Monday, November 24, 2008

Week of November 24, 2008

Chapter 12
Section 1: GDP, Identify the Key Terms, Answer 4 questions on page 308
Section 2: Business Cycles, Key Terms, Answer 4 questions on page 316
Profile: Andrew Carnegie, Answer questions 1+2 on page 317
Section 3: Economic Growth, Key Terms, Answer 4 questions on page 324
Real Life Case Study- Answer questions 1+2 on page 325

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Week of November 3

WSJ, High School Edition 10 stories are to be summarized by Nov 13 (quiz grade) Thursday

Chapter 10
Identify vocabulary and answer 5 questions from the section review
10(1) page 248 Due Friday 11/7
10(2) page 256 Due Monday 11/10
10(3) page 264 Due Wednesday 11/12
Read Amadeo Gianni profile and answer question 1+2
Read Real life case study: Big Banks and Small answer questions 1+2

Quiz next week

Friday, October 10, 2008

Entrepreneur interviews due Friday, Oct. 17

Questions on sheet

Interview Subject
Business Name
What goods and services do they provide?

What types of investments do they have to make?
Human
Natural
Capital/Fixed cost
Unexpected/variable costs

Story of their entry to this business/ time needed for start-up

Their expectations of their players

Target Audience and how they reach them

Seasonal and Cyclical Nature of the business-

Role of government regulation in their business

Local
State
National

Their personal rewards in running the business

Words of wisdom for success

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Week of October 6, 2008

Monday- Take home portion of Chapter 5 test due
Outline Mr. Heslin's interview
Your interview (take home test is due Wed. October 15)

Tuesday- Chapter 8 Business Organizations (p. 184-207)
Review Chapter 5 Test
Due Wed. - current event summary
E.C. Watch the debate tonight and summarize the action
What economic issues are discussed?

Due Thursday
1. 8(1) Sole proprietorships184-188
identify and explain the 6 key terms in the section-
answer questions 1-5 (choose 4) on page 188

2.Read the Jerry Yang profile- answer question 1+2 on page 189

3. 8(2) Partnerships p. 190-193
identify and explain 7 key terms
answer questions 1-7 (choose 5) on page 193

Due Monday-
8(3) Corporations, Mergers and Multinationals-
identify and explain the key terms
answer questions #1-8 (choose 5) on page 200

8(4) Other Organizations
identify and explain key terms on page 201
answer questions 1-8 on page 204

Real Life Case Study-
Answer questions 1+2 on page 205

Due Friday

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Week of September 29

Monday- 15-5 Due from last week

Tuesday- Wanted posters due for Science/History grade

Wednesday- work on the History alive monument pictures for your assigned person for the age of exploration.
Thursday- Presentations for the explorers will continue in class (Quiz grade)

Friday- 11(1) Early civilizations of Africa p. 340-344
Complete the checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Answer questions #1+2 on page 345

Monday 11(4) Societies in Medieval Africa p. 357-361
Answer the checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Week of March 1, 2008

Due Tuesday- review map on Alexander the Great and review questions

Quiz on Wednesday for Greece, Chapter 4
Make sure you have all the review worksheets completed which we covered in class.
Also, review the 40 review questions and map passed out in class.
4(1)-4(5)

Due Friday: Complete terms, people, places, and answer the chapter check up questions for-
5(3) The Roman Achievements, p. 161-165
5(4) The Rise of Christianity, p.165-172
5(5) The Long Decline, p.173-177

Monday, February 25, 2008

The Stock Market Game

Dates,
From Feb 25- May 2, 2008
Visit www.stockmarketgame.org
User names and passwords will be given out in class