Monday 9/14

In US history we reviewed the Dec of Independence questions from Thursday. Some important notes are the connection between the Enlightenment ideas and America. Much of what John Locke said about rights and equality was included by Jefferson. At the end of class we looked at when the American Revolution began in 1775. The fighting started a year before the Declaration was signed. Many still hoped to avoid a full war though. We watched a clip of the first shots of the war, then began looking at how America was able to win the war against a nation as strong as Britain.

Revolution Handout


Econ:Quickwrite: —How do you think competition makes you better? (sports/business/academics ect..) Why is it important in business? If I had 7 A’s, 7 B’s, 7, C’s, 7 D’s, and 7 F’s to give out this semester. And you were simply competed against your classmates for those 7 spots in every grade. Do you think you would do better or worse? Why?
Began discussing Economies of Chapter 2. Students had to read page 33 and try to illustrate what Adam Smith meant and was trying to show about how a free market works by analyzing his "invisible hand" idea.