Week 1: December 2 – 6

December 2

Inservice/Professional Development – No School

December 3

1. Journal #1: How did you end up with your name? Explain.

2. Quote of the Week: "The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies." Michael Pollan

3. Read ch. 6 of Freakonomics and do WS

4. Finish part 2 of incentive paper and complete ch. 5 worksheet
   

• Homework: Take pre-incentive data at least three times by Friday, ch. 5 worksheet due tomorrow, part 2 of incentive paper due tomorrow

December 4

1. Journal #2: Why did the names of black and white children start becoming more different in the 1970's? Explain.

2. Turn in ch. 5 WS

3. Read ch. 6

4. Start part 3 of incentive paper

   Write 1-3 paragraphs-- add to your Google Doc, and then copy and paste this portion in to Summit.

   
   

   Identify WHAT incentive you will implement to change the behavior you're focusing on-- BE SPECIFIC! and get Sullivan's approval before implementing it

   Tell WHY you chose this incentive-- make sure it is either research-based OR logical due to your own observations

   Tell HOW you'll implement it-- who will you work with, where will the incentive be located, how will people be made aware of it, etc.

   
   

• Homework: Take pre-incentive data at least three times by Friday, part 3 of incentive paper due by 4pm on Friday

December 5

1. Journal #3: What punctuation rules must one follow when using a direct quote in an essay or writing assignment? Explain.

2. Read ch. 6

3. Continue part 3 of incentive paper

   Write 1-3 paragraphs-- add to your Google Doc, and then copy and paste this portion in to Summit.

   
   

   Identify WHAT incentive you will implement to change the behavior you're focusing on-- BE SPECIFIC! and get Sullivan's approval before implementing it

   Tell WHY you chose this incentive-- make sure it is either research-based OR logical due to your own observations

   Tell HOW you'll implement it-- who will you work with, where will the incentive be located, how will people be made aware of it, etc.

   
   

• Homework: Take pre-incentive data at least three times by Friday, part 3 of incentive paper due by 4pm on Friday

December 6

1. Journal #4: How does a bad snow storm impact the economy? Explain.

2. Podcast HERE

3. Finish ch. 6

4. Finish part 3 of incentive paper AND add pre-incentive data table to your paper in Part 3

   Write 1-3 paragraphs-- add to your Google Doc, and then copy and paste this portion in to Summit.

   
   

   Identify WHAT incentive you will implement to change the behavior you're focusing on-- BE SPECIFIC! and get Sullivan's approval before implementing it

   Tell WHY you chose this incentive-- make sure it is either research-based OR logical due to your own observations

   Tell HOW you'll implement it-- who will you work with, where will the incentive be located, how will people be made aware of it, etc.

   
   

• Homework: IMPLEMENT YOUR INCENTIVE

Week 2: December 9 – 13

December 9

1. Journal #5: If you (someday) have a child, what name would you choose for the child to help your child be most successful? Explain your reasoning.

2. Cartoon

3. Correct incentives paper

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   • Freakonomics

   • Contractions
     

• Homework: IMPLEMENT YOUR INCENTIVE, ch. 5-6 Freakonomics quiz on Wednesday, take post-incentive data three times this week!

December 10

1. Journal #6: What are the pros and cons of reducing government spending on programs like food stamps and school lunches? Explain.

2. Quote of the Week: "The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much." — Henry David Thoreau

3. $$$ for holiday giving

4. Review for quiz

5. Finish ch. 6 worksheet for Freakonomics
   

• Homework: IMPLEMENT YOUR INCENTIVE, ch. 5-6 Freakonomics quiz on Wednesday, ch. 6 worksheet due tomorrow at the start of class, take post-incentive data three times this week

December 11

1. Journal #7: What is the most important lesson in Freakonomics? Explain and use details from the book to back up your answer.

2. $$$ for holiday giving

3. Turn in ch. 6 worksheet

4. Finish epilogue in Freakonomics and return the book

5. Ch. 5-6 quiz

6. IMPLEMENT YOUR INCENTIVE and finish paper parts 1-3 and data tables
   

• Homework: IMPLEMENT YOUR INCENTIVE, take post-incentive data three times this week

December 12

1. Journal #8: What are the pros and cons of going to college? Give one of each and explain.

2. $$$ for holiday giving

3. Podcast HERE

4. Slide show-- example HERE

5. Actively read article

• Homework: IMPLEMENT YOUR INCENTIVE, take post-incentive data three times this week, Socratic Circle discussion tomorrow

December 13

1. Journal #9: What types of colleges exist, and what makes them different from each other? Give at least three types with a description of each.

2. $$$ for holiday giving

3. Socratic Circle

4. Visit from Meunier

• Homework: IMPLEMENT YOUR INCENTIVE, take post-incentive data three times this week

Week 3: December 16 – 20

December 16

1. Journal #10: What challenges and successes have you faced in gathering quality data on your incentive project? Explain.

2. $$$ for holiday giving

3. Cartoon

4. Do part 4 of incentive project--

   1. Write 1-3 paragraphs in your Google Doc.

      Add your pre and post incentive data in your tables to your paper.

      Explain any trends or changes in your data based on what you observed before and after you implemented your incentive.

      What may have skewed your data? (i.e. weather, attendance, etc.)

      Was your incentive effective? How do you know?

      If YES, how could an incentive like this be used to impact other areas of student behavior at Crater?

      If NO, what else would you try as an incentive to improve the problem you're trying to tackle?

5. Slide show-- example HERE

• Homework: Print incentive paper and bring to class tomorrow!

December 17

1. Journal #11: What might skew your incentive data? Explain two things that might imapct your results.

2. $$$ for holiday giving-- last day!

3. Quote of the Week: "For those of us in the financial world, Black Friday has a strong negative connotation, referring to a stock market catastrophe." Mark Skousen

4. Print incentive paper!

5. Peer edit and correct incentive papers

6. Finish your slide HERE-- in your presentation, make sure to...

• Tell what problem you were going to solve

• Explain your pre-incentive data

• Tell about the incentive you implemented

• Tell about your post-incentive data

• Talk about how well your incentive did or did not work and why you think it was or was not effective

1. Homework: Submit completed incentive paper in Summit by Thursday at 4pm, Incentive presenations on Wednesday and Thursday

December 18

1. Journal #11: What questions will you ask when alumni from BIS visit this class on Friday? Write out at least two good questions.

2. Practice your incentive presentations with a friend and turn in paper via Summit

3. Present incentive projects-- take notes on all projects as each student presents

   1. Homework: Submit completed incentive paper in Summit by Thursday at 4pm, Incentive presenations on Thursday

December 19

1. Journal #12: Which incentive project from yesterday was most impressive to you? Why? Explain.

2. Finish presenting incentive projects-- take notes on all projects as each student presents and turn in at the end of the period

3. Make sure to submit incentive papers in Summit by 4pm TODAY!

   1. Homework:

December 20

1. Alumni Day!

Winter Break: December 23 – January 3

Week 4: January 6 – 10

January 6

1. Journal #13: What is money? Explain your answer.

2. Cartoon HERE

3. Indian currency and the exchange rate

4. What is money?

5. Unit 5 vocabulary

• Homework: Unit 5 vocabulary due in Summit by Friday

January 7

1. Journal #14: What do you have today that you would consider to be money? Why? Explain.

2. What is money?

3. Unit 5 notes

• Homework: Unit 5 vocabulary due in Summit by Friday

January 8

1. Journal #15: What are the three types of money, and what defines each? Give an example of each type.

2. Unit 5 notes

3. Crash Course video

• Homework: Unit 5 vocabulary due in Summit by Friday

January 9

1. Journal #15: How do banks make money? Explain the process.

2. Unit 5 notes

3. Do vocabulary

• Homework: Unit 5 vocabulary due in Summit by Friday

January 10

1. Journal #16: What is the purpose of the Fed? Give at least two of their jobs and explain each.

2. Investing guest speaker

• Homework: Unit 5 vocabulary due in Summit by today

Week 5: January 13 – 17

January 13

1. Journal #16: What is the purpose of the Fed? Give at least two of their jobs and explain each.

2. Cartoon

3. Intro to debate

4. Choose partners and topics

5. Print article for evidence and annotate-- try Oslis HERE

• Homework: Annotate article by the start of class tomorrow

January 14

1. Journal #17: What does status quo mean? In a debate, which side can argue for the status quo? Explain.

2. Quote of the Week: “I was reading in the paper today that Congress wants to replace the dollar bill with a coin. They’ve already done it. It’s called a nickel.”
   ― Jay Leno

3. Print a second article for evidence and annotate-- try Oslis HERE

• Homework: Annotate two articles by the start of class tomorrow

January 15

1. Journal #18: Why is planning your writing before you write beneficial? Explain.

2. Check annotations on evidence articles

3. What is a formal outline?

4. Create an outline-- thesis, three or more Roman numerals, two or more subpoints per Roman numeral-- turn in on Summit

• Homework: Debate case outline due by the start of class tomorrow

January 16

1. Snow day!

January 17

1. Journal #19: Why is it beneficial to use evidence from articles and resources when writing and speaking? Explain.

2. Podcast

3. Difference between quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing

4. Practice

• Homework: Have a nice weekend :)

Week 6: January 20 – 24

January 20

Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No School

January 21

1. Journal #20: Why might creating a new currency in a country stop rapid inflation? Explain.

2. Podcast

3. Quote of the Week: “We have gold because we cannot trust governments.”
   ― Herbert Hoover

4. Finish practice of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing

5. Structure of debate case

6. Start typing debate case (four minutes long)

• Homework: Typed debate case due Friday by the end of class-- submit in Summit

January 22

1. Journal #21: What is the difference between quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing? Explain.

2. Structure of debate case

3. Start typing debate case (four minutes long)

• Homework: Typed debate case due Friday by the end of class-- submit in Summit

January 23

1. Journal #22: Why is debating good for you? Give at least three reasons. Use details from the article you read and shared in class. Explain.

2. Type debate cases (four minutes long)

• Homework: Typed debate case due Friday by the end of class-- submit in Summit

January 24

1. Journal #23: Explain the structure of a debate case.

2. Podcast

3. Type debate cases (four minutes long)-- turn in through Summit by the end of class today

• Homework: Typed debate case due Friday by the end of class-- submit in Summit

Week 7: January 27 – 31

January 27

Inservice/Professional Development – No School

January 28

1. Journal #24: How can debate partners work well together during a debate? How can you be a good teammate? Explain.

2. Quote of the Week:

   "Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy."

   Jesse Jackson

3. Upcoming absences

4. Decorum, modes of persuasion, debate structure HERE and speech types

5. Revise and edit debate cases using feedback

• Homework: Correct debate cases before your debates-- they begin on Thursday!

January 29

1. Journal #25: What is "credit" and how can you build strong credit? Explain.

2. Debate schedule-- make sure you're here the day of your debate!

3. Print and share materials for debates-- you should have a debate folder/ binder with...

• Paper to take notes

• A writing implement

• Cases for both sides of the debate

• Printed articles

4. Credit pre-test

5. What is credit?

• Homework: Correct debate cases before your debates-- they begin on Thursday

January 30

1. Journal #26: How can you improve your credit score? Explain a couple of ways.

2. Debate #1

3. Percentages of your credit score

• Homework: Correct debate cases before your debates-- debates continue tomorrow

January 31

1. Journal #27: Should the US government eliminate the penny? Why or why not? Explain using details from yesterday's debate.

2. Debate #2

3. Percentages of your credit score

• Homework: Correct debate cases before your debates-- debates continue Monday!

Week 8: February 3 – 7

February 3

1. Journal #28: Is the amound of unbanked people in the US a problem? Why or why not? Explain using details from Friday's debate.

2. Debate #3

• Homework: Correct debate cases before your debates-- debates continue tomorrow

February 4

1. Journal #29: Should the US government increase regulations on cryptocurrency? Why or why not? Explain using details from yesterday's debate.

2. Sullivan gone Monday-Tuesday

3. Debate #4

• Homework: Correct debate cases before your debates-- debates continue tomorrow

February 5

1. Journal #30: Should the US government return to the gold standard? Why or why not? Explain using details from yesterday's debate.

2. Debate #5

• Homework: Money and Banking (unit 5) quiz is Friday!

February 6

1. Journal #31: No journal today!

2. Debate #6

3. Review for tomorrow's quiz!

• Homework: Money and Banking (unit 5) quiz is Friday

February 7

1. Journal #31: Why do we have taxes? Explain.

2. Unit 5 quiz

3. Tax activity

4. Unit 6 Taxes vocabulary

• Homework: Unit 6 Taxes vocabulary due Monday by the end of the day

Week 9: February 10 – 14

February 10

1. Journal #32: What is the difference between a tax and a subsidy? Explain.

2. Cartoon

3. Tax notes

4. Intro to timeline

5. Sullivan gone Wed-Fri

• Homework: Unit 6 Taxes vocabulary due today by the end of the day

February 11

1. Journal #33: Name and explain three different types of taxes.

2. Quote of the Week:

3. "Becoming rich is hard. Staying broke is hard. Choose your hard."

   – Eric Worre

4. Sullivan gone Wed-Fri

5. Budgeting presentation

• Homework:

February 12

1. Journal #34: What is the purpose of creating a budget? Explain.

2. We'll meet in rm 18 tomorrow!

3. Plan tax timeline-- complete table in Summit under Unit 6 Taxes Text for Timeline

• Homework: Complete tax outline doc by the start of class tomorrow-- submit in Summit!

February 13

1. Journal #35: What types of taxes have you paid in you life? Why? Give at least two examples.

2. We'll meet in rm 18 tomorrow!

3. Complete tax timeline in Summit unit 6 Taxation Timeline (read instructions)-- create in Canva and share with Sully

• Homework: Complete taxation timeline in Canva and share with Sullivan by Monday

February 14

1. Journal #36: What makes a tax a good tax? Why? Does the US tax system qualify as "good"? Explain your answer.

2. Complete tax timeline in Summit unit 6 Taxation Timeline (read instructions)-- create in Canva and share with Sully

• Homework: Complete taxation timeline in Canva and share with Sullivan by Monday

Week 10: February 17 – 21

February 17

President's Day – No School

February 18

1. Journal #37: What event on your taxation timeline was most interesting? Why? Explain.

2. Quote of the Week: “I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.”
   ― Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

3. Finish credit presentation

• Homework:

February 19

1. Journal #38: What components make up your credit score, and which ones matter the most? Explain.

2. Finish taxation notes

3. Actively read article

• Homework: Finish active reading of article-- will be checked at the start of class tomorrow! Taxation quiz is on Monday!

• Exhibition Night is March 3 from 5-8-- plan on attending!

February 20

1. Journal #39: How are income taxes collected? Explain.

2. Check active reading

3. Socratic Circle

• Homework: Taxation quiz is on Monday!

• Exhibition Night is March 3 from 5-8-- plan on attending

February 21

1. Journal #40: What is a tax bracket and how does it work?

2. Podcast

3. Review for unit 6 taxation quiz

4. Political spectrum info

5. The Political Spectrum quiz HERE

• Homework: Taxation quiz is on Monday!

• Exhibition Night is March 3 from 5-8-- plan on attending

Week 11: February 24 – 28

February 24

1. Journal #41: What is the difference between a direct and an indirect tax? Explain.

2. Cartoon

3. Last day to turn in late/ corrected T2 work is this Friday, Feb. 28th!

4. Unit 6 Taxes quiz

5. Political Spectrum explanation

6. Tax activity

• Homework:

• Exhibition Night is March 3 from 5-8-- plan on attending

February 25

1. Journal #42: What is the political spectrum, and what values and ideals exist on each side? Explain.

2. Quote of the Week: “One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.”
   ― Ron Paul

3. Tax activity

4. Check your business website on Adobe Spark

• Homework: Make corrections and improvements to business website on Adobe Spark

• Exhibition Night is next Tuesday from 5-8-- plan on attending

• Last day to turn in late/ corrected T2 work is this Friday, Feb. 28th!

February 26

1. Journal #43: What is the difference between a W2, W4, and 1040? When do you fill each out? Explain.

2. Finish tax activity

3. Unit 7 notes-- Poverty

4. Crash Course

5. Unit 7 vocabulary

• Homework: Make corrections and improvements to business website on Adobe Spark by Monday, complete unit 7 vocabulary by the end of the day on Friday

• Exhibition Night is Tuesday from 5-8-- plan on attending

• Last day to turn in late/ corrected T2 work is this Friday, Feb. 28th

February 27

1. Journal #44: What is the difference between poverty and extreme poverty? Explain.

2. Finish unit 7 notes-- Poverty

3. Crash Course

4. Unit 7 vocabulary

5. Start "A Modest Proposal"

• Homework: Make corrections and improvements to business website on Adobe Spark by Monday, complete unit 7 vocabulary by the end of the day on Friday

• Exhibition Night is Tuesday from 5-8-- plan on attending

• Last day to turn in late/ corrected T2 work is this Friday, Feb. 28th

February 28

1. Journal #45: Why is outsourcing controversial? Explain both sides of this issue.

2. Finish podcast

3. Finish "A Modest Proposal"

4. Claim/ Subclaim activity

• Homework: Make corrections and improvements to business website on Adobe Spark by Monday, complete unit 7 vocabulary by the end of the day today

• Exhibition Night is Tuesday from 5-8-- plan on attending

• Last day to turn in late/ corrected T2 work is TODAY

Week 12: March 2 – 6

March 2

1. Journal #46: What differentiates between a developing and developed nation? Explain and give a couple examples of each.

2. Check out ATD

3. Late night lab in tech center on Wednesday

4. Cartoon of the Week

5. Claim/ Subclaim activity/ confirm prints of tax timeline

6. Share ideas-- ATD

• Homework: Make corrections and improvements to business website on Adobe Spark by today, claim/ subclaim write up due Thursday by the end of the day, poverty unit 7 quiz on Friday, journals due Friday

• Exhibition Night is tomorrow from 5-8-- plan on attending

March 3

1. Journal #47: How is the coronavirus affecting our economy? Explain.

2. Quote of the Week: “Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.” Aristotle

3. Claim/ subclaim assignment-- "A Modest Proposal"

4. Confirm prints of tax timeline

5. Start ATD

• Homework: Claim/ subclaim write up due Thursday by the end of the day, poverty unit 7 quiz on Friday, journals due Friday, read up to pg. 24 in ATD by tomorrow

• Exhibition Night is today from 5-8-- plan on attendin

• Late night lab in tech center on Wednesday

March 4

1. Journal #48: Who is Rowdy in ATD, and what is he like? Explain.

2. Continue ATD-- up to pg. 43 by tomorrow

• Homework: Claim/ subclaim write up due Thursday by the end of the day, poverty unit 7 quiz on Friday, journals due Friday, read up to pg. 43 in ATD by tomorrow, ATD quiz on Friday up to pg. 66

• Late night lab in tech center today!

March 5

1. Journal #49: Why does Mr. P want the narrator to get off the rez? Explain with details from the book.

2. Kahoot

3. TED Talk

4. Continue ATD-- up to pg. 66 by tomorrow

• Homework: A Modest Proposal claim write up due today by the end of the day, poverty unit 7 quiz on Friday, journals due Friday, read up to pg. 66 in ATD by tomorrow, ATD quiz on Friday up to pg. 66

March 6

End of Trimester 2

1. Journal #50: What does Arnold decide to do as a result of his talk with Mr. P? Is this a good choice? Explain your answer. SUBMIT JOURNALS!

2. Podcast

3. Quizzes

4. Continue ATD-- up to pg. 81 by Tuesday

• Homework: read up to pg. 81 in ATD by Tuesday