ECONOMICS ASSIGNMENT CALENDAR Spring Semester 2014

MONDAY 3 Mar Ch 5 Supply Discussion TUESDAY 4 Mar Supply Graphs and Elasticity Curves WEDNESDAY 5 Mar Bring ECON TEXT BOOK Ch 5 Study Guide Assigned 12 Mar Supply and Demand Graphs and Activity THURSDAY 6 Mar Ch 5 TEST Study Guide Due FRIDAY 7 Mar Ch 6 Reading Quiz and Homework DUE

Week 8

Week 9

10 Mar Prices/Supply and Demand Discussion Ch 9 Reading and Homework Assigned 17 Mar BENCHMARK EXAM Review and Study Guide 24 Mar Ch 9 Labor Unions discussion Ch 12 reading and homework assigned 31 Mar Ch 9 TEST Study Guide Due Ch 13 Reading and Homework Assigned 7 Apr Ch 12 TEST Study Guide Due

11 Mar Prices/Supply and Demand Discussion

13 Mar 14 Mar Bring ECON TEXT Ch 6 TEST BOOK Study Guide Due Ch 6 Study Guide Assigned

Week 10

18 Mar BENCHMARK EXAM

19 Mar Wise Up Personal Finance EECU 26 Mar Norma Rae Movie

20 Mar Wise Up Personal Finance EECU 27 Mar Norma Rae Movie

21 Mar Ch 9 Reading Quiz and Homework DUE 28 Mar Ch 9 Labor Unions discussion

Week 11

25 Mar Norma Rae Movie

Week 12

1 Apr Ch 12 reading QUIZ and homework DUE

2 Apr Ch 12 Business Cycle discussion

3 Apr Ch 12 Business Cycle discussion Ch 14 Reading and Homework assigned 10 Apr Ch 13 Inflation, Unemployment, and Poverty discussion

4 Apr Ch 12 Business Cycle discussion Ch 12 Study Guide Assigned 11 Apr Ch 13 Inflation, Unemployment, and Poverty discussion Ch 13 Study guide assigned 18 Apr Spring break

Week 13

8 Apr Ch 13 reading QUIZ and homework DUE

9 Apr Ch 13 Inflation, Unemployment, and Poverty discussion

Week 14

14 Apr Spring break

15 Apr Spring break

16 Apr Spring break

17 Apr Spring break

Week 14

14 Apr Spring break 21 Apr

15 Apr Spring break 22 Apr Ch 13 TEST Study Guide Due

16 Apr Spring break 23 Apr Ch 14 reading QUIZ and homework DUE Ch 15 Reading and Homework assigned 30 Apr Ch 15 reading QUIZ and homework DUE

17 Apr Spring break 24 Apr Ch 14 Taxes, Federal Spending, and Budget discussion

18 Apr Spring break 25 Apr CCEP DUE All Paper work, examples and Lessons must be completed and turned in during your period. 2 May Ch 15 Fiscal Policy and National Debt discussion

Week 15

Floating holiday

Week 16

28 Apr Bring ECON TEXT BOOK Ch 14 Study Guide Assigned Ch 16 Reading and Homework assigned 5 May Ch 15 Fiscal Policy and National Debt discussion

29 Apr Ch 14 TEST Study Guide Due

1 May Ch 15 Fiscal Policy and National Debt discussion

Week 17

6 May Ch 15 Fiscal Policy and National Debt discussion

7 May 8 May Bring ECON TEXT Ch 15 TEST BOOK Study Guide Due Ch 15 Study Guide Assigned

9 May Ch 16 reading QUIZ and homework DUE Ch 17 Reading and Homework assigned 16 May Ch 16 TEST Study Guide Due

Week 18

12 May Ch 16 Federal reserve and Monetary Policy discussion

13 May Ch 16 Federal reserve and Monetary Policy discussion

14 May Ch 16 Federal reserve and Monetary Policy discussion

15 May Ch 16 Federal reserve and Monetary Policy discussion Ch 16 Study Guide assigned 22 May Ch 17 International Trade discussion Ch 17 Study Guide assigned 29 May Notebooks due

Week 19

19 May Ch 17 reading QUIZ and homework DUE 26 May NO SCHOOL Memorial Day 2 Jun Activity Day

20 May Ch 17 International Trade discussion

21 May Ch 17 International Trade discussion

23 May Ch 17 TEST Study Guide Due

Week 21

27 May Bring ECON TEXT BOOK Econ Final Study Guide Assigned 3 Jun Activity Day

Week 20

28 May Senior Final

30 May Senior Grades due at noon

4 Jun Activity Day

5 Jun Activity Day GRADUATION!

6 Jun

Chapter 1 Standards Covered

H-SS 12.1.1 Examine the causal relationship between scarcity and the need for choices. H-SS 12.1.2 Explain opportunity cost and marginal benefit and marginal cost . H-SS 12.2.8 Explain the role of profit as the incentive to entrepreneurs in a market economy.

Objectives
Explain why scarcity and choice are basic problems of economics. Indentify land, labor, and capital as the three factors of production, and identify the two types of capital. Explain the role of entrepreneurs. Explain why economists say all resources are scarce. Describe why every decision involves trade-offs. Explain the concept of opportunity cost. Explain how people make decisions by thinking at the margin. Interpret a production possibilities curve. Demonstrate how production possibilities curves show efficiency, growth, and cost. Understand that a countrys production possibilities depend on its available resources and technology.

Chapter 2 Standards Covered

H-SS 12.1.3 Explain how the U.S. Constitution reflects a balance between the classical republican concern with promotion of the public good and the classical liberal concern with protecting individual rights; and discuss how the basic premises of liberal constitutionalism and democracy are joined in the Declaration of Independence as selfevident truths. H-SS 12.1.5 Explain how the Founding Fathers realistic view of human nature led directly to the establishment of a constitutional system that limited the power of the governors and the governed as articulated in the Federalist Papers. H-SS 12.2.3 Understand that the Bill of Rights limits the powers of the federal government and state governments. H-SS 12.2.8 Discuss the historical role of religion and religious diversity. H-SS 12.3.1 Discuss Article I of the Constitution as it relates to the legislative branch, including eligibility for office and lengths of terms of repre sentatives and senators; election to office; the roles of the House and Senate in impeachment proceedings; the role of the vice president; the enumerated legislative powers; and the process by which a bill becomes a law.

Objectives
Identify

Chapter 3 Standards Covered

H-SS 12.1.4 Explain how the Founding Fathers realistic view of human nature led directly to the establishment of a constitutional system that limited the power of the governors and the governed as articulated in the Federalist Papers. H-SS 12.1.5 Describe the systems of separated and shared powers, the role of organized interests (Federalist Paper Number 10), checks and balances (Federalist Paper Number 51), the importance of an independent judiciary (Federalist Paper Number 78), enumerated powers, rule of law, federalism, and civilian control of the military. H-SS 12.1.6 Understand that the Bill of Rights limits the powers of the federal government and state governments. H-SS 12.4.2 Explain the process through which the Constitution can be amended. H-SS 12.6.1 Analyze the origin, development, and role of political parties, noting those occasional periods in which there was only one major party or were more than two major parties. H-SS 12.7.1 Explain how conflicts between levels of

Objectives
Outline the important elements of the Constitution. List the six basic principles of the Constitution. Identify the four different ways by which the Constitution may be formally changed. Explain how the formal amendment process illustrates the principles of federalism and popular sovereignty. Outline the 27 amendments that have been added to the Constitution. Identify how basic legislation has changed the Constitution over time. Describe the ways in which the Constitution has been altered by executive and judicial actions. Analyze the role of party practices and custom in shaping the Constitution.

government and branches of government are resolved. H-SS 12.10 Students formulate questions about and defend their analyses of tensions within our constitutional democracy and the importance of maintaining a balance between the following concepts: majority rule and individual rights; liberty and equality; state and national authority in a federal system; civil disobedience and the rule of law; freedom of the press and the right to a fair trial; the relationship of religion and government.

Chapter 4 Standards Covered

H-SS 12.1.5 Describe the systems of separated and shared powers, the role of organized interests (Federalist Paper Number 10), checks and balances (Federalist Paper Number 51), the importance of an independent judiciary (Federalist Paper Number 78), enumerated powers, rule of law, federalism, and civilian control of the military. H-SS 12.2.1 Discuss the meaning and importance of each of the rights guaranteed under the Bill of Rights and how each is secured (e.g., freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, petition, privacy). H-SS 12.7.1 Explain how conflicts between levels of government and branches of government are resolved. H-SS 12.7.2 Identify the major responsibilities and sources of revenue for state and local governments. H-SS 12.7.3 Discuss reserved powers and concurrent powers of state governments. H-SS 12.7.4 Discuss the Ninth and Tenth Amendments and interpretations of the extent of the federal governments power. H-SS 12.10 Students formulate questions about and defend their analyses of tensions within our constitutional democracy and the importance of maintaining a balance between the following concepts: majority rule and individual rights; liberty and equality; state and national authority in a federal system; civil disobedience and the rule of law; freedom of the press and the right to a fair trial; the relationship of religion and government.

Objectives
Define federalism and explain why the Framers chose this system of government. Identify powers delegated to and denied to the National Government, and powers reserved for and denied to the States. Understand that National Government holds exclusive powers; it also holds concurrent powers with the states. Explain the place of local government in the federal system. Examine how the Constitution functions as the supreme Law of the Land. Summarize the obligations that the Constitution places on the nation for the benefit of the States. Explain the process for admitting new States to the Union. Examine the many and growing areas of cooperative federalism. Explain why States make interstate compacts. Understand the purpose of the Full Faith and Credit Clause. Define extradition and explain its purpose. Discuss the purpose of the Privileges and Immunities Clause.

Chapter 10 & 12.3 Standards Covered

H-SS 12.4.1 Discuss Article I of the Constitution as it relates to the legislative branch, including eligibility for office and lengths of terms of repre sentatives and senators; election to office; the roles of the House and Senate in impeachment proceedings; the role of the vice president; the enumerated legislative powers; and the process by which a bill becomes a law. H-SS 12.4.3 Identify their current representatives in the legislative branch of the national government. H-SS 12.6.4 Describe the means that citizens use to participate in the political process (e.g., voting, campaigning, lobbying, filing a legal challenge, demonstrating, petitioning, picketing, running for political office). H-SS 12.6.6 Analyze trends in voter turnout; the causes and effects of reapportion ment and redistricting, with special attention to spatial districting and the rights of minorities; and the function of the Electoral College. H-SS 12.7.5 Explain how public policy is formed, including the setting of the public agenda and implementation of it through regulations and executive orders. H-SS 12.7.6 Compare the processes of lawmaking at each of the three levels of government, including the role of lobbying and the media.

Objectives
Explain why the Constitution provides for a bicameral Congress. Describe a term of Congress. Summarize how sessions of Congress have changed over time. Describe the size and the elective terms of the members of the House. Explain how House seats are reapportioned among the States after each census. Describe a typical congressional election and congressional district. Analyze the formal and informal qualifications for election to the House. Compare the size of the Senate to the size of the House of Representatives/ Describe how States have elected senators in the past and present. Explain how and why a senators term differs from a representatives term. Identify the qualifications for serving in the Senate. Identify the personal and political backgrounds of the current members of Congress. Describe the duties performed by those who serve in

Congress. Describe the compensation and privileges of members of Congress. List the first steps in the introduction of a bill to the House. Describe what happens to a bill once it is referred to a committee. Explain how House leaders schedule debate on a bill. Explain what happens to a bill on the House floor, and identify the final step in the passage of a bill in the House.

Chapter 13 Standards Covered

H-SS 12.4.1 Discuss Article I of the Constitution as it relates to the legislative branch, including eligibility for office and lengths of terms of repre sentatives and senators; election to office; the roles of the House and Senate in impeachment proceedings; the role of the vice president; the enumerated legislative powers; and the process by which a bill becomes a law. H-SS 12.4.4 Discuss Article II of the Constitution as it relates to the executive branch, including eligibility for office and length of term, election to and removal from office, the oath of office, and the enumerated executive powers. H-SS 12.6.2 Discuss the history of the nomination process for presidential candi dates and the increasing importance of primaries in general election. H-SS 12.6.4 Describe the means that citizens use to participate in the political process (e.g., voting, campaigning, lobbying, filing a legal challenge, demonstrating, petitioning, picketing, running for political office). H-SS 12.6.6 Analyze trends in voter turnout; the causes and effects of reapportion ment and redistricting, with special attention to spatial districting and the rights of minorities; and the function of the Electoral College. H-SS 12.8.2 Describe the roles of broadcast, print, and electronic media, including the Internet, as means of communication in American politics.

Objectives
Identify the Presidents many roles. Understand the formal qualifications necessary to become President. Discuss issues involving the length of the Presidents term. Describe the Presidents pay and benefits. Explain how the Constitution provides for presidential succession. Understand the constitutional provisions relating to presidential disability. Describe the role of the Vice President. Explain the Framers original provisions for choosing the President. Outline how the rise of political parties changed the original process set out in the Constitution. Describe the role of conventions in the presidential nominating process. Evaluate the importance of presidential primaries. Understand the role of the caucus-convention process in the States that do not hold primaries. Outline the events that take place during a national convention. Examine the characteristics that determine who is nominated as a presidential candidate. Understand the function of the electoral college today. Describe the flaws in the electoral college. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of proposed reforms of the electoral college.

Chapter 18 Standards Covered

H-SS 12.1.5 Describe the systems of separated and shared powers, the role of organized interests (Federalist Paper Number 10), checks and balances (Federalist Paper Number 51), the importance of an independent judiciary (Federalist Paper Number 78), enumerated powers, rule of law, federalism, and civilian control of the military. H-SS 12.4.5 Discuss Article III of the Constitution as it relates to judicial power, including the length of terms of judges and the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. H-SS 12.4.6 Explain the processes of selection and confirmation of Supreme Court Justices. H-SS 12.5.2 Analyze judicial activism and judicial restraint and the effects of each policy over the decades (e.g., the Warren and Rehnquist courts). H-SS 12.5.3 Evaluate the effects of the Courts interpretations of the Constitution in Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, and United States v. Nixon, with emphasis on the arguments espoused by each side in these cases. H-SS 12.6.4 Describe the means that citizens use to participate in

Objectives
Explain why the Constitution created a national judiciary, and describe its structure. Identify the criteria that determine whether a case is within the jurisdiction of a federal court, and compare the types of federal court jurisdiction. Outline the process for appointing federal judges. List the terms of office for federal judges and explain how their salaries are determined. Examine the roles of federal court officers. Describe the structure and jurisdiction of the federal district courts. Describe the structure and jurisdiction of the federal courts of appeals. Describe the structure and jurisdiction of the federal courts of the other constitutional courts. Define the concept of judicial review. Outline the scope of the Supreme Courts jurisdiction. Examine how cases reach the Supreme Court. Summarize the way the Court operates.

the political process (e.g., voting, campaigning, lobbying, filing a legal challenge, demonstrating, petitioning, picketing, running for political office). H-SS 12.7.7 Identify the organization and jurisdiction of federal, state, and local (e.g., California) courts and the interrelationships among them.

Explain how a citizen may sue the government in the Court of Federal Claims. Examine the roles of the territorial courts and of the District of Columbia courts. Contrast the functions of the Court of the Appeals for the Armed Forces and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Explain what types of cases are brought to the Tax Court.