Full Switch to CANVAS

Good afternoon!

To try and make things easier for students and parents to find, I'm going to be switching all communication to CANVAS.

Please check CANVAS daily for important announcements and assignments for our course.

Week at a Glance 3/30 - 4/3

Hi all,

Wanted to check in and give you a quick glance at what you should be accomplishing for our class over the next week:

1. Finish Khan Academy Videos - so far all I've assigned are videos about Finance. Next week I'll be adding additional content on Macroeconomics topics and there will be assignments to go with each section. Excellent job to the many of you who have already watched all the assigned videos from the past two weeks!! https://www.khanacademy.org/join/6J9M67M3 (Links to an external site.)
2. Complete the Econ Movies - Cars - GDP, Business Cycles and Fiscal Policy Assignment (On Canvas)- As a preview of the topics for the next couple of weeks, I'd like you to watch the Econ Movies video and complete the attached handout. Assignment is due at the end of the week.
3. Check your AERIES grade and missing assignments - Catch up on any previous assignments that you may not have completed. I'm willing to give partial credit for anything that you did not previously complete from January through March.

Get in contact with me if you have any questions

The latest...

Wanted to check in and make sure that you all have signed up for our Khan Academy class at https://www.khanacademy.org/join/6J9M67M3

As of Friday, our district has asked us teachers to make sure all students "that learning expectations are increasing as the re-opening of school gets pushed off indefinitely."

In addition, teachers have been asked to assign content and "begin to document the level of completion and/or participation of your students."

Your Khan Academy lessons and assignments are what I'll be using as data to send administration. Please be sure to log on and make progress.

I'll be sending more info out as soon as I get it. In the meantime, please let me know if  you have any questions.

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Hope you enjoy it as much as I do! 

Email Update...join our Khan Academy class

Just sent you the following email:

Hi Economic Gangsters!

Wanted to give you an update on where things stand and what you can be doing to keep yourself current with our Economics class.

As you could have guessed, with missing at least three weeks of school, we're not going to be able to get to all economics lessons I was hoping for. That being said, I'm posting some resources to help keep you up to date with some of the topics we would have covered in class. As I'm sure you've already heard, these resources are not required assignments but will be tremendously helpful.

What I'm posting now are the topics we would have covered during these three weeks. If it turns out that we are out of the classroom longer, I'll send additional resources. Here is what I suggest you do:

1. Sign up for the Kahn Academy Class I've created. You may have to create a username and password. I've selected the lessons/topics that correlate to what we would have been learning in class. Here is the link: https://www.khanacademy.org/join/6J9M67M3
2. Continue to follow our class website: https://erhsecon2020.blogspot.com/ Me or Mrs. Trump will periodically be posting interesting current events related to economics. 

Hope you all are managing well in the midst of all this uncertainty. I know its frustrating to not know what the rest of your senior year will look like but I'm really hopeful that we'll be able to get back together and end the class of 2020 the right way!

Mr. Nesper

Extended Break Update

I've received questions from some of you about what we'll be doing during the extended break. Unfortunately, at this point I have no answers. Teachers are still waiting to hear from our administration about how to proceed when it comes to teaching and assessing students while you are away. As soon as I have some information from them, I'll let you know.

Check back periodically. Updates will be posted on this site when there is something pertinent to report.

Friday, March 13th

Agenda:
Shark Tank

Thursday, March 12th

Agenda:
Stamp HW (A#20)
Stock Market Article (A#21)

Wednesday, March 11th

Agenda:

1. Stamp HW (A#19)
2. Unit 2 Exam
3. Ch 11.3 1-5 (A#20)

Tuesday, March 10th

Agenda:

1. Notes - Elasticity of Demand

Homework:

1. Study Guide for Unit 2 Test (A#19)
2. Unit 2 Test Tomorrow

Monday, March 9th

Agenda:

1. Ch 4.3 1-4 (A#18)
2. Complete Study Guide for Unit 2 Test (A#19)...due on Wednesday

Homework:

1. Complete Study Guide for Unit 2 Test (A#18)...due on Wednesday

Friday, March 6th

Agenda:

1. Supply and Demand Scenarios Handout (A#17)

Thursday, March 5th

Agenda:

1. Supply and Demand Analysis Practice (A#16)
2. Notebook Check #2
3. Supply and Demand Scenarios Handout (A#17)

Wednesday, March 4th

Agenda:

1. Supply and Demand Analysis Practice (A#16)

Homework:

1. Notebook Check Tomorrow (A#7-16)

Tuesday, March 3rd

Agenda:

1. Stamp HW (A#15)
2. Supply and Demand Review
3. Notes - Putting Supply and Demand Together

Homework:

1. Notebook Check Wednesday (A#7-16)

Monday, March 2nd

Agenda:

1. Ch 6.1 1-4, 7 and Ch 6.2 1,3,5 (A#15)

Homework:

1. Notebook Check Thursday (A#7-16)

Friday, February 28th

Agenda: 

1. Changes in Supply Practice (A#14) - Complete both of the following
• Supply Headlines
• Supply of Baseball Bats

Thursday, February 27th

Agenda:

1. Finish supply Shifting Practice (A#13)
2. Changes in Supply Practice (A#14) - Complete both of the following
• Supply Headlines
• Supply of Baseball Bats

Wednesday, February 26th

Agenda:

1. Notes - Determinants (Shifters) of Supply
2. Supply Shifting Practice (A#13)

Tuesday, February 25th

Agenda:

1. Stamp HW (A#11)
2. Notes - Supply Curve
3. Graphing Supply Curves (A#12)

Monday, February 24th

Agenda:

1. Review Shifters of Demand
2. Demand Headlines (A#10)
3. Begin HW

Homework:

1. Ch 5.1 1,2,4 and 5.3 1,2,5 (A#11)

Friday, February 21st

Agenda:

1. Practice Graphing Demand Shifts (A#9)

Thursday, February 20th

Agenda:

1. Stamp (A#7)
2. Notes - Determinants (Shifters) of Demand

Wednesday, February 19th

Agenda:

1. Stamp HW
2. Finish Notes - Demand
3. Graphing Demand Curves and Surveying Real-Time Demand (A#7)

Tuesday, February 18th

Agenda:

1. Intro to Unit 2 - Supply and Demand
2. Notes - Demand

Friday, February 14th

Agenda:

1. Intro to Unit 2 - Supply, Demand and Markets
2. Ch 4.1 1,2,4-6 and Ch 4.2 1-3 (A#7)

Thursday, February 13th

Agenda:

1. County Zoning Board Presentations
2. Voting!

Wednesday, February 12th

Agenda:

1. 5 Minute Prep Time
2. Presentations to the County Zoning Board

Tuesday, February 11th

Agenda:

1. Last Cooper's Point Work Day

Homework:

1. Project due and Presentations Begin Tomorrow

Friday, February 7th

Agenda:

1. Cooper's Point Work Day

Homework:

1. Project due and Presentations Begin Wednesday

Thursday, February 6th

Agenda:

1. Cooper's Point Work Day Goals
1. Finish Rough Drafts
2. Begin Poster

Homework:

1. Bring Supplies

Wednesday, February 5th

Agenda:

1. Cooper's Point Roles/Responsibilities...Examples
2. Daily Goals:
1. Finalize Rough Draft Layout
2. Begin Rough Drafts

Tuesday, February 4th

Agenda:

1. Cooper's Point Roles/Responsibilities
1. Determine Roles
2. Daily Goals:
1. Finalize Features List
2. Begin Rough Draft Layout

Friday, February 7th

Agenda:

1. Presentation Preview
2. Cooper's Point Workday
1. Finish Rough Drafts and have Mr Nesper proofread

Homework:

1. Projects due Wednesday

Thursday, February 6th

Agenda:

1. Cooper's Point Work Day Goals
1. Finish Rough Drafts
2. Begin Poster

Homework:

1. Bring Supplies

Monday, February 3rd

Agenda:

1. Return Notebooks
2. Cooper's Point Instructions
3. Group Goals:
1. Determine Design Theme
2. Brainstorm Features

Friday, January 31st

Agenda:

1. Notebook Check
2. Unit 1 Exam
3. Intro to Cooper's Point Project
1. Group Formation

Thursday, January 30th

Agenda:

1. 10 Min to finish The Seven Principles of Economic Thought (A#5)
2. Economics Field Research: The 7 Principles of Economic Thought Around Campus (A#6)
1. Identify/Describe 7 different choices/events/actions from around campus which are examples of the 7 Principles of Economic Thought
2. Either observe what is currently happening or reminisce about experiences you have had over the past three years at ERHS
3. Create a two-column table in your notebook. The columns should be titled
1. Choice/Event/Action
2. Applicable Economic Principle

Homework:

1. Notebook Check tomorrow (A#1-6)
2. Unit 1 Test Tomorrow- study all notes. A#2,3,5, Chapter 1.1, 1.2

Wednesday, January 29th

Agenda:

1. The Seven Principles of Economic Thought (A#5)

Tuesday, January 28th

Agenda:

1. Notes - Opportunity Cost
2. The Seven Principles of Economic Thought (A#5)

Monday, January 27th

Agenda:

1. Quickwrite
2. Stamp (A#4)
3. finish Scarcity and Factors of Production Notes
4. Notes - Opportunity Cost

Friday, January 24th

Agenda:

1. Case Study: Scarcity and a Senior Party (A#4)

Thursday, January 23rd

Agenda:

1. Economic Utopia Island Activity

Wednesday, January 22nd

Agenda:

1. Stamp HW (A#3)
2. Quickwrite
3. Chapter 1.1 Notes - Scarcity and the Factors of Production

Tuesday, January 21st

Agenda:

1. Unit 1 Vocabulary - For each term: define and give an example (A#2)

Homework:

1. Chapter 1.1 2-4, 6 and Ch 1.2 1-4 (A#3) - Must write both questions and answers

Friday, January 17th

Agenda:

1. Collect Movie Permission Slip
2. Set Up Economics Notebook (click on the text to see the structure)
1. Stamp Syllabus (A#1)

Thursday, January 16th

Agenda:

1. Class Traditions
2. Textbook Checkout
3. Name help
4. Letter of Introduction
5. Name test

Homework:

1. Notebook (correct size) and Signatures (Syllabus and Film Permission Slip) due Friday (A#1)

Wednesday, January 15th

Welcome to Mr. Nesper's CP U.S. Economics website. Here you will find all you need to keep yourself apprised of what's happening in class and what events may be coming up. Check this site regularly for lecture notes, homework assignments and various other links. It is your responsibility to be aware of our course agenda, even when you are absent from class. Don't hesitate to ask when you are confused about anything.

Agenda:

1. Seating Chart
2. Welcome Back
3. Intro to Mr. Nesper
4. Syllabus
1. Notebook (must be at least 100 pgs and fit a "11 x "8.5 piece of paper without any edges hanging out)
2. Film Permission Slip
3. Website

Homework:

1. Bring ID card or schedule to check out textbooks tomorrow
2. Notebook (correct size) and Signatures (Syllabus and Film Permission Slip) due Friday (A#1)
3. Take this Intro to Econ survey