Friday, May 9, 2025

U.S. Banking Today 🏧

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Identify the most common types of U.S. financial institutions
  • Explain how automation has affected banking practices
  • Identify and describe the results of banking deregulation
  • Explain the crises that financial institutions faced in the late 1980s
⏰ What We Did
  • Assessed the completion of a running record in "Business Strategy" from hypothetical scenarios
πŸ’― Assessment Make-ups
  • Make-ups for the Unit 1 Content (Part I) and/or Skills (Part II) Assessments will take place by the end of TODAY during non-core (i.e., electives) classes

Thursday, May 8, 2025

History of U.S. Banking 🏦

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Describe the views of Federalists and Anti-Federalists about U.S. banking
  • Explain how the development in the 1860s of nationally-chartered banks affected the power of state-chartered banks
  • Describe how the government reformed and regulated the banking system after World War I
⏰ What We Did
  • Used the instructional notes for Lesson 7, Part 4 to chronologically order the 10 events surrounding the history of banking within the United States
πŸ’― Assessment Make-ups
  • Make-ups for the Unit 1 Content (Part I) and/or Skills (Part II) Assessments will take place by FRIDAY during non-core (i.e., electives) classes
πŸ’» Homework

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Money 🍨

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the functions that money serves
  • Describe the characteristics that an item must have to be used as money
  • Identity the sources of money's value
  • Identify and describe the types of money that are used in the United States
⏰ What We Did
  • Illustrated the five characteristics of money by examining ice cream as a medium of exchange
  • Determined whether salt, clam shells, cattle, silver, or brass coins would serve as suitable forms of money
βš™οΈ Resources
πŸ’― Assessment Make-ups
  • Make-ups for the Unit 1 Content (Part I) and/or Skills (Part II) Assessments will take place after school TODAY OR this week during non-core (i.e., electives) classes by Friday
πŸ’» Homework

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

The U.S. Economy at Work πŸ’Ό

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Describe how nations decide how to use scarce resources
  • List and define the major goals of the U.S. economy
  • Explain why economic goals sometimes conflict
⏰ What We Did
  • Distributed and discussed the checklist for the third Economics Binder Check
  • Continued playing "Business Strategy," highlighting aspects of the instructional video within the context of the game's classroom economy
βš™οΈ Resources
πŸ’― Assessment Make-ups
  • Make-ups for the Unit 1 Content (Part I) and/or Skills (Part II) Assessments will take place after school on T 6 May and W 7 May OR this week during non-core (i.e., electives) classes
πŸ’» Homework

Monday, May 5, 2025

Features of the U.S. Economy πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Describe the main features of free enterprise in the United States
  • Name the two markets of the circular flow model
  • Explain how the circular flow model reflects exchange
⏰ What We Did
  • Watched and took instructional notes on Lesson 7, Part 1: Features of the U.S. Economy
  • Distributed and explored a handout on the circular flow model
  • Continued playing "Business Strategy," highlighting aspects of the classroom economy from the instructional video
  • Due to the high number of assessment make-ups β€” Used instructional notes from Lesson 7, Part 1 to answer the following questions in complete sentences:
  1. Define free enterprise, private property, product market, and resource market.
  2. What separates the U.S. economy from the pure market model? What features does the U.S. economy share with the pure market model?
  3. How does the product market differ from the resource market in the circular flow model? Describe an exchange you have made recently, and identify its place in the circular flow model.
  4. What types of exchanges are shown in the circular flow model?
βš™οΈ Resources
πŸ’― Assessment Make-ups
  • Make-ups for the Unit 1 Content (Part I) and/or Skills (Part II) Assessments will take place after school on T 6 May and W 7 May OR this week during non-core (i.e., electives) classes
πŸ’» Homework

Friday, May 2, 2025

Unit 1 Skills Assessment πŸ’―

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Assess comprehension of Economics Unit 1: The Market Economy
⏰ What We Did
  • Completed the skills portion of the Unit 1 Assessment, applying the skills obtained with assignments A-1 through A-10

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Unit 1 Content Assessment πŸ’―

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Assess comprehension of Economics Unit 1: The Market Economy
⏰ What We Did
  • Completed the content portion of the Unit 1 Assessment, utilizing the information presented in the instructional notes of Lessons 1 through 6

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Unit 1 Question & Answer 🀯

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Review economic concepts from Unit 1: The Market Economy
⏰ What We Did
  • Student-led question and answer on Unit 1 Content

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Unit 1 Review βͺ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Review economic concepts from Unit 1: The Market Economy
⏰ What We Did
  • Individually reviewed for the Unit 1 Content assessment (Part I)

Monday, April 28, 2025

Unit 1 Review Game 🚨

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Review economic concepts from Unit 1: The Market Economy
⏰ What We Did
  • Played a review game from Lessons 1 through 6 to prepare for tomorrow's Unit 1 Content Assessment

Friday, April 25, 2025

Professional Development Day 🟒

Clintondale High School is closed today for students, while teachers are engaging in professional development. Classes will resume at 7:35 A.M. on Monday, April 28, 2025.
 

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Lesson 6 Lesson Review 6️⃣

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Review the key concepts covered in Lesson 6 of Economics
⏰ What We Did
  • Began working on Lesson 6 Lesson Review (Due M 28 April 2025)
βš™οΈ Resources

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Assignment Passback and Review ❗️

⏰ What We Did
  • Returned and discussed the answers to last week's "Computing Taxes" and "Working With Circle Graphs" in preparation for next week's Unit 1 Assessment
βš™οΈ Resources

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Government and the Public πŸ—³

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain how the government determines the public interest
  • Identify the consequences that may result from government promotion of the public interest
  • Describe how individuals and interest groups can affect government policies
⏰ What We Did
  • Used the instructional notes from Lesson 6, Part 4: Government and the Public, to answer the following questions in complete sentences:
  1. Define interest group and lobbyist.
  2. What factors must the government weigh in trying to determine the public interest? Why might the public interest be difficult for the government to identify?
  3. How can government regulation affect prices, services, profits, and productivity?
  4. Describe how individuals and interest groups can influence government policy.

Monday, April 21, 2025

2025-2026 Scheduling and Xello ℹ️

Juniors were called down to schedule classes for next year and complete Xello career readiness.

Friday, April 18, 2025

Good Friday β€” No School ✝️

Clintondale High School is closed for Good Friday. Classes will resume on Monday, April 21, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

Thursday, April 17, 2025

MME Testing β€” M-STEP πŸ’―

The M-STEP portion of the MME was administered during today's class

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Economic Goals πŸ₯…

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain why the government regulates business
  • Describe how the government works to provide public goods
  • Explain how the government promotes individuals' well-being
  • Describe how the government works to stabilize the economy
⏰ What We Did
  • Continue playing Business Strategy, with "the government" (i.e., Mr. Carpenter) ensuring economic goals within the market ecosystem of Room 204
βš™οΈ Resources
πŸ’» Homework

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Growth of Government πŸ“Š

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Describe the factors that influence the growth of government
  • Explain why government expenditures have increased over time
  • Identify how federal, state, and local governments spend their money
⏰ What We Did
  • Focusing on the increase in federal spending due to government growth discussed in Lesson 6, Part 2, examined a pie chart of federal expenditures for a given year
βš™οΈ Resources
πŸ’» Homework

Monday, April 14, 2025

Defining Fiscal Policy πŸ’°

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the roles that taxes play in fiscal policy
  • Describe the kinds of tax rates that governments set
  • Identify the most profitable taxes
⏰ What We Did
  • Watched and took instructional notes on Lesson 6, Part 1: Defining Fiscal Policy
  • Calculated taxes when provided tax rates in given scenarios
βš™οΈ Resources
πŸ’» Homework

Friday, April 11, 2025

Business Strategy πŸ’Έ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Engage in planned inquiries to describe and demonstrate how the economic forces of scarcity and opportunity costs impact individual and household choices
⏰ What We Did
  • Continued playing "Business Strategy"
βš™οΈ Resources

Thursday, April 10, 2025

MME Testing β€” ACT WorkKeys πŸ’―

The ACT WorkKeys portion of the MME was administered during today's class

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Business Strategy πŸ’Έ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Engage in planned inquiries to describe and demonstrate how the economic forces of scarcity and opportunity costs impact individual and household choices
⏰ What We Did
  • Continued playing "Business Strategy"
βš™οΈ Resources

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

MME Testing β€” SAT πŸ’―

The SAT portion of the MME was administered during today's class

Monday, April 7, 2025

Binder Check #2 πŸ“š

⏰ What We Did
  • Returned and discussed the answers to last week's "Understanding Market Equilibrium"
  • Conducted the Q3 Economics binder check

Friday, April 4, 2025

Lesson 5 Lesson Review 5️⃣

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Review the key concepts covered in Lesson 5 of Economics
⏰ What We Did
  • Took a quiz on Lesson 5, Part 1: The Price System
  • Began working on Lesson 5 Lesson Review (Due M 7 April 2025)
βš™οΈ Resources

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Managing Prices πŸ’΅

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain why governments sometimes set prices
  • Explain what governments try to accomplish through price floors, price ceilings, and rationing
  • Explain what happens when governments manage prices
⏰ What We Did
  • Continued playing "Business Strategy," incorporating content concepts into the game
βš™οΈ Resources

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Determining Prices 🍻

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain what market equilibrium is
  • Explain how the price system handles product surpluses and shortages
  • Explain how shifts in demand and supply affect market equilibrium
⏰ What We Did
  • Using Prohibition of the 1920s and 1930s as a case study, examined the impact of the 18th Amendment on the supply and demand of both alcoholic beverages and grain
βš™οΈ Resources
πŸ’» Homework

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

The Price System 🏷

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the role of the price system
  • Describe the benefits of the price system
  • Describe the limitations of the price system
⏰ What We Did
  • Watched and took instructional notes on Lesson 5, Part 1: The Price System
  • Continued playing "Business Strategy"
βš™οΈ Resources
πŸ’» Homework

Monday, March 31, 2025

"Plotting Supply Curves," "Setting Prices" ❗️

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain why producers look at productivity when making supply decisions
  • Describe how varying levels of input affects the levels of output
  • Explain how changes in production costs affect producers’ supply decisions
⏰ What We Did
  • Collect Lesson 4 Lesson Review, handed out W 19 March 2025
  • Distributed and discussed the checklist for the second Economics Binder Check
  • Returned and discussed the answers to last week's "Plotting Supply Curves" and Monday's "Setting Prices"
βš™οΈ Resources

Monday, March 24, 2025

Spring Break β€” No School πŸ–

Clintondale High School is currently on Spring Break. Classes will resume on Monday, March 31, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

Have a fun and relaxing time away, Dragons!

Friday, March 21, 2025

Spring Break Countdown ⏲

⏰ What We Did
  • Due to low student census, played general trivia Kahoot!

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Business Strategy πŸ’Έ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Engage in planned inquiries to describe and demonstrate how the economic forces of scarcity and opportunity costs impact individual and household choices
⏰ What We Did
  • Continued playing "Business Strategy"
βš™οΈ Resources

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Lesson 4 Lesson Review 4️⃣

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Review the key concepts covered in Lesson 4 of Economics
⏰ What We Did
  • Took a quiz on Lesson 4, Part 1: Nature of Supply
  • Began working on Lesson 4 Lesson Review
βš™οΈ Resources

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Business Strategy πŸ’Έ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Engage in planned inquiries to describe and demonstrate how the economic forces of scarcity and opportunity costs impact individual and household choices
⏰ What We Did
  • Continued playing "Business Strategy"
βš™οΈ Resources

Monday, March 17, 2025

Making Production Decisions πŸ“ˆ

Today is St. Patrick's Day πŸ€
🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain why producers look at productivity when making supply decisions
  • Describe how varying levels of input affects the levels of output
  • Explain how changes in production costs affect producers’ supply decisions
⏰ What We Did
  • Used instructional notes from Lesson 4, Part 3: Making Production Decisions, to calculate revenue, costs, and profit at various price points to determine the ideal price for a good
βš™οΈ Resources

Friday, March 14, 2025

Changes in Supply πŸ“ˆ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain what it means for a product’s supply to shift
  • Identify factors that might cause a product’s supply curve to shift
  • Describe the difference between a tax and a subsidy
⏰ What We Did
  • Discussed and reviewed the determinants of supply, the non-price factors that shift supply curves
  • Used Lesson 4, Part 2 instructional notes to draw β€” and then shift β€” supply curves
βš™οΈ Resources
πŸ’» Homework

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Changes in Supply Notes πŸ“ˆ

Half-Day Due to Parent-Teacher Conferences 🐲
🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain what it means for a product’s supply to shift
  • Identify factors that might cause a product’s supply curve to shift
  • Describe the difference between a tax and a subsidy
⏰ What We Did
  • Took instructional notes on 4, Part 2: Changes in Supply, to be ready for tomorrow's assignment

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Nature of Supply πŸ“ˆ

Late Start Day πŸ•£
🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain the difference between supply and quantity supplied
  • Explain what the law of supply states
  • Explain what supply schedules and supply curves illustrate
  • Describe supply elasticity
⏰ What We Did
  • Watched and took instructional notes on Lesson 4, Part 1: Nature of Supply
  • Continued playing "Business Strategy"
βš™οΈ Resources
πŸ’» Homework

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Lesson 3 Lesson Review 3️⃣

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Review the key concepts covered in Lesson 3 of Economics
⏰ What We Did
  • Reviewed the answers to "Exploring Revenue and Demand Elasticity" from last Friday
  • Took a quiz on Lesson 3, Part 1: Nature of Demand
  • Began working on Lesson 3 Lesson Review
βš™οΈ Resources

Monday, March 10, 2025

Business Strategy πŸ’Έ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Engage in planned inquiries to describe and demonstrate how the economic forces of scarcity and opportunity costs impact individual and household choices
⏰ What We Did
  • Passed back and went over "Plotting Demand Curves" from last Thursday
  • Continued playing "Business Strategy"
βš™οΈ Resources

Friday, March 7, 2025

Elasticity of Demand πŸ“‰

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Define demand elasticity
  • Describe the difference between elastic and inelastic demand
  • Explain how demand elasticity is measured
⏰ What We Did
  • Used instructional notes from Lesson 3, Part 3: Elasticity of Demand, to calculate and examine the elasticity of demand
βš™οΈ Resources

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Changes in Demand πŸ“‰

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Explain what it means for a product’s demand to shift
  • Identify and describe the factors that can shift demand for a product
  • Explain how substitute goods differ from complementary goods
⏰ What We Did
  • Discussed and reviewed the determinants of demand, the non-price factors that shift demand curves
  • Used Lesson 3, Part 2 instructional notes to draw β€” and then shift β€” demand curves
βš™οΈ Resources
πŸ’» Homework

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Nature of Demand πŸ“‰

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Describe how demand differs from the quantity demanded
  • Explain what the law of demand states
  • Explain what demand schedules and demand curves illustrate
  • Individually and collaboratively, students will engage in planned inquiries to describe and demonstrate how the economic forces of scarcity and opportunity costs impact individual and household choices
⏰ What We Did
  • Watched and took instructional notes on Lesson 3, Part 1: Nature of Demand
  • Continued playing "Business Strategy," incorporating concepts from today's lesson into the game
βš™οΈ Resources
πŸ’» Homework

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Business Strategy: Loans Payable, Capital Improvements πŸ’Έ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Engage in planned inquiries to describe and demonstrate how the economic forces of scarcity and opportunity costs impact individual and household choices
⏰ What We Did
  • Finished learning how to play "Business Strategy," making decisions on whether to take out a loan and making capital improvements (ordering more factories)
βš™οΈ Resources

Monday, March 3, 2025

Business Strategy: Production, FIU Sales πŸ’Έ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Engage in planned inquiries to describe and demonstrate how the economic forces of scarcity and opportunity costs impact individual and household choices
⏰ What We Did
  • Continued learning how to play "Business Strategy," making production decisions (turning RMUs into finished inventory units [FIUs]) and selling FIUs
βš™οΈ Resources

Friday, February 28, 2025

Business Strategy: Fixed Expenses, RMU Purchases πŸ’Έ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Engage in planned inquiries to describe and demonstrate how the economic forces of scarcity and opportunity costs impact individual and household choices
⏰ What We Did
  • Continued learning how to play "Business Strategy," calculating initial expenses for each company and bidding to buy raw material purchases (RMUs) for the first round ("month")

Thursday, February 27, 2025

True Black History Museum

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Examine contributions of African-Americans in the arts, sciences, sports, entertainment, education, military, and politics
⏰ What We Did
  • Attended a tour of the mobile True Black History Museum in the CHS Conference Center

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Business Strategy: Fixed Expenses, RMU Purchases πŸ’Έ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Engage in planned inquiries to describe and demonstrate how the economic forces of scarcity and opportunity costs impact individual and household choices
⏰ What We Did
  • Conducted the P3 Economics binder check
  • Continued learning how to play "Business Strategy," calculating initial expenses for each company and bidding to buy raw material purchases (RMUs) for the first round ("month") (NOTE: The game was postponed because the Federal Reverse Bank did not have money; the H.S. Mint did not have it prepared)

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Business Strategy πŸ’Έ

🎯 Learning Targets
  • Engage in planned inquiries to describe and demonstrate how the economic forces of scarcity and opportunity costs impact individual and household choices
⏰ What We Did
  • Begin learning how to play "Business Strategy," organizing into groups ("companies") and providing an overview of the game
βš™οΈ Resources