- Monday – Welcome to Economics!
- Syllabus – here is the link to the syllabus
- Budget Project – this is the only major project you will have in Economics. It won’t be due until December, but it’s a MAJOR project and not something you can complete overnight. We start work on October 5th (that’s this Thursday)
- Economic Way of Thinking (EWOT) – what is it and how do you get your brain in this mode of thinking?
- Tuesday – Unit 1 – Fundamentals
- Vocab Packets
- Unit 1 Packets
- Fundamentals = basics of Economics. What is Economics all about and what will be doing for the rest of the semester with the basics?
- Notes from Page 1 of your Unit 1 Packet:
- Three economic questions
- Scarcity
- Five basic economic goals
- Four economic systems
- Notes from Page 1 of your Unit 1 Packet:
- Wednesday – continue Unit 1
- Features of American Free Enterprise – graphic organizer in your packet
- Chapter 2: Section 2 Notes in your Unit 1 packet
- Why markets exist – specialization
- Free market economy
- The Self-Regulating Nature of the Marketplace (Self-Interest and Competition)
- Production Possibilities Curves page in your Unit 1 packet
- Thursday – Computer Lab 2048
- Start Budget Project
- Friday – continue Unit 1
- Unit 1 Vocab Quiz – Vocab Part 1 Packet is due today
- Get Unit 1 Vocab Part 2 Packet – quiz on these words Tuesday
- Econoland!!!! – game that shows you how the factors of production work with production possibilities
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