Thursday 10/29

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US History-Students looked at the Reconstruction after the Civil War, as well as major issues like sharecropping.
Study Guide
Reconstruction Work

Wed 10/28

US History-Students took the school quiz. They had roughly 25 minutes to study and review for friday's test or ask questions to me as well. TEST FRIDAY!!! It is also the end of the 1st quarter.

Economics-We began looking at Chapter 6 combining supply and demand. It is important for the market to be in equilibrium otherwise things get out of whack. We had a short assignment.

Tuesday 10/27

Economics-We finished the graph work of 5.3 and what would shift a supply curve. We then had a short in class assignment reviewing all of it.

US History-Students got a study guide for the exam friday. There is also a schoolwide quiz tomorrow reviewing the first quarter. After that we discussed the 13-15th amendments. These 3 amendments helped African Americans, mostly former slaves adjust to life after the Civil War. Ending slavery, becoming citizens and having the right to vote.

Only look at page 1

Monday 10/26

Economics-We finished up looking at the wheat game by doing a review sheet. It revealed what the equilibrium point was for wheat and that 6$ was the perfect price. It was the perfect price because it is where there would have been no surplus or shortage. We finished by reviewing the graphs from thursday of last week.

US History-We finished the Civil War and went over the Gettysburg address. Period 1, 4 and 5 went through it line by line but put it in their own words. This address gave both purpose to the war but also the motivation of why it is so important. Period 2 we finished up friday's lesson and finished the notes of the war.

Friday 10/23

Economics-We played the wheat game. It was a game of buying and selling, which will eventually show us the importance of supply and demand put together.

US History-We continued the 5 questions on the politics of the Civil War(or started it depending on the class) We were mostly focused on the Emancipation Proclamation and how and why Lincoln freed slaves in the rebelling states. This "weapon of war" may have turned the tide for the North.
Politics of war slide is the work but the rest is notes we have been looking at

10/22 Thursday

US History:
This was from tuesday for 5th, wed for 1st and thursday for 2nd and 4th.
5th period took a quiz.
We wrapped up causes for the Civil War and began to look at the war.

Economics: We continued looking at what shifts supply curves.

Wed

All classes took a survey for the school.
Us History
Period 1 Worked on Dred Scott/Abraham Lincoln work after survey.
Period 2,4 and 5 had an assignment on google classroom that they needed to do and then resubmit online. Each class has a different code so you will need to see me if you need to do it.

Period 3: Survey and then we started looking at what shifts supply curves

Tuesday 10/20

US History: we looked at John Brown and why he was so controversial. Period 5 also got a handout on dred scott.
John Brown Notes

Economics: We were looking at labor as a relation to cost. How many workers should be hired?

10/19

US History, the post from friday has the reading from today on it as well. We looked at Uncle Tom's cabin and how it influenced the Civil War.

Economics-We started looking at 5.2 in the book. It is about how costs can impact production. There were notes and a handout on 5.2

Friday 10/16

Yesterday was parent teacher conferences

Economics-We reviewed the work from 5.1 together in class

US History-In class we looked at the nullification crisis. The main point of this is to get across the idea that slavery was not the only issue in America causing anger among the states. In the south money, tariffs and the fact they felt they were being taken advantage of were at the heart of the south's desire to declare itself separate some 30 years before the Civil War.
Nullification and Uncle Tom's cabin

Wed 10/14

US History: period 1 and 2 we looked at what caused the civil war intro and then watched 15 minutes of video clip on division in civil war. Period 4 and 5 had students at psat's and we watched the video on division.

Start of Civil War(2 pages)

Economics: we worked on a review assignment of 5.1. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not confuse the concepts from it with demand. 

Ask me for the handout

Tuesday 10/13

US History-students finished their journal entries of manifest destiny. We finished by starting to look at the other part of this unit, the to 2 nations part. We looked at the first thing that impacted the Civil War. Going all the way back to the 1790's The cotton gin led to the revitalization of slavery in the south. The north was slowly eliminating slavery as was the south. However this invention flipped the course of abolition in the south.

Econ-We started to look at 5.1 notes. It was tricky, if you didn't understand them I would encourage trying to read through that section in the book on supply.
Notes 5.1 and yesterday's quickwrite

Monday 10/12

US History: we were looking at Manifest destiny and America getting larger. We discussed a little the Louisiana purchase and how it doubled America. We watched a 15 minute video of people coming to California and Texas. Last students looked at manifest destiny by journal entries from 3 different groups. The assignment can be found toward the end of the power point posted last wed. 

Econ: students had a quiz on chapter 4. After this their was a warmup on the start of supply. This was warmup. The curve I can't insert but it looked like a demand curve except the line went from the bottom left to the top right. 

Copy this curve, which is a supply curve.

After labeling it with price and quantity numbers come up with a “hypothesis” for what they law of supply would be and why?

  

10/9 Friday

Economics: we finished chapter 4 looking at elasticity of demand. There will be a quiz on monday on chapter 4.

US History-We finished discussing the Indian Removal. We did the second quickwrite from the notes posted wed on the monroe doctrine. We finished by talking about the notes on monroe doctrine and war of 1812.

10/8 Thursday

US History-We finished our notes about John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, we spent the last twenty minutes of class looking at the Indian Removal Act. Notes are on yesterday's power point.
Trail of Tears Papers

Economics-We spent our time looking at demand curves and how they shift. Certain things can cause a demand curve to shift to the right with increased demand, and to the left with less demand. This changes demand curves.

10/7 Wed

Econ-We reviewed 4.1 and yesterday's work. Quickwrite 1:

•What things are there little substitutes for?

•How do you know whether to keep buying something or stop buying as the price rises?

•How could you use your answer above if you owned a business?

US History-We reviewed why Marbury vs Madison was important and what judicial review means. This idea that judges can decide whether laws are ok or not. We also started our unit 2 notes with quickwrite 1. 
Notes and Quickwrite

10/6 Tuesday

Economics-To do the back side of your paper you need to use the document that you can read by pushing the link. It is on elasticity. You will need to look at section 3 in chapter 4 to know what elasticity is.

Handout for Questions

US History-Sorry I was out on Jury duty. Still trying to get this caught up but in class students looked at the Whiskey Rebellion and had some questions that went with a reading and the court case between Marbury vs Madison.
Marbury vs Madison

10/5 Monday

US History-We began looking at some early issues in America. Unit 2 is titled A new nation to two nations. It is the journey of how America, as a brand new country slowly grows a part. Eventually resulting at the end of the unit with a massive Civil War. How we get to that point though is what Unit 2 is about. The first issue we looked at were the Alien and Sedition Acts. They brought forth the idea of state rights and can a state just ignore a law of the federal government? In America today we see states like Washington and Colorado avoiding drug laws. How do they get away with this? Well it is just one example of states ignoring the government. Anyways that was what took place under John Adams and the first issue we see between the country and some states.
Alien and Sedition Acts


Econ-Students began looking at demand in 4.1. We looked at rising Disney prices and why they would raise their prices again. They then did an in class assignment.

Friday 10/2

Economics-Students signed up for their stock market picks. We are playing a stock market game for extra credit. It is points to sign up for the game though. It is the one way students can earn extra credit this semester. Directions can be found with Mr LeDuc

US History-Classes were short because of the assembly. We started Unit 2 by looking at the journey of Lewis and Clark after the Louisiana Purchase. It was a short video because of the classes being so short. Students also turned in notebooks.

Thursday 10/1

Economics: We looked at what a stock was and how you buy into a company. While many people do not know what stocks are, at some point in your life you will most likely have your money connected to it. Students had to find 5 stocks that they thought would be a good investment. They had to find what the stock symbol was, what its price is, its p/e ratio, and the market cap or cost of the company. Also in one sentence why they would invest in it. Tomorrow we will be signing up for the stock market game we will be playing in the class. NOTEBOOKS WERE TURNED IN

US History
Students will be turning in there first notebook check tomorrow. Students should have put everything in order. If there is something missing feel free to go through and print off what you missed. Future notebooks will just be given a list to organize on your own, but the first time I wanted expectations to be clear and things to be put in proper order.

A list of what should be in notebook for Econ and US History(the numbering is slightly off on 4, ignore that)