Week 1: September 2 – 6

September 2

Labor Day – No School

September 3

Welcome Freshman Class!

September 4

1. Welcome to class!

2. Econ Meet & Greet

3. I am the one who...

4. Syllabus

September 5

1. Select a Chromebook-- use the same one every day

2. Journal #1: Why is it important to edit the papers, emails, etc., that you write?

3. Finish syllabus

4. I am the one who...

5. Proofreading marks and practice

September 6

1. Journal #2: Tell about one thing you hope to learn in this class this year or one skill you'd like to improve on. Then tell why.

2. I am the one who...

3. Proofreading marks and practice

• Homework: Proofreading marks quiz on Tuesday

• College Fair-- SOU-- Oct. 1st-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

• Picture Day-- Sept. 11

Week 2: September 9 – 13

September 9

1. Journal #3: What are proofreading marks? Why are they useful? Explain.

2. I am the one who...

3. Finish proofreading marks practice

4. Cartoon

5. Vocabulary tableaus

6. Vocabulary WS

• Homework: Proofreading marks quiz on Tuesday, vocabulary WS submitted through Summit due Wednesday

• College Fair-- SOU-- Oct. 1st-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

• Picture Day-- Sept. 11

September 10

1. Journal #4: How does economics impact your life? Explain using at least two examples.

2. Quote of the Week: “There are no solutions,only trade-offs." -- Thomas Sowell

3. I am the one who...

4. Proofreading marks quiz

5. Finish tableaus

6. Unit 1 notes HERE

• Homework: Vocabulary WS submitted through Summit due Thursday

• College Fair-- SOU-- Oct. 1st-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

• Picture Day-- Sept. 11

• CESPN meeting Wed. at lunch in Tech Center

September 11

1. Journal #5: Who is Adam Smith, and what impact did he have on the study of economics? Explain.

2. Unit 1 notes HERE

3. Crash Course Economics

4. Actively read article

• Homework: Vocabulary WS submitted through Summit due Thursday, actively read article for class tomorrow

• College Fair-- SOU-- Oct. 1st-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

• BIS Back to School Night is TOMORROW at 6PM-- head to the tech center!

September 12

1. Journal #6: What is the difference between physical and human capital? Give an example of each from an industry of your choice.

2. Socratic Circle

3. Crash Course Economics

• Homework: Vocabulary WS submitted through Summit due today, Basics of Economics quiz on Wednesday

• College Fair-- SOU-- Oct. 1st-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

• BIS Back to School Night is TODAY at 6PM-- head to the tech center

September 13

1. Journal #7: Who is John Maynard Keynes, and how did his thinking on economics differ from Adam Smith? Why? Explain.

2. Check out Freakonomics

3. Podcast

4. Finish Socratic Circle

• Homework: Basics of Economics quiz on Wednesday

• College Fair-- SOU-- Oct. 1st-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

• Sign up for career expo w/ Pugh-- it is Sept. 26

Week 3: September 16 – 20

September 16

1. Journal #8: What is Amazon Go, and how does it differ from other stores? List pros and cons of this type of business. Overall, do you think you'd shop at one if it opened in Central Point? Explain.

2. Cartoon

3. Crash Course Economics

4. Start Freakonomics

5. Start book-- read up to pg. 33

• Homework: Freakonomics up to pg. 33 due Tuesday, Basics of Economics quiz on Wednesday (vocab, notes, ch. 1 of Freakonomics)

• College Fair-- SOU-- Oct. 1st-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

• Sign up for career expo w/ Pugh-- it is Sept. 26

September 17

1. Journal #9: In your own words, what is an incentive? What are the three types? Give an example of each.

2. Quiz review

3. Quote of the Week: "Call it what you will, incentives are what get people to work harder." Nikita Krushchev

4. Freakonomics-- finish ch. 1

• Homework: Freakonomics ch. 1 due tomorrow with worksheet, Basics of Economics quiz on Wednesday (vocab, notes, ch. 1 of Freakonomics)

• College Fair-- SOU-- Oct. 1st-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

• Sign up for career expo w/ Pugh-- it is Sept. 26

September 18

1. Journal #10: What incentives did sumo wrestlers have to cheat, and how was it proven? Explain.

2. Turn in Freakonomics WS

3. Unit 1 quiz

4. Unit 2 vocabulary pictionary

• Homework: Unit 2 vocabulary due by 4pm on Thursday

• College Fair-- SOU-- Oct. 1st-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

• Sign up for career expo w/ Pugh-- it is Sept. 26

September 19

1. Journal #11: What incentive motivates you the most?

2. Finish unit 2 notes

• Homework:

• College Fair-- SOU-- Oct. 1st-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

• Sign up for career expo w/ Pugh-- it is Sept. 26

September 20

1. Journal #12: Attendance at professional sporting events is down in recent years. Why do you think this is the case? What would you do to get people to buy tickets for these events? Explain.

2. Podcast HERE

3. Finish unit 2 notes

• Homework:

• College Fair-- SOU-- Oct. 1st-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

• Sign up for career expo w/ Pugh-- it is Sept. 26

Week 4: September 23 – 27

September 23

1. Journal #13: What type of economic system does the US have? Explain why the US's system qualifies as the type you identified.

2. Cartoon

3. Finish unit 2 notes

4. Choose island groups and begin project

• Homework:

• College Fair-- SOU-- Oct. 1st-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

September 24

1. Journal #14: Why are auto emissions in California a controversy right now? What does this have to do with regulation? Explain.

2. Quote of the Week: "More regulation is not the best answer to every problem." Jerome Powell

3. Begin ch. 2 of Freakonomics w WS-- read up to pg. 58 by tomorrow

4. Finish island project questions

• Homework: Read up to pg. 58 in Freakonomics by tomorrow

• College Fair-- SOU-- Oct. 1st-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

September 25

1. Journal #15: How did the KKK get started, and how did it change over time? Explain using details from ch. 2 of Freakonomics.

2. Crash Course Economics

3. Ch. 2 of Freakonomics w WS-- read up to pg. 65 by Friday

4. Active reading for Socratic Circle

• Homework: Read up to pg. 65 in Freakonomics by Friday, actively read article for discussion tomorrow

• College Fair-- SOU-- Oct. 1st-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

September 26

1. Journal #16: What are some government regulations on the food industry? Think of at least two examples and explain them.

2. Nominate for Homecoming HERE

3. Socratic circle

4. Read Freakonomics

• Homework: Read up to pg. 65 in Freakonomics by Friday

• College Fair-- SOU-- Oct. 1st-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

September 27

1. Journal #17: Economically speaking, how do you think the music insdustry has changed over the last 50 years? Give at least two ways and explain each.

2. Vote for Powder Puff logo HERE

3. Podcast HERE

4. Read Freakonomics

5. Make Island presentations-- share slide show w/ Sully-- example HERE

• Homework: Read up to pg. 74 in Freakonomics by next Friday, island presentations on Wednesday

• College Fair-- SOU-- TUESDAY-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

Week 5: September 30 – October 4

September 30

1. Journal #18: What are the pros and cons of a centrally planned government? Explain at least two of each.

2. Register for college fair HERE-- either print your bar code or have it on your phone-- meet out front tomorrow at 9am-- check in w/ Sullivan before boarding the bus!

3. Cartoon

4. Read "Harrison Bergeron"

5. Finish Island presentations-- share slide show w/ Sully-- example HERE

• Homework: Read up to pg. 74 in Freakonomics by Friday, island presentations on Wednesday

• College Fair-- SOU-- TUESDAY-- 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM

October 1

1. Journal #19: What is the theme or message of the short story "Harrison Bergeron"? Explain with examples from the story.

2. Quote of the Week: "The theory of Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property." Karl Marx

3. Analysis of "Harrison Bergeron"

4. Finish Island presentations-- share slide show w/ Sully-- example HERE

• Homework: Read up to pg. 74 in Freakonomics by Friday, island presentations TOMORROW, "Harrison Bergeron" analysis due Monday by the end of class, Unit 2 and Freakonomics ch. 2 quiz next Tuesday

October 2

1. Journal #20: How should an essay be organized? Explain each section of a well-written essay.

2. Vote for homecoming court HERE

3. Island presentations

4. Finish "Harrison Bergeron" analysis introductions

• Homework: Read up to pg. 74 in Freakonomics by Friday, "Harrison Bergeron" analysis due Monday by the end of class, Unit 2 and Freakonomics ch. 2 quiz next Tuesday

October 3

1. Journal #21: What trends did you notice in multiple islands during yesterday's presentations? Identify and explain at least two.

2. Finish Island presentations

3. Work on "Harrison Bergeron" analysis

• Homework: Read up to pg. 74 in Freakonomics by Friday, "Harrison Bergeron" analysis due Monday by the end of class, Unit 2 and Freakonomics ch. 2 quiz next Tuesday

October 4

1. Journal #22: What were some of the challenges that you had when developing your island? Explain at least two issues or concerns you had to resolve.

2. Read Freakonomics -- finish by Tuesday and do WS

3. Work on "Harrison Bergeron" analysis-- finish introduction and body paragraphs by the end of this period!

• Homework: Finish Freakonomics ch. 2 and worksheet by Tuesday, "Harrison Bergeron" analysis due Monday by the end of class, Unit 2 and Freakonomics ch. 2 quiz next Tuesday

Week 6: October 7 – 11

October 7

1. Journal #23: What is information asymmetry, and what single development has probably had the greates impact on reducing it? Explain with details from Freakonomics.

2. Cartoon

3. Quiz review

4. Finish typing "Harrison Bergeron" analysis and print by the end of class

5. Read Freakonomics and complete worksheet

• Homework: Finish Freakonomics ch. 2 and worksheet by tomorrow at the start of class, Unit 2 and Freakonomics ch. 2 quiz tomorrow

October 8

1. Journal #24: Which two groups were discriminated against on The Weakest Link? Why? Explain.

2. Check off essays and collect Freakonomics WS

3. Quote of the Week: "Markets are lethal, if only because of ignoring externalities, the impacts of their transactions on the environment." Noam Chomsky

4. Quiz

5. Peer edit and correct HB Analysis

• Homework: Corrected HB analysis due Thursday by 4pm-- submit in Summit

October 9

1. Journal #25: Now that you've learned about the four types of economic systems, which is the best in your opinion? Why? Explain.

2. Unit 3 vocabulary

3. Unit 3 notes

• Homework: Corrected HB analysis due Thursday by 4pm-- submit in Summit, unit 3 vocabulary due in Summit by 4pm Tuesday

October 10

1. Journal #26: What are the Income and Substitution Effects? Explain and give an example of each.

2. Unit 3 notes

3. Start ch. 3 of Freakonomics

• Homework: Corrected HB analysis due TODAY by 4pm-- submit in Summit, unit 3 vocabulary due in Summit by 4pm Tuesday

October 11

State Inservice – No School

Week 7: October 14 – 18

October 14

1. Journal #27: What is equilibrium price? How is it determined? Explain.

2. 

3. Crash Course episode HERE

4. Start ch. 3 of Freakonomics-- pg. 85-95

• Homework: Unit 3 vocabulary due in Summit by 4pm Tuesday, read up to pg. 95 in Freakonomics by tomorrow

October 15

1. Journal #28: What are the laws of supply and demand? Explain each.

2. Continue ch. 3 of Freakonomics pg. 95-106

3. Finish vocabulary and submit it on Summit

• Homework: Unit 3 vocabulary due in Summit by 4pm Today, read up to pg. 106 in Freakonomics by Monday

October 16

Parent Teacher Conferences

October 17

Parent Teacher Conferences

October 18

Parent Teacher Conferences

Week 8: October 21 – 25

October 21

1. Journal #29: What is a demand schedule and curve? Explain each.

2. Cartoon HERE

3. Sullivan's Bazaar

• Homework:

October 22

1. Journal #30: What is a supply schedule and curve? Explain each.

2. Quote of the Week: "A shortage is a sign that somebody is keeping the price artificially lower than it would be if supply and demand were allowed to operate freely." Thomas Sowell

3. Sullivan's Bazaar worksheet

4. Read article for Socratic Circle

• Homework: Actively read article for Socratic Circle by the start of class tomorrow

October 23

1. Journal #31: How might the government impact the supply of a good? Explain.

2. Socractic Circle discussion

• Homework: Finish Freakonomics ch. 3 WS by next Friday

October 24

1. Journal #32: How does the topic of hemp growth in the US relate to the law of supply? Explain using details from the article and yesterday's discussion.

2. My College Options survey

3. Crash Course econ HERE

4. Finish ch. 3 of Freakonomics

• Homework: Finish Freakonomics ch. 3 WS by next Friday, Supply/ Demand Quiz next Friday

• Sign up for college trip ASAP!!!!

• MAP testing tomorrow

• Photo shoot Monday-- don't wear white!

October 25

1. Journal #33: Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? Explain using supply and/ or demand in your answer.

2. MAP test

3. Podcast HERE

• Homework: Finish Freakonomics ch. 3 WS by next Friday, Supply/ Demand Quiz next Friday

• Sign up for college trip by Monday-- form and $50 to bookkeeper

• Photo shoot Monday-- don't wear white

Week 9: October 28 – November 1

October 28

1. Journal #34: What would happen to the equilibrium price of hand sanitizer if the flu epidemic got bad this winter? Explain.

2. Cartoon of the week HERE

3. Project explanation and examples-- sample project HERE

   1. an 8.5 by 11 in. layout.

   2. a background related to the choice of exception.

   3. a border.

   4. a picture of the student cut out using Photoshop.

   5. a title in large font with the name of the exception.

   6. a semi-transparent rectangle with text on it that includes a sentence explaining the exception in ad-like language.

   7. no typos or conventions errors.

4. Photo shoot/ sketch out project concept and turn in

• Homework: Finish Freakonomics ch. 3 WS by Friday, Supply/ Demand Quiz Friday

October 29

1. Journal #35: Which exception to supply or demand will be featured in your advertisement? Explain it in one or more sentences. What product or item will you use in the ad? Why? Explain how it fits your topic.

2. Quote of the Week: "Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure." -- Thorstein Veblen

3. Begin project!

   • Create project-- 8.5 width by 11 height

   • Select background-- size large image

   • Add a border-- use brush tool

   • Select font for title-- try THIS website and download

   • Add rectangle for text-- use the rectangle tool

4. Finish photo shoot

• Homework: Finish Freakonomics ch. 3 WS by Friday, Supply/ Demand Quiz Friday (review ch. 3 of Freakonomics, exceptions to supply and demand, and unit 3 vocab and notes)

October 30

1. Journal #36: What would happen to the equilibrium price of pesticides if an article in the New York Times exposed the fact that they cause cancer? Explain.

2. Continue project!

   • Add a border-- use brush tool

   • Add YOUR picture after cutting out the background

   • Add rectangle for text-- use the rectangle tool

   • Add title and text

• Homework: Finish Freakonomics ch. 3 WS by Friday, Supply/ Demand Quiz Friday (review ch. 3 of Freakonomics, exceptions to supply and demand, and unit 3 vocab and notes), submit Exceptions to Supply and Demand Advertisement in Summit and P drive by 4pm Friday

October 31

1. Journal #36: Why do agricultural products not always follow the law of demand? Explain.

2. Review for unit 3 quiz

3. Continue project!

   • Add title and text

   • Proofread closely

• Homework: Finish Freakonomics ch. 3 WS by Friday, Supply/ Demand Quiz Friday (review ch. 3 of Freakonomics, exceptions to supply and demand, and unit 3 vocab and notes), submit Exceptions to Supply and Demand Advertisement in Summit and P drive by 4pm Friday

November 1

1. Journal #37: Give an example of an item that would have increased demand this time of year. Why? Explain. What happens to the price because of the increased demand?

2. Turn in ch. 3 Freakonomics worksheet

3. Quiz

4. Finish and save comic as Photoshop in U drive, Jpg in U drive, Jpg lastname_firstname in P drive folder P:\handins\BIS\Sullivan\ECON 2019_20\Supply Demand Ad, and in Summit.

5. Read ch. 4 of Freakonomics

• Homework: MAP test Monday

Week 10: November 4 – 8

November 4

1. Journal #38: What choices can a government make to reduce crime rates? Explain your reasoning.

2. MAP test

3. Read ch. 4 of Freakonomics up to pg. 124 by Wednesday

• Homework: Read ch. 4 of Freakonomics up to pg. 124 by Wednesday

November 5

1. Journal #39: What business do you support most (by spending your money there) and why? Explain.

2. Pass out Freakonomics ch. 4 WS

3. Quote of the Week: "Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art." Andy Warhol
   

4. Unit 4 notes

• Homework: Read ch. 4 of Freakonomics up to pg. 124 by Wednesday

November 6

1. Journal #40: What is a sole proprietorship? What are the pros and cons of this business model? Give an example of a sole proprietorship you've been to or heard of.

2. Crash course episode HERE

3. Work on unit 4 vocabulary
   

4. Actively read article

• Homework: Unit 4 vocabulary due Tuesday, read to pg. 134 in Freakonomics by Friday, actively read article due tomorrow at the start of class-- be ready for a Socratic Circle discussion

November 7

1. Journal #41: What is a partnership? What are the pros and cons of this business model? Give an example of a partnership you've been to or heard of.

2. Check active reading

3. Socratic Circle discussion
   

• Homework: Unit 4 vocabulary due Tuesday, read to pg. 134 in Freakonomics by Friday

November 8

1. Journal #42: What is a corporation? Explain how it differs from other business types, and give an example of one that you've heard of.

2. Podcast HERE

3. Read Freakonomics-- finish ch. 4 by next Friday

4. Work on unit 4 vocabulary-- due Tuesday
   

• Homework: Unit 4 vocabulary due Tuesday, finish ch. 4 of Freakonomics by next Friday

Week 11: November 11 – 25

November 11

Veteran's Day – No School

November 12

1. Journal #43: If you were going to start a business, what good or service would you sell or offer? Why? Explain.

2. Quote of the Week: “As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.”  –Donald Trump, The Trump Organization President

3. Vote for yearbook cover HERE

4. Info on upcoming project

5. Finish unit 4 notes
   

• Homework: Unit 4 vocabulary due TODAY, finish ch. 4 of Freakonomics by Friday, submit completed journals through Summit by Nov. 22

• Last day to turn in late work for Trimester 1 is Monday, Nov. 18

November 13

1. Journal #44: What is a labor union, and why are they controversial? Explain.

2. Write text for website-- copy THIS document and then type your responses into the boxes-- share with Sullivan by the end of class
   

• Homework: Finish ch. 4 of Freakonomics by Friday and turn in worksheet, submit completed journals through Summit by Nov. 22

• Last day to turn in late work for Trimester 1 is Monday, Nov. 18

November 14

1. Journal #45: What is affirmative action, and why does it exist? Why do some people support its use while others disagree? Explain.

2. Create a survey to help improve your business plan-- distribute to 10 people and have results/ complete surveys in class on Monday. You can do this on paper (print to room 18) or digitally (Ms. Evans will explain how to do this-- you can text or email out a digital survey.)

• Your survey must explain your business idea, have THREE questions, and offer TWO responses for each question. The focus is to help you improve your business idea.

  • Example of Survey HERE

• If you finish early, you can read Freakonomics and/ or look at Sullivan's comments on your business plan from yesterday. Make changes accordingly.

• Homework: Finish ch. 4 of Freakonomics by tomorrow and turn in worksheet, submit completed journals through Summit by Nov. 22

• Last day to turn in late work for Trimester 1 is Monday, Nov. 18

November 15

1. Journal #46: What is a right to work law, and how do they impact unions? Explain.

2. Turn in Freakonomics worksheet

3. Podcast

4. Finish unit 4 notes

5. Peer edit business plan information

6. Start constructing Adobe Spark site-- example of structure HERE

• Homework: Submit completed journals through Summit by Nov. 22, complete Adobe Spark business website due Tuesday-- share with Sullivan

• Last day to turn in late work for Trimester 1 is Monday, Nov. 18

Week 12: November 18 – 22

November 18

1. Journal #47: What is seasonal unemployment? List three careers that might face this type of unemployment and tell why.

2. Cartoon

3. Check data-- create pie charts HERE

4. Finish Adobe Spark website HERE

5. Prepare for presentation on Wednesday-- 3 minute pitch on why investors should pick YOUR business! Use website as your guide.

• Homework: Submit completed journals through Summit on Friday, complete Adobe Spark business website due Tuesday-- share with Sullivan-- present on Wednesday, unit 4 quiz on Wednesday

• Last day to turn in late work for Trimester 1 is TODAY!!!

November 19

1. Journal #48: What is frictional unemployment? Explain why someone might be dealing with this type of unemployment.

2. Quote of the Day: "Above all else show the data." – Edward R. Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

3. Review for quiz

4. Check data-- create pie charts HERE

5. Finish Adobe Spark website HERE

6. Prepare for presentation on Wednesday-- 3 minute pitch on why investors should pick YOUR business! Use website as your guide.

• Homework: Submit completed journals through Summit on Friday, complete Adobe Spark business website due today-- share with Sullivan-- present on Wednesday, unit 4 quiz on Wednesday

November 20

1. Journal #49: What is the difference between a blue and white collar job? Give an example of each.

2. Quiz

3. Business Gallery Walk

• Homework: Submit completed journals through Summit on Friday

November 21

1. Journal #50: What behaviors of Crater students bother you the most? Why? Explain.

2. Email Sully your website :)

3. Finish presentations

4. Read ch. 5 in Freakonomics

5. Brainstorm for incentive paper

• Homework: Submit completed journals through Summit on Friday

November 22

1. Review and submit your journals

2. Business who recieved funding...

3. Podcast

4. Read ch. 5

5. Start pt. 1 of Incentive Paper

6. • Come up with an idea of a problem you can solve using incentives at Crater.

   • 1-3 paragraphs

   • Start with a hook!

   • WHAT problem will you solve

   • WHY does it bother you and/ or other people

   • HOW could the solution to this problem improve Crater?

   • Be specific and detailed (include location)-- type into a Google doc and share with Sullivan

   • Homework: Finish pt. 1 of incentive paper by Monday at the end of class, ch. 5 worksheet due 12/3

Week 13: November 25 – 29

November 25

1. Cartoon

2. Businesses who recieved funding...

3. Read ch. 5

4. Finish pt. 1 of Incentive Paper

5. • Come up with an idea of a problem you can solve using incentives at Crater.

   • 1-3 paragraphs

   • Start with a hook!

   • WHAT problem will you solve

   • WHY does it bother you and/ or other people

   • HOW could the solution to this problem improve Crater?

   • Be specific and detailed (include location)-- type into a Google doc and share with Sullivan

6. Make a table and start taking data! Must take at about the same time at least three days-- finish by Dec. 6

7. • Homework: Take pre-incentive data at least three times by 12/6, ch. 5 worksheet due 12/3

November 26

1. Quote of the Week: "If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much." Jackie Kennedy
   

2. Businesses who recieved funding...

3. Read ch. 5

4. Citing evidence

5. Start pt. 2 of Incentive Paper

   • Using Freakonomics as your source, write at least 2 paragraphs answering the following questions. Use direct quotes from the text and include page numbers in parenthetical citations. Add this to your Google Doc, and then copy this portion and submit in Summit.

   • Paragraph A-- Incentives

   • What are incentives?

   • How have incentives been used to alter the behaviors of different groups of people?

   • How can incentives be effectively used?

   • How can incentives backfire?

   • Paragraph B-- Data

   • Why is data important?

   • What forms of data were used in the book?

   • What "conventional wisdom" did data prove to be incorrect?

   • How can data help resolve issues in society?

   • What can we learn from data?

    

• Homework: Take pre-incentive data at least three times by 12/6, ch. 5 worksheet due 12/3

November 27

1. Finish pt. 2 of Incentive Paper

   • Using Freakonomics as your source, write at least 2 paragraphs answering the following questions. Use direct quotes from the text and include page numbers in parenthetical citations. Add this to your Google Doc, and then copy this portion and submit in Summit.

   • Paragraph A-- Incentives

   • What are incentives?

   • How have incentives been used to alter the behaviors of different groups of people?

   • How can incentives be effectively used?

   • How can incentives backfire?

   • Paragraph B-- Data

   • Why is data important?

   • What forms of data were used in the book?

   • What "conventional wisdom" did data prove to be incorrect?

   • How can data help resolve issues in society?

   • What can we learn from data?

    

• Homework: Take pre-incentive data at least three times by 12/6, ch. 5 worksheet due Tuesday

November 28

Thanksgiving Holiday – No School

November 29

Thanksgiving Holiday – No School