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24 Monday
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Welcome to Class - Student Info Sheets - Info Index Cards
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25 Tuesday
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What's Your Color?; Course Overview - Visual Syllabus
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26 Wednesday
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Definition-Significance-Theme; Theme Music
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27 Thursday
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Remembering SRV; Musical Chairs and Scarcity
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28 Friday
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JQ #1; Notes: Chapter 1; Who will take Teri to Homecoming?
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31 Monday
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JQ #2; M&Ms & Scarcity
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1 Tuesday
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Ch. 1 Notes, clip from "Titanic" - scarcity and rationing device
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2 Wednesday
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Ch. 1 Notes, clip from "Titanic" - scarcity and rationing device
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3 Thursday
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Bring books - Chapter 1 Worksheet
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4 Friday
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Chapter 1 Quiz; Commercial analysis for upcoming project
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7 Monday
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Labor Day
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8 Tuesday
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Community Participation Forum; "Rationing of Waves" clip & JQ #3
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9 Wednesday
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Community Participation Forum; "Rationing of Waves" clip & JQ #3
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10 Thursday
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Go over Chapter 1 Quiz; JQ #4 - Implied vs. Expressed Lyrics
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11 Friday
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Remembering 9/11 8 years later; Chapter 2 Notes
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14 Monday
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Total Cost, Total Revenue, McDonald's Happy Meals Toys; JQ #5
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15 Tuesday
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Voluntary Exchange Activity; What do you Remember from Ch. 1; Commercial Analysis; Ch. 2 Packet
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16 Wednesday
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Voluntary Exchange Activity; What do you Remember from Ch. 1; Commercial Analysis; Ch. 2 Packet
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17 Thursday
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Chapter 2 Quiz
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18 Friday
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Looking for Demand & Supply Project due;
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21 Monday
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Guest Speaker from DeVry
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22 Tuesday
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Chapter 3: Demand - notes; JQs #6 #7; Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility, Ch. 1 Reflection
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23 Wednesday
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Chapter 3: Demand - notes; JQs #6 & #7; Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility, Ch. 1 Reflection
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24 Thursday
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Chapter 3: Shifts in Demand Curves; Factors that Cause Shifts
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25 Friday
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Chapter 3: Applying Demand Curve Shifts
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28 Monday
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Friday Night; Fast Food Nation
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29 Tuesday
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Fast Food Nation Project; "How Stuff is Made"; Theme Music; Turn in Journals
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30 Wednesday
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Fast Food Nation Project; "How Stuff is Made"; Theme Music; Turn in Journals
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1 Thursday
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"Super Size Me"
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2 Friday
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Fast Food Nation: Ch. 2 - Jig Saw
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2 Friday
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Ch. 10 Notes, "Understanding Money," the Dollar Bill, "60 Minutes: Should we Make C
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5 Monday
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Finish Fast Food Nation Ch. 2 jigsaw projects
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6 Tuesday
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Fast Food Nation Ch. 2 Presentations; Finish "Supersize Me"
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7 Wednesday
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Fast Food Nation Ch. 2 Presentations; Finish "Supersize Me"
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8 Thursday
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JQ #10; Cheeseburger Bill
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9 Friday
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Economics Chapter 4: Supply - Notes; Fast Food Nation - Ch. 3
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13 Tuesday
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Ch. 4: Supply - Worksheet; Lecture on shifts in supply curves
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15 Thursday
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Ch. 4: Supply - Worksheet; Lecture on shifts in supply curves
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16 Friday
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JQ #12 - Journal Music; JQ #13; Fast Food Nation Ch. 4 - "Franchises"
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19 Monday
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Bring Econ books tomorrow! Read Ch. 5 for tomorrow; JQ #14; A look at RFK's message
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20 Tuesday
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Ch. 5 - Demand and Supply Together; Worksheet
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21 Wednesday
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Ch. 5: Demand and Supply Together - Notes; JQ #14
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22 Thursday
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"Forrest Gump" clip; JQ #15; Making your own product - shifts in curves
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23 Friday
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Making your own product; Fast Food Nation Ch. 6 Q due
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26 Monday
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Work on Product Projects - Factors that cause shifts in S& D Curves
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27 Tuesday
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Finish Product Projects and start presentations
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28 Wednesday
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Finish Product Projects and start presentations
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29 Thursday
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Finish Product Project presentations; Study Guide for Ch. 3-4-5 Quiz
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30 Friday
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Presentation by Westwood College
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2 Monday
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Review for Ch. 3-4-5 Quiz
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3 Tuesday
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Ch. 3-4-5 Quiz; Potato-peeling contest & Taste Testing - Ch. 5 FFN
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4 Wednesday
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Ch. 3-4-5 Quiz; Potato-peeling contest & Taste Testing - Ch. 5 FFN
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5 Thursday
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Go over quiz; FFN JQ; Ch. 6 Notes
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6 Friday
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FFN Ch. 7 Questions due;
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9 Monday
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Chapter 6: Business Firms
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10 Tuesday
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Chapter 6 Notes; Business Firm PPP; "Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Prices"
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12 Thursday
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Chapter 6 Notes: Business Firm PPP; "Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Prices"
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13 Friday
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"Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Prices" continued
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16 Monday
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Chapter 7: Monopolies
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17 Tuesday
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Chapter 7 Notes; Monopolies and Business Ethics: "Fun with Dick and Jane"; Journals Due
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18 Wednesday
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Chapter 7 Notes; Monopolies and Business Ethics: "Fun with Dick and Jane"; Journals Due
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19 Thursday
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Review for Ch. 6 & 7 Quiz
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20 Friday
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Ch. 6 & 7 Quiz;
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30 Monday
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Chapter 8: Employment Wages and CPI
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1 Tuesday
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JQ #17; Minimum wage in 1977 v. 2009; "30 Days on Minimum Wage"; FFN Project examples
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2 Wednesday
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JQ #17; Minimum wage in 1977 v. 2009; "30 Days on Minimum Wage"; FFN Project examples
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3 Thursday
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Chapter 8 Notes; Real Wages
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4 Friday
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Ch. 8 Worksheet on Consumer Price Index (CPI)
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7 Monday
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Finish worksheet on CPI; Ch. 9: Negative Externalities; JQ #18
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8 Tuesday
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6-4-2 Day; Negative Externalities: "Life on Dismal Lake" play; "A Civil Action" clip
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9 Wednesday
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5-3-1 Day; Negative Externalities: "Life on Dismal Lake" play; "A Civil Action" clip
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10 Thursday
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"Food, Inc." clip; FFN project questions
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