| Lessons - 12th Grade
Economics |
| Date |
Topic |
Lesson |
| Fri 6/8 |
No Classes |
Mr. Moloney will be attending
a tech conference today. |
| Thur 6/7 |
No School |
No School: Brooklyn/Queens day. |
| Wed 6/6 |
Senior Prom |
Have fun! |
| Tue 6/5 |
Saving Money |
Catch up day for all missed
work. 2nd period class has an assembly. |
| Mon 6/4 |
Saving Money |
Blog about good spending habits
and saving. |
| Fri 6/1 |
Senior Assembly |
Senior graduation assembly
today. |
| Thur 5/31 |
OPEC |
Readings, documents and discussion
about OPEC. May Checkbooks due today. |
| Wed 5/30 |
Careers |
Visiting lecture about careers
from vocational advisor. Blogs (6) due today at 6 pm. |
| Tue 5/29 |
Personal Checkbook |
More checks to write. Last
checks of month. Check and checkbook due Thursday. |
| Fri 5/25 |
Taxes: govt. spending |
Day two of Blog about how
the US government spends its tax revenue |
| Thur 5/24 |
Senior Assembly |
No 2nd period class today
- senior assembly - make up day for 4th period class. |
| Wed 5/23 |
Taxes: govt. spending |
New Blog about how the US
government spends its tax revenue. |
| Tue 5/22 |
Savings |
2nd day of savings blog. |
| Mon 5/21 |
Savings |
2-day Blog about US Savings
habits: No one saves money anymore!! |
| Fri 5/18 |
Senior Picnic |
No 12th grade classes today
- senior picnic. |
| Thur 5/17 |
Make up day for blogs. | Senior assembly - no 2nd
period class. Make up day for blogs. |
| Wed 5/16 |
GDP Podcasts |
Students will choose another
GDP podcast for analysis on their blog page. |
| Tue 5/15 |
Personal Checkbook |
Payday! More bills
to pay. |
| Mon 5/14 |
Trade Deficit |
Blog about Trade Deficit
based on an article in todays New York Times. |
| Fri 5/11 |
Taxes |
Day three of tax blog.
What are the different types of taxes that Americans pay? |
| Thur 5/10 |
Taxes |
Day two of yesterdays
blog. What are the different types of taxes that Americans pay? |
| Wed 5/9 |
Taxes |
New Blog about taxation.
What are the different types of taxes that Americans pay? |
| Tue 5/8 |
Student Loans |
New Blog! See blog page. |
| Mon 5/7 |
Stock Market (revisited) |
Students will watch two
brainpops about stock market and investing. Then will get class time to
work on stock contest. |
| Fri 5/4 |
Gross Domestic Product |
Last day for GDP podcasts! |
| Thur 5/3 |
Gross Domestic Product |
More work on GDP podcasts. |
| Wed 5/2 |
Gross Domestic Product |
More work on GDP podcasts |
| Tue 5/1 |
Personal Checkbook |
Pay Day!! More bills
due. |
| Mon 4/30 |
Gross Domestic Product |
More work on GDP podcasts.
You should have your recordings done by today. |
| Fri 4/27 |
Gross Domestic Product |
More work on GDP podcasts.
You should be working on your images by now. |
| Thur 4/26 |
Gross Domestic Product |
More work on GDP podcasts.
You should have your recordings done by today. |
| Wed 4/25 |
Personal Checkbook |
More work on personal
checkbook. Last checks for the month will be due. Checks
and checkbook registers are due on Monday 4/30!! |
| Tue 4/24 |
Gross Domestic Product |
More work on GDP podcasts. |
| Mon 4/23 |
Gross Domestic Product |
More work on GDP podcasts. |
| Fri 4/20 |
On-line Research |
We have a two-day
research lesson Thursday and Friday in the Library. |
| Thur 4/19 |
On-line Research |
We have a two-day
research lesson Thursday and Friday in the Library. |
| Wed 4/18 |
Gross Domestic Product |
More work on GDP
podcasts. |
| Tue 4/17 |
Gross Domestic Product |
More work on GDP
podcasts. |
| Mon 4/16 |
Personal Checkbook |
Payday! More work
on personal checkbook. Then work on stock market contest if time permits. |
| Fri 4/13 |
Gross Domestic
Product |
More work on GDP
podcasts. |
| Thur 4/12 |
Gross Domestic
Product |
First day of Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) podcasts. See wiki page for instructions. |
| Wed 4/11 |
Personal checkbook |
More work on personal
checkbooks. See wiki for details. |
| Fri 3/30 |
Personal checkbook |
More work on
personal checkbook. First checks due. See wiki for details. Blogs (3)
and wiki (1) due today! |
| Thue 3/29 |
Personal checkbook
- Quiz on misc. |
Quiz today on-line.
More work on personal checkbook, analyzing paychecks and tax deductions. |
| Wed 3/28 |
Personal checkbook |
Students will
begin work on a personal checkbook. |
| Tue 3/27 |
Inflation |
Last day for
inflation wiki. |
| Mon 3/26 |
Inflation |
Continue building
your inflation wiki. |
| Fri 3/23 |
Inflation |
Continue
building your inflation wiki. |
| Thur 3/22 |
Inflation |
Continue
building your inflation wiki. |
| Wed 3/21 |
Inflation |
More wikis.
This time students will set up their own wiki page and link it to
my wiki page. Click here to set up
wiki. Use your first name and first initial of last name, i.e: JoeB.
Link your new wiki to my wiki
page: password for my wiki = "iths" |
| Tue 3/20 |
Inflation
lesson that did not work. |
First day
of wiki's!!! - Group wiki lesson was a bust. Attempted group wikis
but wikis only allow one editor at a time. Back to the drawing board. |
| Mon 3/19 |
Blog Page
and Stock Market Contest. |
This is
a "catch up day" - where students can get up to speed on their blog
pages and stock market picks. |
| Fri 3/16 |
Peer review
of Fed podcasts. |
Students
will choose and critique one student Federal Reserve Podcast. |
| Thur 3/15 |
Compound
Interest and the "Rule of 72" |
Brief
lecture (oh no!) and handouts about Compound Interest and the "Rule
of 72". Followed by student blog entry about the above mentioned topic. |
| Wed 3/14 |
The Federal
Reserve Banking System. |
Last Day
for Podcasts!!!! In groups of 2 - Students will create a podcast (audio-slideshow) about the Federal Reserve Banking System. |
| Tue 3/13 |
The Federal
Reserve Banking System. |
In groups
of 2 - Students will create a podcast (audio-slideshow) about the
Federal Reserve Banking System. |
| Mon 3/12 |
The Federal
Reserve Banking System. |
In groups
of 2 - Students will create a podcast (audio-slideshow) about the
Federal Reserve Banking System. Fed Lesson.
Links for Fed
info. |
| Fri 3/9 |
The Federal Reserve Banking System. | In groups of 2 - Students will create a podcast (audio-slideshow) about the Federal Reserve Banking System. |
| Thur 3/8 |
The Federal Reserve Banking System. | In groups of 2 - Students will create a podcast (audio-slideshow) about the Federal Reserve Banking System. |
| Wed 3/7 |
The Federal Reserve Banking System. | In groups of 2 - Students will create a podcast (audio-slideshow) about the Federal Reserve Banking System. |
| Tue 3/6 |
The Federal Reserve Banking System. | In groups of 2 - Students will create a podcast (audio-slideshow) about the Federal Reserve Banking System. |
| Mon 3/5 |
The
Federal Reserve Banking System. |
In groups
of 2 - Students will create a podcast (audio-slideshow) about the
Federal Reserve Banking System. Fed Lesson. Links for
Fed info. |
| Fri 3/2 |
Insider
Trading |
Big
insider trading scheme on Wall Street. What happened? Do the
blog. First four blogs will be graded beginning today at 6 pm. |
| Thur 3/1 |
Mr.
Moloney Absent |
Mr.
Moloney at a technology conference today. |
| Wed 2/28 |
Quiz:
Stock Market |
Quiz: Stock Market.
New blog about decline of Dow. Blogs (4 of them) will be graded starting on Friday 3/2 after school. |
| Tue 2/27 |
Opportunity
Costs |
Students
will do a blog about opportunity costs. |
| Mon 2/26 |
Supply
and Demand |
Students
will graph various supply and demand scenarios. |
| Fri 2/16 |
Economic
Systems |
Students
will research and write about the world various economic systems.
|
| Thur 2/15 |
Stock
Market Game |
Students
will register for and enter the class stock market game. |
| Wed 2/14 |
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Mr.
Moloney Absent Today. |
| Tue 2/13 |
Stock Market Game | Students will complete two days of research into their stock selections for the upcoming stock market game. |
| Mon 2/12 |
Stock
Market Game |
Students
will begin two days of research into their stock selections for
the upcoming stock market game. |
| Fri 2/9 |
Into to Stock Market |
Students will review their stock market research and receive instruction about the upcoming stock market game. |
| Thur 2/8 |
Into to Stock Market |
Students will finish stock market research
project and begin their own research on what stocks to buy in their
stock market game. |
| Wed 2/7 |
Into to Stock Market |
Students will continue to use http://docs.google.com/
to do research in small groups and answer stock market questions
generated on Monday. |
| Tue 2/6 |
Into to Stock Market |
Students will use http://docs.google.com/
to do research in small groups and answer stock market questions
generated on Monday. |
| Mon 2/5 |
Into to Stock Market |
Students will figure out what they know
and what they don't know about the stock market by using http://docs.google.com/
If you would like to view this document send
me an email (mmoloneyiths@yahoo.com) and I will invite you to
view. |
| Fri 2/2 |
Set up Student Blog Pages |
Students will set up their
own economics blog pages. Then e-mail your blog address
to Mr. Moloney when you are done (mmoloneyiths@yahoo.com).
|
| Thur 2/1 |
Introduction to Class |
Students will recieve seat assignments,
preview Mr. Moloney's Website which will illustrate Grading, Curriculum,
expectations, etc. |