Tuesday, March 25, 2014

World-Economics-12th focus

World: Final essay with rubric due and collected today. I will provide feedback as quickly as possible.  We debriefed today using a Socratic seminar approach while folding the ideas and information about absolute monarchs and nation states.  Tomorrow we begin the Scientific Revolution.  Next week's test will cover material from the Enlightenment (thinkers)- Absolute Monarchs- Scientific Revolution into exploration and conquest. Please plan for a test on Friday, April 4.

Economics: Visible thinking about Demand today. We ended class doing an activity related to elasticity and its application to price.  Please finish the problem and have it ready to go in class tomorrow.  Second part of class tomorrow, we will begin supply. 

12 Focus: Double entry journal with success principles. Individual conference meetings begin today.  My class, 11 of you will conference on Thursday. Double Entry Journals will be collected and credited.  Next four sessions will be success principles and teacher-student conferences.  Be present to participate; otherwise you don't get credit and miss out.