Tuesday and Thursday are both Project Workdays

Final Project is Due Tuesday, may 15th

See links to project requirements below.

Tuesday - Work Day for Futures Project

Additional Guidelines for the project

Thursday - finish conversation on Due Process - 8th Amendment

Friday - Discussion on how the Death Penalty has been interpreted over time

Homework - Continue to Work on Futures Project - Due May 15th

Tuesday - 4th Amendment interpretations

Thursday - 5th and 6th Amendment

Homework - Lesson 32 - Due Tuesday

Tuesday - The 1st Amendment

Homework - Solidify ideas for Futures Project

thursday - discuss future project ideas

Introduction to Due Process and the 4th Amendment

Homework - Due Tuesday - Lesson 31

Tuesday - Aims Testing

Thursday - The Amendment process and the Bill of Rights

Homework - Due Tuesday, April 16th - Lesson 28

Friday - Bill of Rights - case Study

Homework - Due Tuesday - Lesson 28 or 29

Tuesday - Checks and Balances

Homework - Lesson 15 - Due Thursday

Thursday - Federalism

Homework - Lesson 27 - Due Thursday, April 12th

Tuesday - Articles I, II and III of the Constitution

Homework - Lesson 14 Due Thursday (1B and 2B) Friday 3B

Thursday - 1B and 2B - Film - Democracy in China No Homework

3B-No class Career Day

Friday - Article IV and Vi of the Constitution

Tuesday - Constitutional compromises

Homework - Lesson 12 - Due Thursday

Thursday - Federalists and Anti-Federalists

Homework - Due Tuesday - Lesson 13

Tuesday - Articles of Confederation

Homework - Lesson 11 - Due Thursday

Thursday - Review - Here is the Review Guide

Friday - Test - Lessons 1-5, and 8 - open notes

Tuesday - Snowday

Thursday - AIMS make-up

Due Tuesday, march 6th - Lessons 9 and 10

Tuesday - Declaration of Independence

Homework - Due Thursday March 1st - Lessons 9 and 10

Thursday - Articles of Confederation

Tuesday - European Conceptions of government - feudalism, The nation-state Homework - Due Thursday - Lesson 4

Thursday - Private vs. Public Morality and the role of religion in government - Homework - Due Tuesday (2/14) - Lesson 5

Friday - The magna carta and English Bill of Rights

Tuesday - Origins of Government Authority

Homework - Lesson 2 in the text - Terms and Questions - or Notes Due Thursday

Thursday - The Conflict between Democracy and Republic and the compromise to bring those ideas together - Other ideas that contribute to the thinking of the "founders"

Homework - Due Tuesday (2/7) - Lesson 3 in the text

Tuesday - Film: "Gasland"

Thursday - Finish Film: "Gasland"

Homework - Questions from the film - Due Friday (1/27)

Friday - Introduction to American Government - Textbooks will be handed out - Homework - Lesson 1 - Terms (page 3) and Questions in "Reviewing and Using the Lesson" - page 10 - Due Tuesday (1/31)

Tuesday - Review

Thursday - Test

Tuesday - Federal Reserve - Homework - Reading Guide - Pages 218-230 - Due Thursday

Thursday - Federal Reserve Continued - Homework - Reading Guide - pages 230 - 242 - Due Friday

Friday - Finish Federal Reserve discussion

Mini - Test - Scheduled for Thursday, 1/19 (Review will be on Tuesday, 1/17) Open Notes Review Guide

Tuesday - Debt and Money Homework - Due Thursday - Reading guide Pages 148-161

Thursday - Keynesian Economics - Homework - Due Tuesday - Reading Guide pages 161-174

Tuesday - Price floors and Ceilings and The movement of market Equilibrium

Review Guide for Mini-Test on Thursday

Thursday - Test - Demand, Supply and Market Price - Open Notes

Friday - Current Events Discussions

Homework - Text - Reading Guide - Pages 126-135 Due Tuesday - 12/6

Tuesday - Supply

Homework - Supply Work Sheet - Due Thursday

Thursday - Discuss and Clarify responses to Supply Worksheet

Introduction To Price

Article for Homework - Diamonds - Read for Tuesday

Tuesday - Test Return and Discussion

Demand Worksheet Review - No Homework

Thursday - supply and the decision making process for businesses

No Homework

Tuesday - Introduction to Demand - law of Demand, Price Effect, Shifts in Demand, Elasticity of Demand

Homework - Demand Scenario Worksheet - Due THursday

Thursday - in-class Demand Scenarios - What causes Demand to change?

No Homework over the weekend

Tuesday - Review - Here is the Review Guide

Thursday - Test - Open Notes

Friday - Introduction to Supply and Demand - No Homework

Tuesday - Taxes Continued - The Progress tax - Deductions as incentives - Fairness in Taxation

Homework - Due Tuesday - Reading Guide 104 - 115

Thursday - Finish Discussion on Taxation

Homework - Due Tuesday (10/18) - Reading Guide 115 - 124

Friday - In-class Assignment - assymetry of Information

Tuesday - Solyndra and the role of government in stimulating the economy - Homework - Due Thursday - Reading Guide 92-103

Thursday - Steve Jobs and Taxes, Taxes, Taxes - No homework over the weekend.

Tuesday - Film "World in the Balance - The population Paradox"

In class questions

Thursday - Austerity and the role of government in the economy

Friday - Film - "World in the balance - China"

in class questions

Homework - Due Tuesday - Reading Guide pages 80-92

Tuesday - Externalities and the role of government in resolving them.

No Homework

Thursday - The Postal Service as a model for creative destruction

Government intervention in the economy continued

Homework - Due Thursday, September 29th- Reading Guide pages 65-79

Tuesday - Incentives - How do we align them to create desired outcomes?

Homework - Reading and Questions - Due Thursday: Poverty Rate

Thursday - The limitations of a market economy

Introduction to marx and The Communist manifesto

Homework - Reading Guide - Chapter 3, pages 54-65 - Due Tuesday

Friday - Film and in-class questions "Is Walmart Good for America?"

Tuesday - Is it the Government's job to create Jobs

Homework - Reading Guide - Chapter 2 pages 30-43 Due Thursday

Thursday - The legacy of 9/11

Homework - Reading Guide pages 43-53 - Due Tuesday

Tuesday - The connection between individual economic decision making and the basic functioning of a Market Economy

Homework - I, Pencil - Read and be prepared to Discuss in-Class

Thursday and Friday - Review of "I, Pencil"

Introduction to Adam Smith and the Wealth of nations

Homework - Reading Guide pages 15 - 29 - From Text - Due Tuesday

Tuesday - Syllabus discussion Syllabus

Homework Monkey Business - Due Thursday - Questions at end of reading

Thursday - Introduction to Economic Decision making

Homework - Reading Guide pages 1-15 - From Text - Due Tuesday