September agendas!

September 1, 2017 1. Roll Call 2. Collect Parent signatures 3. Group up in groups of 3-4 4. Choose sides to consider in “Conversation” 5. Read “The Conversation” handout 6. Write up – Pro & Con of sharing income between schools Must have at least 3 Pros & 3 Cons of sharing 7. Share a compromise with group and why your compromise works better than sharing all.

September 5, 2017 1. Roll Call 2. Collect Parent signatures 3. Focus write #7: Read pp. 58=59 about “Pirating Intellectual Property” & summarize the “what it means to you” and explain what your personal stance is on doing it. Is it ok in some situations? Why? 4. Discuss “The Conversation” 5. Create a Venn Diagram using terms for Economic Systems. 6. HW: TBA.

HOMEWORK Sept. 5, 2017 Read Ch. 2 section 2 (pages 44-45) Define the 7 Economic goals of a free market economy

September 6/7, 2017 1. Roll Call 2. Check HW – Venn diagram and 7 goals of the US economy 3. Watch: The Economics of Disney 3. Focus write #8: Comment on the Economics of Disneyland – What do you think the top 3 goals are of Disneyland – using the 7 goals from the homework as a guide & explain why you think those are their goals – as reflected in the way they distribute the resources in the park. 4. Discuss: The 7 American Goals 5. In groups of 3 you are going to use the Chromebooks to research laws, policies and institutions that reflect those 7 goals – give 3 examples for each

September 8, 2017 1. Roll Call 2. Continue “Examples of the 7 economic goals” 3. Finish assignment and turn in to Google Classroom 4. When finished with 7 Goals assignment – READ pp. 48-53 5. Pg. 53 - Answer Questions # 2, 3, 4, 8. Summarize the 5 roles that the government plays in our society (see p 52-53) 6. HW is due Monday. Have a great weekend! (finish before you leave)_

September 11, 2017 1. Roll Call – Backpacks put away – hats off! 2. Focus write #9: Of the 4 roles of government (as seen in our homework)– put them in order of most important and describe why you ranked them the way you did. Focus on 1st & Last in the ranking 3. Check HW 4. Read: Economic costs of 911 5. Pair – Share; Use bullet points to describe the costs of the 911 attack as shown in the two handouts from the 10th anniversary of 911. Put each “cost” into one of 4 quadrants – 1) Direct costs of the attack, Indirect costs associated with 2) security / intelligence costs, 3) national defense costs, 4) continuing and future “human” costs. 6. TEST ON BLOCK DAY… STUDY GUIDE ONLINE. REVIEW TOMORROW.

September 12, 2017 1. Video: Is America #1 2. Take Notes on video - 3. Flex Time to review for test or finish group assignment from yesterday 4. Study guide is online! Test on block day

September 13/14, 2017 1. Roll Call 2. Review time for the test. 3. Create a question… 3. Turn in Packet #2 Focus writes 5-9 Notes: Crash course #3 & “Is America #1?” Daily Work: Smith, Marx, Keynes packet 7 Economic Goals & Venn Diagram Pg. 53 – Vocab, q’s 2,3,4,8 + 4 roles of Government 4. Unit test #2

September 18, 2017 1. Backpacks in back – Roll Call Focus write #10: Describe how you manage your finances. Explain how you get products you want, how you store money, what you’re responsible for buying in your life vs. your parents. 2. Budgeting basics… 3. Read Pg. R4 & R5 – Answer Q’s 1 & 2 4. Using the chart provided as a rough “guide” I Estimate your current budget and next to those expenses who pays for those expenses. Your homework is to create a budget for next year. Your parents must sign off on it unless you don’t list them as being involved in next year’s budgetary outlay of money.

September 19, 2017 1. Backpacks in back – Roll Call Focus write #11: Describe how you learned to manage money during your life. What conversations have you had with your parents? Do you have chores? Allowance? Savings Goals? Explain 2. Video notes: Rachel Cruze – Budgeting 3. Work on your budgets 1. This year’s budget 2. “Post High School”…

September 20/21, 2017 1. Roll Call 2. Focus write #12: Write / Recount a short story from your life (or one you’ve told to you) when you were confronted with taking a risk for potentially large “return” but possible losses/disaster/misery etc… Describe the scene & explain what considerations led the choice. 3. Discuss Budgeting issues... 4. Work on Budgets 5. Financial Intermediaries, Accounts & investment Vocabulary - TBA

Financial vocab (Pt. 1) Savings account Money Market deposit account Money Market mutual fund CD Savings Bond Stock Bond Mutual fund (stocks / bonds) *Junk bond *Hedge Fund *Index fund Define these and give a risk / reward assessment of each one. Explain risk of losing money in the account and level of return likely / possible. Pg. R6-R9 Note: A * = definition NOT in section R6-R9.

September 22, 2017 1. Review Class rules and policies 2. Check HW for completion 3. Call on students for definitions 4. Discuss Risk and Reward as it pertains to the investment vehicles in the HW.

September 25, 2017 1. Backpacks in back cabinet – Roll Call 2. Ted Talk video on “Credit rating” Take notes on reasons you would lend or NOT lend someone money 3. Video: Pennies a day Continue notes 4. Lending club activity explained 5. Homework: Finance Vocabulary TBA

Financial vocab (Part 2) Non-Bank financial institutions Pension funds Individual Retirement accounts (IRA) Bond coupon rate Bond yield Bond ratings Municipal Bonds Treasury Notes, Bonds & Bills Capital Market Money Market Primary & Secondary Markets Define these financial terms found from page 289-303 Note the risk and reward of each investment. In the case of financial intermediaries & say what type of individual / business uses them & how they serve society.

September 26, 2017 1. Roll Call – Get out class materials 2. Focus #14: List at least 10 companies that you think would be good to own. Once you’ve made your list, Rank the top 3 and explain why you think those companies will be successful in the future. 3. Check & Review HW 4. Sketch out a pie chart on a piece of paper – I will stamp before end of period - of between 5 & 15 companies in which you could invest. 5. Financial vocab #3 - TBA

Financial vocab (Part 3) Efficient market hypothesis Stock broker Diversification 401k plan Securities Dow Jones Industrial Avg. S & P 500 Bull market Bear Market New York Stock Exchange Define these financial terms found from page 304-311