Scarcity and Choice 🕳

🎯 Learning Targets

• Determine why scarcity exists
• Identify the issues that producers must address to distribute resources
• Explain why producers study productivity

⏰ What We Did

• Used the instructional notes from Lesson 1, Part 2 — taken before class — to answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. Define scarcity, allocate, productivity, efficiency, division of labor, and specialization.
2. Why do people need to make choices about distributing resources?
3. What are the three questions that all economic systems address?
4. Why is productivity important to society?

💻 Homework

• Watch and take notes on Lesson 1, Part 3: Opportunity Costs, before class on Monday

An Economic Way of Thinking 🧠

🎯 Learning Targets

• Define economics
• Identify the factors of production
• Determine the goal of entrepreneurship

⏰ What We Did

• Watched and took instructional notes on Lesson 1, Part 1: An Economic Way of Thinking
• Used the instructional notes from Lesson 1, Part 1 to answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. Define economics, consumer, producer, good, service, resource, factor of production, natural resource, human resource, capital resource, capital good, consumer good, technology, entrepreneur, and entrepreneurship.
2. What are the key influences on daily economic decisions?
3. Give one example of each of the following: natural resources, human resources, and capital resources.
4. Why might a person become an entrepreneur? What characteristics might someone need to be a successful entrepreneur?

⚙️ Resources

• Lesson 1 Instructional Notes
• Lesson 1, Part 1: An Economic Way of Thinking

💻 Homework

• Watch and take notes on Lesson 1, Part 2: Scarcity and Choice, before class tomorrow

Trivial Trivia ❓

Played a general trivia game, in order to keep Sixth Hour and Third Hour on the same schedule

Binder Organization 🗂

🎯 Learning Targets

• Students will become familiar with the organziational system of Economics

⏰ What We Did

• Assigned seats for Second Semester; Reviewed the classroom syllabus for Economics; Distributed and labeled five-tab dividers, discussing the purpose of each

⚙️ Resources

• Economics syllabus
• Economics Binder website

Records Day — No School 📂

Clintondale High School is closed for Records Day. The Second Semester will begin tomorrow, Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

Semester Assessment 💯

🎯 Learning Targets

• Assess comprehension of Lessons 1 through 8 in Civics

⏰ What We Did

• Completed the Semester Assessment

Cold Weather Advisory — No School 🥶

Clintondale High School is closed due to extreme cold. Classes will resume on Thursday, January 23, 2024, at 7:35 A.M.

Cold Weather Advisory — No School 🥶

Clintondale High School is closed due to extreme cold. Classes will resume on Thursday, January 23, 2024, at 7:35 A.M.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day — No School 🇺🇸

Clintondale High School is closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 21, 2024, at 7:35 A.M.

The Federal Bureaucracy 📝

🎯 Learning Targets

• Define the role of the Executive Office of the President
• Explain the importance of executive departments
• Describe some of the major independent agencies
• Explain the need for the civil service system
• Explore the process of carrying out the law

⏰ What We Did

• Used Lesson 8, Part 2 instructional notes to define organizations within the executive branch and identify the characteristics of the bureaucracy

⚙️ Resources

• The Federal Bureaucracy (A-24)

💻 Homework

• Watch and take notes on Lesson 8, Part 3: Presidents and Power, before class on Tuesday

"The Roles of the President" Graphic Organizer 📝

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how the Constitution limits the power of the President
• Describe the President's role as head of the executive branch
• Summarize the President's role in military affairs and foreign policy
• Explain how the President influences the legislative and judicial branches
• Identify presidential roles created by tradition

⏰ What We Did

• Used Lesson 8, Part 1 instructional notes to complete a graphic organizer identifying and explaining each of the seven roles played by the president of the United States

⚙️ Resources

• The Roles of the President (A-23)

💻 Homework

• Watch and take notes on Lesson 8, Part 2: The Organization of the Executive Branch, before class tomorrow

The Roles of the President 🦅

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how the Constitution limits the power of the President
• Describe the President's role as head of the executive branch
• Summarize the President's role in military affairs and foreign policy
• Explain how the President influences the legislative and judicial branches
• Identify presidential roles created by tradition

⏰ What We Did

• Watched and took instructional notes on Lesson 8, Part 1: The Roles of the President
• Used Lesson 8, Part 1 instructional notes to complete "Presidential Trivia" individually, then as a group through Kahoot!

⚙️ Resources

• Lesson 8 Instructional Notes
• Lesson 8, Part 1: The Roles of the President
• Presidential Trivia (A-22)

Lesson 7 Lesson Review 7️⃣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review the key concepts covered in Lesson 7 of Civics

⏰ What We Did

• Took a quiz on Lesson 7, Part X: X
• Began working on Lesson 7 Lesson Review

⚙️ Resources

• Civics ✮ Lesson 7 Lesson Review (LR-7)

Sequencing ⏩

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the ways the minority party in Congress can stop passage of a bill
• Explain how the House and Senate reach compromises
• Describe how a bill can "die" in committee
• Analyze the advantages of our lawmaking process

⏰ What We Did

• Discussed the answers to last week's "Studying a Bill"
• Read an account of a fictional senator's diary regarding the passage of a bill and sequenced the events

⚙️ Resources

• Sequencing (A-21)

How a Bill Becomes a Law 📄

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the ways the minority party in Congress can stop passage of a bill
• Explain how the House and Senate reach compromises
• Describe how a bill can "die" in committee
• Analyze the advantages of our lawmaking process

⏰ What We Did

• Watched Schoolhouse Rock! I'm Just a Bill
• Discussed and reviewed the legislative process used to enact a law
• Used the instructional notes from Lesson 7, Part 4 and the provided handout to answer questions on the legislative process

⚙️ Resources

• Schoolhouse Rock! I'm Just a Bill
• How a Bill Becomes Law (H-5)
• How a Bill Becomes a Law: Reading a Diagram (A-20)

Studying a BIll 📝

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the ways the minority party in Congress can stop passage of a bill
• Explain how the House and Senate reach compromises
• Describe how a bill can "die" in committee
• Analyze the advantages of our lawmaking process

⏰ What We Did

• Used the instructional notes from Lesson 7, Part 4: Following a Bill in Congress, to examine a bill

⚙️ Resources

• Studying a Bill (A-19)

Who's Who in Congress ✅

Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the major congressional leadership posts and explain how they are filled
• Summarize the role of committees in Congress

⏰ What We Did

• Discuss the answers to yesterday's "Who's Who in Congress" assignment, identifying the current officeholders in congressional leadership positions

💻 Homework

• Watch and take notes on Lesson 7, Part 4: Following a Bill in Congress, before class tomorrow

Who's Who in Congress 👤

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the major congressional leadership posts and explain how they are filled
• Summarize the role of committees in Congress

⏰ What We Did

• Conducted a web-quest identifying the current officeholders in congressional leadership positions

⚙️ Resources

• Who's Who in Congress (A-18)

How Congress is Organized 🏛

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the major congressional leadership posts and explain how they are filled
• Summarize the role of committees in Congress

⏰ What We Did

• Watched and took instructional notes on Lesson 7, Part 3: How Congress is Organized
• Used the Lesson 7, Part 3 instructional notes to answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. Define Speaker of the House, president pro tempore, majority party, minority party, floor leaders, and whips.
2. What powers and responsibilities does the Speaker of the House have?
3. What is the difference between standing committees and conference committees?
4. Analyze How have political parties influenced the organization of Congress?

⚙️ Resources

• Lesson 7, Part 3: How Congress is Organized