15 | 120 3. Now, draw a graph with both the supply and demand curve. What is the equilibrium price? 4. Saudi Arabia, a prolific oil exporting state, finds several new oil deposits. What direction does the supply curve move? 5. Tesla Motors is projected to sell 250,000 electric cars in 2016, which is up 400% from 2015. What direction will the demand curve move? 6. There is a cow shortage in Bolivia that affects the beef market. What direction will the supply curve move? 7. Cadbury eggs have been proven to cause intestinal distress. What direction will the demand curve move? 1. Practice on Quizlet for the test tomorrow.
2. Write down anything you want on a single index card. You may use this on tomorrow's test. 3. Finish any missing work. 4. We will watch some Crash Course toward the end of class. Read the last four pages (There are eight total, we stopped after finishing the fourth) of investopia here.
Do the following questions. Note that Production Possibility Frontier was covered in page 3 of the investopia text we've been reading. Check out the graphs there.
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 Will it be repealed? 3.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. |
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