| Date: 11/17 – 11/21 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Objective | Students will be introduced to the concepts of Monopolies, competition and government regulation of business | Students will analyze the concept of greed after watching a John Stossel video | Students will continue video analysis of greed; Students will compare monopolies, oligopolies and competition | Students will research Monopoly: the game and write an essay | Working in groups, students will create posters to teach the concept of perfect competition. |
| Activity | Have them read chapter 9.1, Assessment on page 237, 2-5 | Warm up- political cartoon “Far Side” | Watch “Greed” video, answer questions related to American competition, capitalism,Handout: competition and business,History of monopoly, the game | Internet activity, Essay writing, Class discussion | Group activity: use agriculture as an example, students are responsible for teaching the rest of the class the concept of perfect competition |
| Assessment | (formal) end of section, questions for News for You | (formal) answering questions, (informal) class discussion | (formal) answering questions, (informal) class discussion | (formal) written essay, (informal) class discussion | (formal) poster, (informal) student cooperative learning |
| Homework | | Guided reading 9.2 | Time magazine article | Read 9.3, guided reading 9.3 | |
| Notes | | | | Assembly at 12:30 | Two not here |
| | | | Three not here | | |