Monday, May 6, 2013

Economics-Focus-Seminar-World

Economics:  Test make-ups are tomorrow beginning in office hours.  We have been working on Business Organizations.  Today, I collected the memo's you composed related to Sweets, Inc.  For tomorrow, you have been assigned one business plan to read and analysis.  Be sure to respond to the questions so that tomorrow you will be able to collaborate with your partner to finish the assignment and participate in the jigsaw conversation.  In the meantime, you should read 8.1-3 and complete graphic organizers for that material by the end of the week.  I will roll out the Budget Project, some time this week.

Focus:  Welcome to Strand 6.  Base grades will be posted by the end of the week.

Seminar: Capstones continue. Be sure to have your capstone previewed.

World: Today we will be focusing on the gun powder empires.... Be sure to keep up with the reading and annotations along with any text book assignments.  Today in class we will debrief the power shift questions and continue covering gunpowder empires.  For tomorrow, be sure you complete your assigned empire to participate in the cafe' conversations related to same.