Friday, April 08, 2016

Friday, April 8

ECONOMICS

  • Students completed and turned stock checks
  • Reviewed the mid-unit assessment
  • Played a review game
APWH
  • Students turned in the chapter 36 summaries
  • Test on chapters 35-36. If you were absent, you will take it Friday when Mr. Fong returns to class.

Thursday, April 07, 2016

Wed/Thurs April 6/7

ECONOMICS

  • Stock check
  • mid-unit assessment
  • Dave Ramsey video with Zaption
  • Some classes did pg. 162 #10-18
  • Review sheet for test next Wed/Thurs. Review sheet due on Monday 4/11
APWH
  • Pacific theater notes
  • D-Day video clip
  • Comparative essay practice.  If you were absent see me because you must make up that essay for credit.

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Tuesday, April 5


ECONOMICS
  • Stock check; chart the price
  • Finished credit card video
  • Discuss Seven Things Credit Card Users Should Know
  • We will be having our chapter 6 test on Wed/Thur April 13/14
APWH
  • Continued on with the events of WWII.
  • Handed out the comparative essay rubric.
  • Discussed the comparative essay and we will be having our practice essay on Wednesday.

Monday, April 04, 2016

Monday, April 4

ECONOMICS

  • Continued the Secret History of the Credit Card video.
  • Checked and charted stock prices
APWH
  • Began group work with events of WWII with notes.

Friday, April 01, 2016

Friday, April 1


ECONOMICS
  • Stock check
  • continue video about credit cards
APWH
  • turned in chapter 35 summaries
  • chapter 35 test
  • introduced the comparative essay.

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Wednesday/Thursday, March 30/31


ECONOMICS
  • Stock check
  • Pg. 145 #2, 4, 5 If you were absent, turn the questions in when you return
  • Dave Ramsey video with Zaption. 
  • Begin video Secret History of the Credit Card
APWH
  • watched clips about Gandhi and Indian independence
  • reviewed CCOT essay test
  • scored sample CCOT
  • played review game about China from chapter 35

Monday, March 28, 2016

Tuesday, March 28

ECONOMICS

  • chose stock for stock market activity
APWH
  • notes: China & Japan, covering material from chapters 31 and 35

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Wednesday/Thursday, March 16/17

ECONOMICS

  • Notes on chapter 6, sections 1-2.  Copy from a classmate if you were absent.
  • Book questions: Pg. 153 #2, 3, 4. Complete those and turn them in.
  • Dave Ramsey video about debt.
  • Began Apprentice episode.
APWH
  • video clip on Hitler's rise to power
  • notes: Russian Revolution and Italian fascism
  • began a portion of Animal Farm

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Tuesday, March 15

ECONOMICS

  • Covered the chapter 2 vocabulary terms.  Copy from a classmate if you were absent.
APWH
  • Group work on the key topics from Russia using Twitter.
  • See me if you were absent.

Monday, March 14, 2016

Monday, March 14

ECONOMICS

  • Dave Ramsey worksheet and video.  See Mr. Fong/Miss Smith for the handout and video link.
APWH
  • Handout: 6 Characteristics of Fascism.  Get it from the back tray when you come back to class.
  • Notes: Cultural responses to WWI

Friday, March 11, 2016

Friday, March 11

ECONOMICS

  • Period 1 completed the Steve Jobs video and turned in the notes.
  • Periods 6/7 see Miss Smith for details
APWH
  • Watched video on WWI
  • Took chapter 33 test.

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Wednesday/Thursday March 9/10


ECONOMICS
  • Reviewed the chapter 2 assessment
  • video: high speed rail
  • chapter 2 test.  If you were absent, you will take the make-up when you return to class.
  • video: Steve Jobs, with notes using your 6 characteristics of the American economy sheet
APWH
  • Notes on the Treaty of Versailles
  • Game: The Scramble for Africa

Tuesday, March 08, 2016

Tuesday, March 8

ECONOMICS

  • worked on the chapter 2 review sheet after watching a couple of videos about government intervention and the market economy
APWH
  • handed out WWI map; due Friday
  • notes on the MAIN causes of WWI

Monday, March 07, 2016

Monday, March 7

ECONOMICS

  • Notes: Socialism and Capitalism. Copy from a classmate if you were absent.
  • Worked on the chapter 2 test review sheet. It will be due on the day of the test (Wed/Thurs)
APWH
  • Handed out the WWI Map. Due Friday.
  • Notes on the MAIN reasons WWI started.

Friday, March 04, 2016

Friday, March 4


ECONOMICS
  • Completed Chipotle video
  • Handed out the chapter 2 review sheet. Students will work on this on Monday.
APWH
  • Turned in some materials from last week's empires activity.
  • Took CCOT essay test.  See me if you were absent.
  • Be sure to pay for the AP test if you haven't.  go to www.totalregistration.net/ap/050622
    • Late fees are applied after Sunday, March 6

Thursday, March 03, 2016

Wednesday/Thursday, March 2, 3

ECONOMICS

  • Pg. 58 #10-17
  • Began a video about Chipotle and took notes on the 6 characteristics of the American economy.  See your teacher if you were absent
APWH
  • Mr. Fong was absent. Students did independent work on chapter 32 and the CCOT chart.

Tuesday, March 01, 2016

Tuesday, March 1

ECONOMICS

  • Watched video on America and entrepreneurship
  • Completed notes on chapter 2, section 3 about the goals of the American economy
APWH
  • Had our reception with toasts to other empires.
  • Tomorrow bring your textbook, CCOT chart and materials, and chapter 32 summaries. It will be time for independent work since there will be a substitute.

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Wednesday/Thursday, February 24/25

ECONOMICS

  • Phone quiz on economic systems
  • Watched a few different John Stossel videos about economics systems
  • Book questions Pg. 40 #3 and 6
  • Notes on the American economic system
  • Video: College Tuition and Campus Luxuries. Get the video questions in class.

APWH
  • Empires presented their powerpoint slides
  • Students took notes and ranked most desirable empires to least desirable
  • Tonight, groups are picking a doc from this list, then analyzing it through four levels of analysis.
  • CCOT chart handed out. This will be due Wednesday, March 2.  On Friday, March 4th, there will be a CCOT essay test. You will be able to use your chart for the essay, but no other materials (like the rubric).

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