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AP Economics

Date
Lesson
Classwork
Homework
Due Date
9/28/06 Supply and Demand Basics Supply and Demand Basics Powerpoint Activity 2-3-1 Supply, Demand and Market Equilibrium Basics Monday 10/2
10/2/06 Answers for Activity 2-3-1 Supply , Demand and Market Equilibrium Basics Answers for Activity 2-3-1 Supply, Demand and Market Equilibiurm

More S&D Problems

Do not do problem 4-3 and 4-4 on this worksheet.

Wednesday

10/4/06

10/3/06 S&D Graphing Fun  

Answers To Chapter Three Problem Set

Answers to More S&D Problems worksheet

 
10/5/06   Supply and Demand Test None  
10/9/06    

Read and Note: Chapter 4 pages 71-99

Do: Terms and Problem set (1-7,9-13)

Tuesday

10/17/06

10/10/06 2-4 Price Controls

Price Controls Power Point

Act. 2-4-1 Price Floors and Price Ceilings

Act. 2-4-2 Case Studies in Price Controls

Model Four Price Controls

 

 

 
10/12/06   Price Control Quiz

Activity 2-5-1

Market Efficiency and WaWa Coffee

Monday

10/16/06

10/16/06  

Model Five: Consumer, Producer Surplus and Deadweight Loss

Market Efficiency Quiz

   
10/17/06 Mr. Kiersznowski Was absent Activity 2-6-1 Price Elasticity of Demand  

Thursday

10/19/06

10/19/06 Mr. Kiersznowski is absent again. Activity 2-7-1 Other Elasticities  

Friday

10/20/06

10/20/06 Mr. Kiersznowski is absent.

Read and Note: Chapter 5 pages 101-103

Do: Key terms and problem set 1-5,9-10

  Monday 10/23/06
10/23-10/25 Catching up on lessons from Mr. Kierszowski's absence Elasticity Power point presentation Model Six: Elasticity  
10/26   Elasticity Quiz    
10/27 Diminishing Marginal Utility The Polish Pastry Place Power Point Act. 2-8-1: Why is a demand curve downsloping?

Moday

10/30/06

10/30 Budget Constraint and Utility Max. Rule for a bundle of goods.   Act 2-9-1: Budget Constrain and Utility Max. Rule for a bundle of goods. Tuesday 10/31/06
10/31   Consumer Choice Quiz    
11/1 Review for Unit Two test

Answers to Chapter four Problem Set.

Answers to Chapter Five Problems Set.

   
11/2 Unit Two Test      
11/6 The firm and Market Structures: Analyzing Firm behavior under different market structures.

Unit Three Key ideas

Acti 3-1-1 Types of Market Structure

Market structure Power point

Read and Note: Chapter six 1-28-144

Do: Vocab and Problem set pages 143-144 (1-4,8-9,11-12)

Friday 11/10/06
11/8/06

Activity 3-1-1 Types of Market Structure

The basics of the Production Process

Production basics Powerpoint Activity 3-2-1 Production Process Basics

Thursday

11/9/06

11/9/06 The Production Function and the Law of Diminiishing Marginal Returns The Production Simulation

Activity 3-3-1 The Production Function and The Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns.

Activity 3-3-2 A Closer Look at Total, Average and Marginal Product

Friday

11/10/06

11/10/06 Go over Activity 3-3-1 and 3-3-2 The production process and Law of Diminishing Returns Powerpoint

Read and Note: Chapter 7 pages 151-162 only.

Do: Act. 3-4-1: The Costs of Production

Monday

11/12/06

11/13/06  

Costs of Production Quiz

Model Seven: Total costs

Model Eight: Average and marginal costs

Read and Note: Chapter 7; pages( 162-168 ) \

Do: Activity 3-5-1

Tuesday 11/14/06
11/14/06 Answer Key to Activity 3-5-1 The Profit Maximization Rule for a perfectly competitive firm

Model Nine: The profit Max. output rule

Model Ten: the P.C. firm is a price taker

   
11/15/06

Lesson: P.C. Firm Short-run conditions and long run directions

Powerpoint 3-6-1 P.C. Firm and shutdown analysis in the shortrun

Model Eleven: Shut down analysis in the short run

Model Twelve: Profit maximization, loss minimization

Read and Note: Chapter 8 Pages (173-179)

Activity 3-6-1:P.C. firm and shutdown in the shortrun

Thursday

11/16/06

11/16/06

Go over act. 3-6-1

Lesson: Long Run Curves and Economies of Scale

Powerpoint 3-7-1 Long Run Curves and Economies of Scale

 

Read and Note: Chapter 8 Pages (180-190)

Activity 3-7-1: Long Run AVerage Cost Curves

Monday

11/20/06

11/20/06

Go over 3-7-1 LRATC

Perfect Competition in the Long Run

Perfect Competition in the Long Run Power point

Activity 3-8-1 Perfect competition in the long run.

 

Read and Note: Chapter 11 pages 233-249

Do: Problem set on page 249 1,10&12

Tuesday

11/21/06

 

Monday

11/27/06

11/21/06 Go Over 3-8-1 Perfect Competition in the long run   Pefectly Competitive Market Structure AP Exam Free- response questions (Not available on -line. Pick-up from Mr. K. before you leave for  break !!) Monday 11/27/06
11/21/06    

Answers for Chapters 6,7, AND 8 problem sets. (For extra practice)

check out your textbook on line for additional practice.

 
11/22/06   Pefect Competition Quiz . chapters 6,7, and 8    
11/27/06 Go over Pefect Competition Quiz      
11/28/06 General equilibrium Lecture      
11/29/06 Monopoly Economic USA Video  

Read and Note: Chapter 12 pages 253-267

Do: Act. 3-10-1 Monopoly Charter Ed. and Act 3-10-2 The Marginal Revenue of an Imperfect Competitor

Wednesday

11/30/06

11/30/06 Go over Act 3-10-1 and 3-10-2

Answer key for Acts for 3-10-1 to 3-10-2

Monopoly Pricing Powerpoint

   
12/1/06 Finish go over Acts. 3-10-1 and 3-10-2  

Read and Note: Chapter 12 pages 267-78

DO: Activity 3-11-1 price discrimination

Monday

12/04/06

12/4 and 12/05 Price Discrimination  

Read and Note: Chapter 13 pages 281-302

Do: Activity 3-12-1 Monopolistic competition

Due: Friday 12/8/06

Thursday 12/7/06

12/8/06 Cartel Simulation   Activity 3-10-1 Oligopoly:Kinked demand curve and Cartel

Monday

12/11/06

12/11 and 12/12 Go over Activity 3-10-1 Oligopoly Powerpoint Presentation Game Theroy Packet Wednesday 12/13/06
12/13/06 Unit Three Test      
12/18/06 Introduction to Unit Four Factor Market

Factor Market Powerpoint Presentation

Unit Four Key Ideas

Read and Note: Chapter 9 pages 197-213

Activity 4-1-1: The Devived Demand of a Resource

Thursday 12/2106

Tuesday

12/19/06

12/19/06 Go over Act. 4-1-1 The Derived Demand of a Resource   Act. 4-1-2: How Many workers should be hired?

Wednesday

12/20/06

12/20/06 Go over Act 4-1-2   Act 4-1-3 How wages are determined in competitive labor markets

Thursday

12/21/06

1/3/07 Go over Act 4-1-2   Wage Determination in Pefectly competitive labor market Thursday 1/4/07
1/4/07 Optimal decisions with multiple inputs Act 4-3-1 Multiple Input decisions    
1/5/07 Factor Market Quiz Model 18 labor markets

Redo: Wages and employmnet in Pefectly competitive labor market

Activity:4-4-1 Monopsonistic Labor market

Monday

1/8/07

1/8/07

Hand back quiz

Go over act 4-4-1

     
1/9/07

The Effects of labor unions.

Economic Rent

 

Act 4-4-2: Effects of labor unions

Act 4-5-1: The Story of Economic Rent

Wednesday

1/10/07

1/10/07 Go over Acts. 4-4-2 and 4-5-1   Read and note chapter ten of textbook pages 215-227 Thursday 1/11/07
1/11/07   Monopsony and effects of labor unions quiz Act 4-6-1 Determinatio of Interest Rates and Their Effect on Investment

Friday

1/12/07

1/12/07 Power point for act 4-6-1 Determination of interest rates and their effect on investment      
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Economics

Date
Lesson
Classwork
Homework
Due Date
10/2/06 Three Major business organizations in the U.S.

Activity 1-10-1

Activity 1-10-2

Read: 3.1

Do:3.1 Section Assessment (1-6)

Tuesday 10/3
10/4/06 Three Major business organization in the U.S.

Charter's Credible Consultants.

Forms of Business Quiz

   
10/5/06

Business Growth and Expansion

Corporate Growth Powerpoint Lecture Activity 1-11-1 Corporate Expansion Monday 10/9/06
10/12/06   Unit One Test    
10/16/06 Intro. to Unit 2 A Market Wheat Game  

Activity 2-1-1 A Market in Wheat Test

Tuesday 10/17/06
10/17/06 Mr. Kiersznowski  Absent

Read Chapter 4 sections 1 and 2

Do: Section 1 assessment 1-5, Section 2 assessment 1-6, and Activity 2-3-1 Demand (not available on-line until Mr. K returns to school)

  Thursday 10/19/2006
10/19/06 Mr. Kiersznowski is absent again

Read: Chapter 4 section 3 page (101-107)

Do: Chapter 4-3 section assessment, page 107 problems

1-5

Activity 2-4-1 Price Elasticity of Demand

 

Friday

10/20/2006

10/20/06 Mr. Kiersznowski is absent. Chapter Four assessment on pages 110-111  

Monday

10/23/06

10/-25 Catch up on lessons from Mr. Kiersznowski Absences      
10/26/06   Elasticity quiz    
10/27/06 Diminishing marginal utility The Polish Pastry Place Power Point Act. 2-2-1: Why is a demand curve downsloping Monday 10/30/06
11/2/06 Chapter Four Test      
11/3/06 Supply  

Read: Chapter 5, section 1 (113-120)

Do: 5.1 assessment page 120 (1-5)

 Activity 2-5-1 Supply Curves

Monday 11/6/06
11/8/06 Cost of Production Pizza the Hutt None  
11/9/06 The Production Function and the Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns Production Simulation    
11/10/06 The Production Function Continued  

Read: 5.2 pages 122-125

Do: 5.2 assessment page 125 (1-6)

Act 2-6-1

Act 2-6-2

Monday

11/10/06

11/13/06 Go over acts. 2-6-1 and 2-6-2 Production Function Quiz

Read: 5-3 pages 127-131

Do: 5.3 assessment

problems 1-5

Tuesday

11/14/06

11/14/06   Activity 2-7-1 Cost, Revenue and Profit Maximization Output Rule  

Wednesday

11/15/06

11/15/06 5.3 Quiz   Do: Chapter 5 textbook assessement  page 134 all

Monday

11/20/06

11/20/06 Go over review work   Chapter 5 test tomorrow  
11/21/06   Chapter 5 test

Read: Chapter 6, section one (137-140)

Do: 6.1 assessment page 140 1-6

Wednesday 11/22/06
11/27/06 The Price system at work Supply, Demand and Market Equilibrium Powerpoint

Read: Chapter 6.2 (142-146)

Do: Section 2 assessment page 146 (1-3)

Activity 2-9-1 Market Equilibrium

Tuesday 11/28/06
12/4-5/06

Price controls

Price control Powerpoint

Activity 2-10-1 Price Floors and Ceilings

Activity 2-10-2 Case Studies in Price Controls

Read: chapter 6, Section 3 pages 150-155

Do: 6.3 assessment page 155 1-6

 
12/7/06 Farm Price support Video  

Activity Act. 2-10-3

Farm Price Supports

Friday 12/8/06
12/8/06 Go over act 2-10-3 Farm Price Supports   Do: Chapter 6 Assessment page 158 Identifying Key Terms and Reviewing the Facts

Monday

12/11/06

12/11/06 Unit Two reveiw      
12/12/06 Unit Two Test      
1/4/07 Go over Activity 4-2-1 Long run directions for the Perfectly competitive firm      
1/5/07 Quiz on graphing Perfect Competition   AP Pefect Competition Question Monday 1/8/06
1/8/07 Monopoly pricing  

Act 3-4-1

Act 3-4-2

Tuesday

1/9/07

1/9/07` Go over Act 3-4-1 and 3-4-2 Firm Theory Practice quiz

Read: Chapter seven sections 2 & 3

Do: 7.2 and 7.3 section assessment (1-6)

Friday

1/12/07

1/10/07 Role of Governement in mircoeconomics and public goods   Activity 4-1-1: Public Goods Thursday 1/11/07
1/11/07

Go over act 4-1-1

Externalities

  Activity 4-2-1: Externalities Friday 1/12/07
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Psychology/Sociology

Date
Lesson
Classwork
Homework
Due Date
9/25/06 Methodology of Psychology   Activity 1-5-1 Methodology of Psychology Research Presentation Thursday 10/5/06
10/12/06    

Chapter 20 Vocab. Review Sheet

Chapter 20 Text Review page 514

Concepts and Vocab; Critical Thinking

Moday

10/16/06

10/19/06 Mr. Kiersnowski is absent

Chapter 20 test for D period.

Chapter 2 Study Guide for F period.

 

Monday

10/23/06

10/19/06 Mr. Kiersnzowski

Chapter 2 study guide

(See above for link)

Activity 2-1-1: The Dog Work of Classical Conditioning Monday 10/23/06
10/23-25 Classical and operant conditioning   See the power points to these lessons on the Psychology web page.  
10/26/06 Schedules of Reinforcement   Act. 2-2-1 Operant Conditioning problems Monday 10/30/06
10/30/06 Stimulus Control   Act. 2-3-1 Stimulus Control  
10/31/06 Aversive control Aversive control  Powerpoint

Letter to Punisher(see powerpoint)

Activity 2-4-1 Effective Punishment

Wednesday 11/1/06
11/1/06 Factors That Affect Learing   Act 2-5-1 Factors that Affect Learning

Thursday

112/06

11/2/06    

Chapter Two textbook review; Concepts and Vocab. page 50

Chapter 2 Review activity

Firday

11/2/06

11/2/06     LAB 2-6-1: Designing a Self-Behavior Modification Program 12/15/06
11/3/06   Review for Moday's test and check notebooks.    
11/6/06 Chapter 2 test      
11/8/06 Go over chapter 2 test. Questions on Self-behavior modification program      
11/9/06 Memory and Thought Board game challenge  

Chapter Three Study Guide

Activity 2-7-1: The Memory, Thought and Creativity Board Game Challenge

Study Guide Due Thursday 11/16

Board game due 11/21

11/22/06    

Textbook Review page 76 concepts and Vocab.

Chapter 3 review activity

(Not available on line)

Monday 11/27/06
11/27/06 Go over chapter 3 review work      
11/28/06 Chapter 3 Test

Introduction to Unit 3: Body and Behavior

Lab: 3-1-1 Behavioral Observations and the Casanova Quiz

   
11/29/06 Introduction to Unit 3: The Body and Behavior The Science of Love video

Read and Note: Chapter 4 pages 80-103

DO: Chapter Four Study Guide

Monday

12/4/06

12/1/06 Structure of the Neuron and the Neurotranmission process

Act: 3-2-1 Nikki the Neuron

Act: 3-2-2 Neurotransmission

   
12/4/06 Neurotransmitters

Neurotransmission Quiz

 

   
12/11/06 the Nervous System The Nervous System Handout Power point    
12/12/06

Nervous System Quiz

Key Structures of the Brain

Act 3-5-1 Key Structures of the Brain Act. 3-5-2: Mapping the Brain and Damage to the Brain  
12/18/06     Chapter 4 Review Activity  
12/20/06 Chapter four test      
1/3/07

Set up Dream log

Personality Trait Actvitiy

  Dream Log Monday 1/8/07
1/4/06 Psychoanalytic personality Theories      
1/5/06 Freud's model of the Human Pscyhe Powerpoint of Freud's model of the human psyche Chapter Eleven Study Guide

Monday 1/8/07

1/8/07 Assign groups for Ego Defense Mechanism skits     Tuesday 1/9/07
1/9/07 Ego Defense Mechanisms Skits Skit Notes    
1/10-1/11/07 Ego Defense Mechanisms Activity Freudian Theory Quiz    
1/12/07 Carl Jung and the Collective Unconscience      
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