Caggia Social Studies - C&E

Day 79 Agenda (Wednesday 01/04/17)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 19:36:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
Motivation for the Week: "Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success." - Napoleon Hill

Agenda
All Classes
1) Bell Ringer

2) GDP
Four Components of the Expenditure Approach to measuring GDP

We completed Activity 12: All About GDP to look at what gets included and excluded from GDP

3) Unemployment
We learned that there are different types of unemployment and acceptable and unacceptable types of unemployment using Activity 16: Types of Unemployment

Day 76 Agenda (Tuesday 12/20/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 19:15:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED
Motivation for the Week: "To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe." - Anatole France

Agenda
All Classes
1) Review
Played Kahoot!

2) TEST
(Unit 8) Economic Fundamentals

3) Review
National Treasure

Day 75 Agenda (Monday 12/19/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 20:35:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED
Motivation for the Week: "To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe." - Anatole France

Agenda
All Classes
1) Bell Ringer

2) Supply
We finished our discussion on Supply by working on an activity to Shift Supply using the determinants, and completing the Determinants Charts columns regarding Equilibrium Price and Quantity.

3) Equilibrium
Using Supply and Demand we looked at the 4 Outcomes and then completed an activity to Practice Shifting Supply and Demand to see what happens to price and quantity in the market.

Homework
All Classes
Unit 8 Crossword Puzzle

Announcement
All Classes
TEST TOMORROW: (UNIT 8) ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS

Day 72 Agenda (Wednesday 12/14/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 01:44:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
Motivation for the Week: "Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success." - Napoleon Hill

Agenda
All Classes
1) Bell Ringer

2) Demand
Crash Course

We then looked at the Determinants of Demand and completed information in a table that will make understanding the determinants and how to use Demand to understand the market.

Homework
All Classes
Read section 21.3 and complete Activity 5 in the packet.

Announcements
All Classes
Supreme Court Cases Due Tomorrow 12/15
TEST TUESDAY: (UNIT 8) ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS
QUIZ FRIDAY: UNIT 8 VOCABULARY

Day 71 Agenda (Tuesday 12/13/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 23:07:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
Motivation for the Week: "Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success." - Napoleon Hill

Agenda
All Classes
1) Trade-Offs & Opportunity Costs
We worked on and went over a couple of problems to practice reading PPCs

2) Costs of Production
After some basic notes on the different types of costs (Fixed, Variable, Total, Average, and Marginal) we worked on a fictitious startup and its costs.

Homework
All Classes
Activity 3: Demand Curves...

Announcements
All Classes
Supreme Court Cases Due Thursday 12/15
QUIZ FRIDAY: UNIT 8 VOCABULARY

Day 70 Agenda (Monday 12/12/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 19:14:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
Motivation for the Week: "Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success." - Napoleon Hill

Agenda
All Classes
1) Bell Ringer

2) Crash Course

3) Trade-Offs & Opportunity Costs
Go Over PPCs using Activity 1 from Friday's Homework

Announcements
All Classes
Supreme Court Cases Due Thursday 12/15
QUIZ FRIDAY: UNIT 8 VOCABULARY

Day 69 Agenda (Friday 12/09/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 18:54:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
Motivation for the Week: "Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success." - Napoleon Hill

Agenda
Period 1
1) TEST
(UNIT 7) PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY

2) Trade-Offs and Opportunity Costs
Production Possibilities Curve - the graph of decision making.

Period 2
1) Review
Kahoot!

2) TEST
(UNIT 7) PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY

2) Trade-Offs and Opportunity Costs
Production Possibilities Curve - the graph of decision making.

Homework
All Classes
Activity 1: Scarcity, Trade-Offs, and Opportunity Costs (4 Pages in the packet)

Day 68 Agenda (Thursday 12/08/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 18:43:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED
Motivation for the Week: "When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators." - P.J. O'Rourke

Agenda
Period 1
1) Supreme Court Cases
Went to the computer lab today to peer edit the information entered into the Google Doc.

2) Review
We played Kahoot! to review for tomorrow's test.

Period 2
1) Supreme Court Cases
Went to the computer lab today to peer edit the information entered into the Google Doc.

2) Insurance
Insurance, a necessary evil - betting against yourself. But who could take a chance not having the protection in case an accident happens?

Homework
All Classes
Unit 7 Crossword Puzzle

Announcement
All Classes
TEST TOMORROW (UNIT 7) PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY

Day 67 Agenda (Wednesday 12/07/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 02:01:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	CLOSED
Motivation for the Week: "When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators." - P.J. O'Rourke

Agenda
All Classes
1) Bell Ringer

2) Insurance
Insurance, a necessary evil - betting against yourself. But who could take a chance not having the protection in case an accident happens?

Homework
All Classes
Unit 7 Crossword Puzzle
Announcements
All Classes
1) TEST FRIDAY: (UNIT 7) PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY

2) Supreme Court Case due by Tomorrow at 7am

Day 66 Agenda (Tuesday 12/06/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 21:35:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
Motivation for the Week: "When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators." - P.J. O'Rourke

Agenda
All Classes
1) Bell Ringer

2) Building Wealth
Overview of different types of bank accounts and their purpose, from Cash to IRAs, also Investments.

Announcements
All Classes
1) TEST FRIDAY: (UNIT 7) PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY

2) Supreme Court Case due by Thursday at 7am

Day 65 Agenda (Monday 12/05/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 00:53:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
Motivation for the Week: "When buying and selling are conrolled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators." - P.J. O'Rourke

Agenda
All Classes
1) Budget Blast
We created our own budget using some stock data. The lesson is in understanding what it takes to create a budget and how to manage it when the budget doesn't balance.

2) Debt and Credit
We discussed debt, some of the pitfalls and some wise ways to use it, including credit cards. That's right, I said it, there are good ways to use credit cards!

Homework
All Classes
Search 3 different banks (one bank MUST be the North Carolina State Employees Credit Union) online to find information on interest rates for different savings accounts:

checking
savings
CDs: 6 mos, 12 mos, 24 mos, 36 mos, 48 mos, 60 mos

Day 64 Agenda (Friday 12/02/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 18:58:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
Motivation for the Week: "When buying and selling are conrolled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators." - P.J. O'Rourke

Agenda

All Classes
1) QUIZ
Return to Mocha / Economic Systems

2) Budgeting
We took a look at budgets, the purpose, fixed costs and variable costs and the importance of "keeping the lights on."

Homework and Announcements
All Classes
Nothing New

Day 63 Agenda (Thursday 12/01/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 19:13:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
Motivation for the Week: "The difference between try and triumph is a little UMPH." - unknown

Agenda

All Classes
1) Landmark Supreme Court Cases
In the computer lab, the students researched their assigned Supreme Court Case and entered the information into the Google Doc assigned to their class. The assignment can be viewed only by students enrolled in the Google Classroom.

Announcement
All Classes
QUIZ FRIDAY: Return to Mocha/Economic Systems (Worksheet)

Day 62 Agenda (Wednesday 11/30/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 19:07:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
Motivation for the Week: "The difference between try and triumph is a little UMPH." - unknown

Agenda

All Classes
1) Bell Ringer

2) Incentives
Watch "Return to Mocha" and complete the worksheet in preparation for Quiz Friday on Economic Systems.

3) Landmark Supreme Court Cases
We assigned each student's Supreme Court Case and went over the rubric.

Announcements
All Classes
QUIZ FRIDAY: Return to Mocha/Economic Systems

Day 61 Agenda (Tuesday 11/29/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:16:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
Motivation for the Week: "The difference between try and triumph is a little UMPH." - unknown

Agenda

All Classes
1) Bell Ringer

2) Incentives
Providing incentive that align with the goals of both parties involved will produce the outcome desired by all involved.

Drop Out or Stay In? Though about opportunity costs as they relate to incentives to stay in school or drop out of school.
Freakonomics: We viewed the opening to "Freakonomics" a documentary based on the book of the same name by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J Dubner.
Economics Systems: Took some board notes regarding the 3 Basic Economic Questions answered by all societies/governments and the 3 Basic Economic Systems created to answer them.

Freakonomics Introduction

Homework

All Classes

Read section 20.1 & 20.2 and complete the page for section 20.1 in the packet.

Day 60 Agenda (Monday 11/28/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 16:46:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	By Appointment	OPEN
Motivation for the Week: "The difference between try and triumph is a little UMPH." - unknown

Agenda

All Classes
1) Economic Way of Thinking
Reviewed some basic concepts regarding decision-making and the economic process

People make choices.
All choices involve costs.
People respond to incentives in predictable ways.
People create economic systems that influence choices and incentives.
People gain when the trade voluntarily.
People's choices have consequences for the future.

2) Opportunity Costs

Watched 2 videos that mechanically demonstrate how people make decisions. The video exaggerates the process to illustrate what is usually a quicker and easier process.

Homework

All Classes

In the packet, read 6.1 "Why Some Jobs Pay More Than Others" and on separate paper answer the accompanying questions using complete sentences and restating the questions.

Day 58 Agenda (Monday 11/21/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 20:53:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED
Motivation for the Week: "The difference between try and triumph is a little UMPH." - unknown

Agenda

All Classes
1) Bell Ringer

2) Choices
What economics is REALLY about!

3) Criminal Justice - Juries
Finished watching 12 Angry Men

Homework
All Classes
1) Read "A Mystery of Two Families" in the packet and answer the questions
2) Complete the Character Analysis for "12 Angry Men"

Day 54 Agenda (Tuesday 11/15/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 18:57:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	OPEN	OPEN
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	OPEN	OPEN
Motivation for the Week: "The difference between try and triumph is a little UMPH." - unknown

Agenda

All Classes
1) Civil Law
Review yesterday's information via "The Order of Things" worksheet

2) Criminal Law

3) Criminal Justice - Juries
We are watching "12 Angry Men" and analyzing the jury process and the need for an unbiased jury.

While watching, be sure to prepare to complete the exercise below:

Homework
All Classes
Juvenile Law: Read 16.3 and complete the page in the packet.

Announcements
All Classes
TEST FRIDAY: UNITS 5&6
QUIZ TOMORROW: UNIT 6 VOCABULARY

Day 52 Agenda (Thursday 11/10/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 19:09:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability NEXT Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED
Motivation for the Week: "The difference between try and triumph is a little UMPH." - unknown

Agenda

All Classes
1) Bell Ringer

2) Types of Laws

3) The American Legal System

Homework
All Classes
Civil Law: Read 16.1 and complete the page in the packet

Announcements
All Classes
QUIZ MONDAY: UNIT 5 VOCABULARY

Day 51 Agenda (Wednesday 11/09/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 15:20:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED
Motivation for the Week: "Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." - Lou Holtz

Agenda

All Classes
1) Election Results
We looked at the results of the Presidential Election and the State Elections

2) How a Bill Becomes Law

Homework
All Classes
Read section 15.3 and Complete "American Legal System" in the packet.

Day 49 Agenda (Monday 11/07/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 16:49:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED
Motivation for the Week: "Ablility is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." - Lou Holtz

Agenda

All Classes
1) Review
Kahoot!

2) TEST
Units 4A & 4B

3) Types of Laws
Use section 15.2 in the textbook complete the page "Types of Laws" in the packet

Homework
All Classes
Finish "Types of Laws" above

Day 48 Agenda (Friday 11/04/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 18:00:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED
Motivation for the Week: "Patience is not the ability to wait but how you act while waiting." - Joyce Meyer

Agenda

All Classes
1) Bell Ringer

2) QUIZ
Unit 4B Vocabulary

3) Mass Media & Interest Groups

4) Propaganda Techniques
We looked at page 336 in the textbook and defined the 7 types of Propaganda Techniques shown there. Additionally, we looked at a few political advertisements and commercials to identify some of these Propaganda Techniques. This was helpful with regard to the homework tonight on Google Classrooms.
Homework
All Classes
1) Make Sure both the 4A & 4B Packets are complete, including 5 Bell Ringers.
2) Complete "Propaganda Techniques" in the Google Classroom
Period 1 Classroom
Period 2 Classroom

Announcements
All Classes
TEST MONDAY: UNITS 4A & 4B

Day 47 Agenda (Thursday 11/03/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:35:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED
B	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED	OPEN	CLOSED
Motivation for the Week: "Patience is not the ability to wait but how you act while waiting." - Joyce Meyer

Agenda

All Classes
1) Political Parties

2) Financing Elections
What limitations are there on donating to political campaigns?

Announcements
All Classes
TEST MONDAY: UNITS 4A & 4B
QUIZ TOMORROW: UNIT 4B VOCABULARY

Day 22 Agenda (Wednesday 09/28/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 22:01:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED
B	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED
Motivation for the Week: "Patience is not the ability to wait but how you act while waiting." - Joyce Meyer

Agenda

All Classes

1) TEST

(UNIT 3A) COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

2) Presidential Basics

Crash Course #11:

Basic Information

Homework

All Classes

Roles of the President: Read Section 7.2 and Complete the Chart in the packet

Day 19 Agenda (Friday 09/23/16)

noreply@blogger.com (M Caggia) — Sun, 25 Sep 2016 15:48:00 +0000

Mr. C's SMART Lunch Availability This Week
Lunch	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED
B	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED	CLOSED
Motivation for the Week: "Patience is not the ability to wait but how you act while waiting." - Joyce Meyer

Sorry about not being available this week. I have meetings everyday. This is not typical and should not happen again.
Agenda
All Classes
1) QUIZ
UNIT 3A VOCABULARY

2) "Was It Common Sense?"
Went to the computer lab and shared the work previously submitted with a classmate to peer edit. The final draft is due Tuesday, by 11:59pm.

Homework
All Classes
Use the Internet to complete the pages in the packet about the US Congress, NC General Assembly, and Local Government Due Monday

Announcements
All Classses
Final Draft of "Was It Common Sense?" Essay Due Tuesday by 11:59pm