Unit 1 Question & Answer 🤯

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review economic concepts from Unit 1: The Market Economy

⏰ What We Did

• Student-led question and answer on Unit 1 Content

Unit 1 Review ⏪

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review economic concepts from Unit 1: The Market Economy

⏰ What We Did

• Individually reviewed for the Unit 1 Content assessment (Part I)

Unit 1 Review Game 🚨

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review economic concepts from Unit 1: The Market Economy

⏰ What We Did

• Played a review game from Lessons 1 through 6 to prepare for tomorrow's Unit 1 Content Assessment

Professional Development Day 🟢

Clintondale High School is closed today for students, while teachers are engaging in professional development. Classes will resume at 7:35 A.M. on Monday, April 28, 2025.
 

Lesson 6 Lesson Review 6️⃣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review the key concepts covered in Lesson 6 of Economics

⏰ What We Did

• Took a quiz on Lesson 6, Part 1: Defining Fiscal Policy
• Began working on Lesson 6 Lesson Review (Due M 28 April 2025)

⚙️ Resources

• Lesson 6 Lesson Review (LR-6)

Assignment Passback and Review ❗️

⏰ What We Did

• Returned and discussed the answers to last week's "Computing Taxes" and "Working With Circle Graphs" in preparation for next week's Unit 1 Assessment

⚙️ Resources

• 2024 Instruction 1040 Tax Tables

Government and the Public 🗳

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how the government determines the public interest
• Identify the consequences that may result from government promotion of the public interest
• Describe how individuals and interest groups can affect government policies

⏰ What We Did

• Continue playing Business Strategy, with "the government" (i.e., Mr. Carpenter) determining the 'public interest' in making production regulations

⚙️ Resources

• Business Strategy Central

Business Strategy 💸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe and demonstrate how the economic forces of scarcity and opportunity costs impact individual, business, and household choices

⏰ What We Did

• Continue playing Business Strategy

⚙️ Resources

• Business Strategy Central

💻 Homework

• Watch and take notes on Lesson 6, Part 4: Government and the Public, before class tomorrow

Good Friday — No School ✝️

Clintondale High School is closed for Good Friday. Classes will resume on Monday, April 21, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

MME Testing — M-STEP 💯

The M-STEP portion of the MME was administered to 11th Graders this morning; the Juniors were excused at the end of today's testing session

Economic Goals 🥅

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain why the government regulates business
• Describe how the government works to provide public goods
• Explain how the government promotes individuals' well-being
• Describe how the government works to stabilize the economy

⏰ What We Did

• Continue playing Business Strategy, with "the government" (i.e., Mr. Carpenter) ensuring economic goals within the market ecosystem of Room 204

⚙️ Resources

• Business Strategy Central

💻 Homework

• Watch and take notes on Lesson 6, Part 4: Government and the Public, before class on Monday

Growth of Government 📊

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the factors that influence the growth of government
• Explain why government expenditures have increased over time
• Identify how federal, state, and local governments spend their money

⏰ What We Did

• Focusing on the increase in federal spending due to government growth discussed in Lesson 6, Part 2, examined a pie chart of federal expenditures for a given year

⚙️ Resources

• Working With Circle Graphs (A-10)

💻 Homework

• Watch and take notes on Lesson 6, Part 3: Economic Goals, before class tomorrow

Defining Fiscal Policy 💰

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the roles that taxes play in fiscal policy
• Describe the kinds of tax rates that governments set
• Identify the most profitable taxes

⏰ What We Did

• Watched and took instructional notes on Lesson 6, Part 1: Defining Fiscal Policy
  
• Calculated taxes when provided tax rates in given scenarios

⚙️ Resources

• Lesson 6 Instructional Notes
• Lesson 6, Part 1: Defining Fiscal Policy
• Computing Taxes (A-9)

💻 Homework

• Watch and take notes on Lesson 6, Part 2: Growth of Government, before class tomorrow

Business Strategy 💸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Engage in planned inquiries to describe and demonstrate how the economic forces of scarcity and opportunity costs impact individual and household choices

⏰ What We Did

• Continued playing "Business Strategy"

⚙️ Resources

• Business Strategy Central

MME Testing — ACT WorkKeys 💯

The ACT WorkKeys portion of the MME was administered to 11th Graders this morning; the Juniors were excused at the end of today's testing session

Business Strategy 💸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Engage in planned inquiries to describe and demonstrate how the economic forces of scarcity and opportunity costs impact individual and household choices

⏰ What We Did

• Continued playing "Business Strategy"

⚙️ Resources

• Business Strategy Central

MME Testing — SAT 💯

The SAT portion of the MME was administered to 11th Graders this morning; the Juniors were excused at the end of today's testing session

Binder Check #2 📚

⏰ What We Did

• Returned and discussed the answers to last week's "Understanding Market Equilibrium"
• Conducted the Q3 Economics binder check

Lesson 5 Lesson Review 5️⃣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review the key concepts covered in Lesson 5 of Economics

⏰ What We Did

• Took a quiz on Lesson 5, Part 3: Managing Prices
• Began working on Lesson 5 Lesson Review (Due M 7 April 2025)

⚙️ Resources

• Lesson 5 Lesson Review (LR-4)

Managing Prices 💵

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain why governments sometimes set prices
• Explain what governments try to accomplish through price floors, price ceilings, and rationing
• Explain what happens when governments manage prices

⏰ What We Did

• Continued playing "Business Strategy," incorporating content concepts into the game

⚙️ Resources

• Business Strategy Central

Determining Prices 🍻

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain what market equilibrium is
• Explain how the price system handles product surpluses and shortages
• Explain how shifts in demand and supply affect market equilibrium

⏰ What We Did

• Using Prohibition of the 1920s and 1930s as a case study, examined the impact of the 18th Amendment on the supply and demand of both alcoholic beverages and grain

⚙️ Resources

• Understanding Market Equilibrium (A-8)

💻 Homework

• Watch and take notes on Lesson 5, Part 3: Managing Prices, before class tomorrow

The Price System 🏷

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the role of the price system
• Describe the benefits of the price system
• Describe the limitations of the price system

⏰ What We Did

• Watched and took instructional notes on Lesson 5, Part 1: The Price System
  
• Continued playing "Business Strategy"

⚙️ Resources

• Lesson 5 Instructional Notes
• Lesson 5, Part 1: The Price System
• Business Strategy Central

💻 Homework

• Watch and take notes on Lesson 5, Part 2: Determining Prices, before class tomorrow