Wednesday, May 16, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance
Objectives: SWBAT create a power point presentation that reflects their research for a company, and review study guide.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Find examples for a good, service, consumer good, durable good, and nondurable good. Pictures.
Research 15 minutes: Students will finish research for power point presentations.
Keynote 35 minutes: Students will create keynote presentations on researched businesses.
Recording 20 minutes: Students will record voices using keynote.
Study Guide 15 minutes: Students will work on study guide.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Monday, May 14, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT describe the importance of business, and basic economic concepts.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Where would you like to see yourself in five years? Be specific and describe how you will get there.
iMovie Presentation 15 minutes: Students will show their iMovies.
Research 30 minutes: Students will pick a business: History, Location, Products, and Types of Employment.
Keynote 20 minutes: Students will post what they have found on a keynote presentation.
Recording 20 minutes: Students will record their voices on keynote to narrate
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objective.

Friday, May 11, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT share a current event, record, edit, and share videos.
Warm Up 10 minutes: List three of your biggest concerns with becoming a sophomore.
Current Events 10 minutes: Students will share current events with partners.
Editing/Filming/Sharing 20 minutes: Students will edit/film/share videos.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and Standards.

Thursday, May 10, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda

Objectives: SWBAT research a current event, review basic economic concepts, and film concepts of habits.

Warm Up 15 minutes: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/senate-republicans-block-vote-student-loan-interest-rates-163511302.html

• One Summary
• Opinion

Research 20 minutes: Current Event

Vocabulary Review 20 minutes: Students will review vocabulary.

Sharing 10 minutes: Share video ideas.

Filming 30 minutes: Filming Movies.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives

Wednesday, May 10, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda

Objectives: SWBAT research a current event, review basic economic concepts, and film concepts of habits.

Warm Up 15 minutes: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/senate-republicans-block-vote-student-loan-interest-rates-163511302.html

• One Summary
• Opinion

Research 20 minutes: Current Event

Vocabulary Review 20 minutes: Students will review vocabulary.

Sharing 10 minutes: Share video ideas.

Filming 30 minutes: Filming Movies.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda

Objectives: SWBAT describe Supply and Demand, Review 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teen, and basic economic vocabulary.

Warm Up 10 minutes: What is Business and how will you use it in the future?

Review 15 minutes: Review Supply and Demand Graph

Review 20 minutes: 7 Habits of a highly effective teen.

• Write a sentence on how you will use each to improve your academics.

Writing 25 minutes: 7 Groups Create a script showing one of the following Character Traits

Filming 25 minutes: Film scripts with partners.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Monday, May 7, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT describe Supply and Demand, Review 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teen, and basic economic vocabulary.
Warm Up 10 minutes: What is Business and how will you use it in the future?
Review 15 minutes: Review Supply and Demand Graph
Review 20 minutes: 7 Habits of a highly effective teen.

• Write a sentence on how you will use each to improve your academics.

Writing 25 minutes: 7 Groups Create a script showing one of the following Character Traits
Filming 25 minutes: Film scripts with partners.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Friday, May 4, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT describe the final character trait and share a current event.
Warm Up 10 minutes: Share current events.
Activity 25 minutes: 4-Square 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT research current event, identify 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen, and basic concepts of economics.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Review what is business cycle and what does it tell us?
Vocabulary 25 minutes: Podcasts on Vocabulary: Unskilled, Semiskilled, Skilled, and Professional
Activity 20 minutes: 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen.
Current Event 20 minutes: Students research currents events.
Review 10 minutes: Students will review key vocabulary covered in class.
Closing 5 minutes: review Objectives.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda

Objectives: SWBAT revise a cover letter, learn how to interview, describe the character trait, and identify basic economic concepts.

Warm Up 15 minutes: Describe how you will use determination to help finish this year.

Vocabulary 20 minutes: unskilled labor, semiskilled labor, skilled labor, and professional labor

Want Ads 20 minutes: Job Title, Pay, Location, Requirements.

Sharing Cover Letters 15 minutes: Five Corrections

Activity 20 minutes: 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Monday, April 30, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT revise a cover letter, learn how to interview, describe the character trait, and identify basic economic concepts.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Describe how you will use determination to help finish this year.
Vocabulary 20 minutes: unskilled labor, semiskilled labor, skilled labor, and professional labor
Want Ads 20 minutes: Job Title, Pay, Location, Requirements.
Sharing Cover Letters 15 minutes: Five Corrections
Activity 20 minutes: 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Friday, April 27, 2012, U.S. History

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT present a current event, write a cover letter, and practice for an interview.
Warm Up 10 minutes: List three things you learned from the mock interview.
Share 10 minutes: Current Events with at least three people.
Writing 20 minutes: Finish Cover Letter
Interviews 20 minutes: Individuals meet with Mr. Gaylord in the back and work on interviewing.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives. 

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT research a current event, create a cover letter, and identify the 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen.
Warm Up 15 minutes: What are the most important things for you to consider when looking for a job?
Reading 10 minutes: http://www.careercc.com/interv3.shtml Students will read tips to interviewing.
Mock Interview 20 minutes: Students will mock interview each other.
Writing 20 minutes: Cover Letters
Research 20 minutes: Current Events
Videos 10 minutes: Students will show their commercials on determination.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Monday, April 23, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a commercial based on determination and discuss the 7 Habits of a highly effective teen.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Where might you need to apply the character trait, determination the most in your life?
Partners 20 minutes: Students will get into partner groups and write a commercial on determination using google documents.
Filming 20 minutes: Students will have 20 minutes to film scripts.
Reading 10 minutes: p. 228- 231
Comic Life 20 minutes: p. 231-233 You are going to make it, and laugh or you will cry.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objective. 

Thursday, April 19, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance
Objectives: SWBAT create a resume, research current event, and identify the importance of the 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Why is it important to do a perfect job on your resume and keep it updated?
Resume 30 minutes: Students will work on and complete their resume.
Research 20 minutes: Current Event
Reading 15 minutes: p. 216-218
Quick Skit 15 minutes: Students make a skit about their assigned section.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.


Resume Example: http://www.bestsampleresume.com/sample-student-resume/entry-level-student-resume.html

Wednesday, April 18, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance
Objectives: SWBAT create a resume, research current event, and identify the importance of the 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Why is it important to do a perfect job on your resume and keep it updated?
Resume 30 minutes: Students will work on and complete their resume.
Research 20 minutes: Current Event
Reading 15 minutes: p. 216-218
Quick Skit 15 minutes: Students make a skit about their assigned section.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Tuesday April 17, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a resume, and describe the character trait and the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens.
Warm Up 20 minutes: Sell Determination
Reading 15 minutes: 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen
Comic Life 25 minutes: 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen
Review Quiz 10 minutes: Teacher will go over quiz with students.
Reading 15 minutes: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/resume-writing-tips/
Activity 25 minutes: Resume
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Monday, April 16, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a resume, and describe the character trait and the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens.
Warm Up 20 minutes: Sell Determination
Reading 15 minutes: 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen
Comic Life 25 minutes: 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen
Review Quiz 10 minutes: Teacher will go over quiz with students.
Reading 15 minutes: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/resume-writing-tips/
Activity 25 minutes: Resume
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objective: SWBAT research a current event, describe the character trait, identify why it is important to save.
Warm Up 20 minutes: Poster for Determination

1. Title
2. Picture
3. Slogan
4. Why its important to you and business

Reading 20 minutes: http://moneyfor20s.about.com/od/reasonsandwaystosave/tp/Top-7-Reasons-to-Save-Money.htm find a picture to represent each reason.

Sharing 10 minutes: Students will share their jobs and calculate how much they will earn a month.

Research 20 minutes: Students will research for apartment, and then calculate how much they will have left over.

Reading 15 minutes: 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen.

Research Current Event 10 minutes: Students will research current events.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Monday, April 9, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT understand the importance of saving.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Why is it important to save your money?
Vocabulary 20 minutes: Define, Picture, Significance- Savings, Certificate of Deposit, financial asset, financial system, pension, bond, capital market, money market, primary market, and secondary market.
Research 20 minutes: Find a job that you are interested in doing, how much it pays
Character Trait 20 minutes: Poem
Reading 15 minutes: 7 Habit of a Highly Effective Teen
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Thursday, March 29, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT research a current event, identify different types of inflation, and present a podcast.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Why do nations trade?
Vocabulary 20 minutes: Exports, Imports and Business Cycle. Recordings for different types of inflation.
Research current events 20 minutes: Radio Broadcast
Podcast Presentations 20 minutes: Students will present there podcasts.
Closing question on trade 10 minutes: Do you think that trade is a good thing for the United States, why or why not?
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and Key terms.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT research a current event, identify different types of inflation, and present a podcast.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Why do nations trade?
Vocabulary 20 minutes: Exports, Imports and Business Cycle. Recordings for different types of inflation.
Research current events 20 minutes: Radio Broadcast
Podcast Presentations 20 minutes: Students will present there podcasts.
Closing question on trade 10 minutes: Do you think that trade is a good thing for the United States, why or why not?
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and Key terms.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a podcast about unemployment, and inflation.
Warm Up 20 minutes: Poster on Virtue

1. Title
2. Picture
3. Definition
4. Significance

Notes 20 minutes: Business Cycle, inflation, deflation, consumer price index, hyperinflation, stagflation, demand-pull inflation, cost-push inflation, wage-price spiral.
Activity 20 minutes: Create a Consumer Price Basket with 10 items that our used daily.
Activity 10 minutes: 5 Different Years of 100 dollars
http://146.142.4.24/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=100&year1=1980&year2=2012 
Podcast 15 minutes: Students will finish Podcasts
Sharing 15 minutes: Students will share podcasts on overhead.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Monday, March 25, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a podcast about unemployment, and inflation.
Warm Up 20 minutes: Poster on Virtue

1. Title
2. Picture
3. Definition
4. Significance

Notes 20 minutes: Business Cycle, inflation, deflation, consumer price index, hyperinflation, stagflation, demand-pull inflation, cost-push inflation, wage-price spiral.
Activity 20 minutes: Create a Consumer Price Basket with 10 items that our used daily.
Activity 10 minutes: 5 Different Years of 100 dollars
http://146.142.4.24/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=100&year1=1980&year2=2012 
Podcast 15 minutes: Students will finish Podcasts
Sharing 15 minutes: Students will share podcasts on overhead.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Thursday, March 21, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance
Objectives: SWBAT identify examples of unemployment, write a story that about unemployment, create a garageband podcast, and research a current event.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Students will research on the web for  examples of different types of unemployment.
Activity 20 minutes: Google Document with partner script.
Recording 20 minutes: Record on Garage Band
iMovie 20 minutes: Find Pictures for story.
Current Event 20 minutes: Research Current Events.
Closing 5 minutes

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance
Objectives: SWBAT identify examples of unemployment, write a story that about unemployment, create a garageband podcast, and research a current event.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Students will research on the web for  examples of different types of unemployment.
Activity 20 minutes: Google Document with partner script.
Recording 20 minutes: Record on Garage Band
iMovie 20 minutes: Find Pictures for story.
Current Event 20 minutes: Research Current Events.
Closing 5 minutes

Monday, March 19, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance
Objectives: Students will be able to identify characteristic of virtue, identify types of unemployment, and create a resume.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Students will identify 4 Characteristics of Virtue
Comic Life 20 minutes: 4 Characteristics of Virtue Picture, Significance, Description
Notes 20 minutes: Unemployment
Photo Booth Charades 20 minutes: Types of Unemployment
Question 10 minutes: What is the purpose of a resume?
List 10 minutes: 10 qualities you would like to reveal to your employer.
Pages Resume Template 20 minutes
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.
  

Wednesday, March 14, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT describe the production possibilities curve, research a current event, define functions of money, and create a comic life poster.
Warm Up 20 minutes: Acrostic Poem Virtue with Picture and the Importance of being virtuous.
Sharing 5 minutes: Students share with someone not next to them.
Research 20 minutes: Current Event

• Title
• Link
• Summary
• How it relates to Business

Discussion 15 minutes: Medium of Exchange, store of value, measure of value p. 387

Reading 20 minutes: p. 182-87 

Activity 20 minutes: Grapes, Oranges, Bananas, Melons

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT describe the evolution, functions, and characteristics of money.
Warm Up 15 minutes: What is money?
Vocabulary 20 minutes: Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Notes, barter economy, commodity money, fiat money.
Activity 20 minutes: What are characteristics of money? Using these characteristics think of three other things that might be able to be used as money.

• portable
• durable
• divisible
• limited supply

Discussion 10 minutes: Medium of Exchange, measure of value, store of value.

Comic Life 25 minutes: 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Monday, March 11, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT describe the evolution, functions, and characteristics of money.
Warm Up 15 minutes: What is money?
Vocabulary 20 minutes: Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Notes, barter economy, commodity money, fiat money.
Activity 20 minutes: What are characteristics of money? Using these characteristics think of three other things that might be able to be used as money.

• portable
• durable
• divisible
• limited supply

Discussion 10 minutes: Medium of Exchange, measure of value, store of value.

Comic Life 25 minutes: 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Friday, March 9, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT identify supply and demand curve, and present a current event.
Warm Up 10 minutes: What is your favorite soda, bottled water, perfume/deodorant, aspirin.
Current Events 10 minutes: Students will share current events.
Review 10 minutes: Review Supply and demand curve.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives, SWBAT identify supply and demand curve, and present a current event.
Warm Up 10 minutes: What is your favorite soda, bottled water, perfume/deodorant, aspirin.
Review Demand 10 minutes: Review Demand
Lecture 1 minutes: Supply
Graph 10 minutes: Graph Supply
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Thursday, March 8, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create demand schedules and curves for their respective businesses.
Warm Up 15 minutes: What does it mean to seek first to understand, then seek to be understood?
Poster 25 minutes: Correct Ways to listen.
Demand Charts 10: What does your demand chart tell you about the law of demand 
Vocabulary 20 minutes: Supply
Lecture 15 minutes: Supply
Activity 15 minutes: Production Possibilities Curve.
Current Events 20 minutes: Students will research current events.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create demand schedules and curves for their respective businesses.
Warm Up 15 minutes: What does it mean to seek first to understand, then seek to be understood?
Poster 25 minutes: Correct Ways to listen.
Lecture 15 minutes: Review Demand
Demand Curves 20 minutes: Students will create their own demand curves.
Question 5 minutes: What does this say about people and prices?
Current Events 20 minutes: Student will research current events.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT identify American Free Enterprise, Forms of Business Organization and Business Growth and Expansion.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Describe three things you can do become more virtuous.
Lecture 20 minutes: American Free Enterprise
Activity 15 minutes: Habitual, impulsive, and rational

• Three examples for each.

Question 10 minutes: What is Demand?
Vocabulary 20 minutes: Microeconomics, market economy, demand schedule, demand curve, law of demand, marginal utility, diminishing marginal utility.
Activity 20 minutes: Demand Curve
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and Main ideas.

Monday, March 5, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT identify American Free Enterprise, Forms of Business Organization and Business Growth and Expansion.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Describe three things you can do become more virtuous.
Lecture 20 minutes: American Free Enterprise
Activity 15 minutes: Habitual, impulsive, and rational

• Three examples for each.

Question 10 minutes: What is Demand?
Vocabulary 20 minutes: Microeconomics, market economy, demand schedule, demand curve, law of demand, marginal utility, diminishing marginal utility.
Activity 20 minutes: Demand Curve
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and Main ideas.

Friday, March 2, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance
Objectives: SWBAT explain their current event and how it relates to business, students will present posters,  and garageband commercials.
Warm Up 10 minutes: My biggest academic goal is___________ and I will achieve my goal by ____________.
Sharing 15 minutes:  Current Events
Gallery Walk 20 minutes: 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and Main Ideas.  

Thursday, March 1, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, Pledge of Allegiance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT identify the 7 Habits Habits of a Highly Effective Teen, tell a story about when they should have shown deference but didn't and the moral of the story, find a current event, and create an action plan for following through on goals.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Write a story about a time you should have shown deference but did not, and the create a moral for that story.
Research 20 minutes: Students will research current events.
Groups 25 minutes: Highly Effective Habits Poster

• Three Facts 
• Picture
• Significance
• Summary

Activity 20 minutes: Action Plans
Skills 10 minutes: Students will list 10 of their best talents.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a commercial, list ways to follow through on goals, and discuss the value of learning to understand before being understood.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Collect five pictures that represent deference.
Finish 10 minutes: Finish radio commercials.
Present 15 minutes: Students will present radio commercials.
Sharing 10 minutes: Students will share homework assignment.
List 20 minutes: Students will finish list of 10 Academic Goals and how they will accomplish and follow through with their goals.
Reading 10 minutes: p. 164-167 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen.
Current Events 10 minutes: Students will finish current events.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, Pledge of Allegiance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a garage band commercial, list academic goals, identify the importance of seeking first to understand, then to be understood.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Find Five Pictures that relate to deference.
Touch Up 10 minutes: Take 10 minutes to touch up final commercial on garageband.
Sharing 15 minutes: Students will share commercials.
Listing 10 goals 15 minutes: Students will list 10 academic goals.
Following through 20 minutes: Students will write how they will accomplish goals.
Reading 10 minutes: p. 164-167 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Monday, February 27, 2012 Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a commercial using garageband, be able to discuss the importance of deference, and reevaluate their goals in academics.
Warm Up 20 minutes: Acrostic Poem Deference
Garageband projects 25 minutes: Students will have 25 minutes to finish their garageband projects.
Sharing 10 minutes: Garageband projects
Activities 20 minutes: Students will create a list of 10 academic goals and how they will achieve those goals.
Current Events 20 minutes: Students will look up and define current events.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives

Friday, February 24, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a commercial using garageband, and present current events.
Warm Up 10 minutes: Student prepare current events and share with three other students.
Finish Garageband commercials 20 minutes: Students will finish garageband commercials.
Listen to commercials 10 minutes: Students will share their commercials with the group.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a commercial using garageband.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Students will finish their scripts.
Recording 25 minutes: Students will record commercial.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Thursday, February 23, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, Pledge of Allegiance and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a garageband commercial, create an acrostic poem on deference, and research current events.
Warm Up 20 minutes: Create an Acrostic poem based on deference.
Activity 15 minutes: Students will finish their scripts for their commercials.
recording 30 minutes: Students will record their garageband commercials.
Activity 10 minutes: Listening to commercials.
Current Events 20 minutes: Students will research and write current events.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and main ideas.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance.
Objectives: SWBAT create a commercial that is beneficial to them and their company.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Please describe three things you did over break and what trade-offs you had to make in the process of making those choices.
Partners 25 minutes:  Look up 3 commercials.

• How long were they?
• What was in them?
• What made them good?
• What made them bad?

Share 5 minutes: Share what made the commercials good or bad.

Brainstorm 10 minutes: List ten ideas you have for a commercial you can record on garageband.

Script 20 minutes: Script garage band commercial.

Garageband 15 minutes: Begin Recording on Garage Band.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Main Ideas.

Tuesday, February 20, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance.
Objectives: SWBAT create a commercial that is beneficial to them and their company.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Please describe three things you did over break and what trade-offs you had to make in the process of making those choices.
Partners 25 minutes:  Look up 3 commercials.

• How long were they?
• What was in them?
• What made them good?
• What made them bad?

Share 5 minutes: Share what made the commercials good or bad.

Brainstorm 10 minutes: List ten ideas you have for a commercial you can record on garageband.

Script 20 minutes: Script garage band commercial.

Garageband 15 minutes: Begin Recording on Garage Band.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Main Ideas.

Thursday, February 9, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a newsletter, present a keynote project, research current events, and create a commercial.
Warm Up 15 minutes: List five substitutions: Examples Coke and Pepsi, beef and chicken, minivans and SUVs. Why might you think of buying a substitution?
Newsletter 20 minutes: Students will create an about me newsletter.
Research 20 minutes: Current Event for Friday
Presentations 20 minutes: Students will present business projects.
Research 20 minutes: Look up 3 commercials.

• How long were they?
• What was in them?
• What made them good?
• What made them bad?

Script 15 minutes: Script garage band commercial.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and main ideas.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT create a newsletter, present a keynote project, research current events, and create a commercial.
Warm Up 15 minutes: List five substitutions: Examples Coke and Pepsi, beef and chicken, minivans and SUVs. Why might you think of buying a substitution?
Newsletter 20 minutes: Students will create an about me newsletter.
Research 20 minutes: Current Event for Friday
Presentations 20 minutes: Students will present business projects.
Research 20 minutes: Look up 3 commercials.

• How long were they?
• What was in them?
• What made them good?
• What made them bad?

Script 15 minutes: Script garage band commercial.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and main ideas.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT define key terms related to business, create a keynote presentation, Newsletter, and ad.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Define the following:

• Sole Proprietorship
• Partnership/General Partnership/ Limited Partnership
• Corporation

Prepare Presentation 20 minutes: Students will prepare a presentation.

Presentations 20 minutes: Students will give presentation.

Newsletter 20 minutes: About Me Newsletter 

• Title
• Picture
• About you
• How you will use habits

Activity 15 minutes: Write a commercial.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objective

Monday, February 6, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT define key terms related to business, create a keynote presentation, Newsletter, and ad.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Define the following:

• Sole Proprietorship
• Partnership/General Partnership/ Limited Partnership
• Corporation

Prepare Presentation 20 minutes: Students will prepare a presentation.

Presentations 20 minutes: Students will give presentation.

Newsletter 20 minutes: About Me Newsletter 

• Title
• Picture
• About you
• How you will use habits

Activity 15 minutes: Write a commercial.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives. 

Friday, February 3, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance
Objectives: SWBAT share current events, and create a newsletter using pages applications.
Warm Up 15 minutes: How do trade-offs relate to responsibility?
Current Events 15 minutes: Students will share current events with other students.
Newsletter 15 minutes: Students will prepare a Newsletter with the following criteria:

1. Title
2. Picture
3. About Me
4. How they will use the habits: Proactive, Beginning with the end in mind, Putting First Things First, and Win-Win
5. How they will use Reponsibility

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Thursday, February 2, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT describe key terms, create and presentation, a newsletter, identify advertisements, and create a commercial.
Warm Up 15 minutes: What do the following key terms have to do with business

• Complements
• Substitutions
• Trade-offs
• Opportunity Costs 

Partners 10 minutes: List as many complements as you can.

Activity 25 minutes: Keynote Presentations notes for presentation

Newsletter 25 minutes: Title of Business, Where Business is, when business is open, Product being Sold with price, Picture, Slogan.
Reading 15 minutes: #1-2
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives

Wednesday, February 1, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT describe key terms, create and presentation, a newsletter, identify advertisements, and create a commercial.
Warm Up 15 minutes: What do the following key terms have to do with business

• Complements
• Substitutions
• Trade-offs
• Opportunity Costs 

Partners 10 minutes: List as many complements as you can.

Activity 25 minutes: Keynote Presentations notes for presentation

Newsletter 25 minutes: Title of Business, Where Business is, when business is open, Product being Sold with price, Picture, Slogan.
Reading 15 minutes: #1-2
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT identify key terms, create keynotes, and newsletters regarding businesses, and share current events.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Describe the following Key Terms: Variable Costs, Fixed Costs, Total Costs, Revenue, Profit, Free Enterprise, competition. 
Share with Partner 5 minutes: Students share with partners.
Finishing Keynotes 25 minutes: Teacher will check students work and have them beginning notes

1. Title/ Name of Business
2. Business Abstract
3. Start Up Cost Breakdown
4. Cost of Product and number sold to reach start up costs
5. Profit Projection
6. Conclusion.

Current Events 20 minutes: Students will find articles regarding business

1. Title of Article
2. Summary of article

Newsletter 20 minutes: Title of Business, Where Business is, when business is open, Product being Sold with price, Picture, Slogan.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and Upcoming events.

Monday, January 31, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT identify key terms, create keynotes, and newsletters regarding businesses, and share current events.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Describe the following Key Terms: Variable Costs, Fixed Costs, Total Costs, Revenue, Profit, Free Enterprise, competition. 
Share with Partner 5 minutes: Students share with partners.
Finishing Keynotes 25 minutes: Teacher will check students work and have them beginning notes

1. Title/ Name of Business
2. Business Abstract
3. Start Up Cost Breakdown
4. Cost of Product and number sold to reach start up costs
5. Profit Projection
6. Conclusion.

Current Events 20 minutes: Students will find articles regarding business

1. Title of Article
2. Summary of article

Newsletter 20 minutes: Title of Business, Where Business is, when business is open, Product being Sold with price, Picture, Slogan.

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and Upcoming events.

Friday, January 27, 2012, Business

A3
Into 5 minutes
Warm up 15 minutes: Profile in Economics Tony Hawk #1-2
Keynote 20 minutes:

• Start Up Costs
• Cost of each product sold and number sold to meet start up costs
• Profit Projection after 100 sold

Current Events 5 minutes: Go over new current events.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Big Ideas


B1:
Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance
Warm Up 20 minutes: Describe Responsibility: As a Student, as a Parent, as a employee, and as a Employer

• Describe
• Picture

Current 15 minutes: Share with Three People
Closing 5 minutes: review Big Ideas.

Thursday, January 26, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT describe a free enterprise economy, share 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen and create a power point.
Warm Up 15 minutes: When you get a job, list three goals you have for that job.
Lecture 20 minutes: Economic and Social Goals.
Activity 15 minutes: Rate Importance
Reading 15 minutes: Profile in Economics Tony Hawk #1-2
Keynote 20 minutes:

• Start Up Costs
• Cost of each product sold and number sold to meet start up costs
• Profit Projection after 100 sold

Current Events 5 minutes: Go over new current events.
Closing 5 minutes: Review Big Ideas.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT describe a free enterprise economy, share 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen and create a power point.
Warm Up 15 minutes: When you get a job, list three goals you have for that job.
Lecture 20 minutes: Economic and Social Goals.
Activity 15 minutes: Rate Importance
Sharing 20 minutes: Win-Win Posters
Reading 15 minutes: Profile in Economics Tony Hawk #1-2
Keynote 20 minutes:

• Start Up Costs
• Cost of each product sold and number sold to meet start up costs
• Profit Projection after 100 sold

Closing 5 minutes: Review Big Ideas.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, Pledge of Allegiance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT identify key terms, share the importance of the 7 Habits of a Highly effective teen.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Collect five pictures that express responsibility.
Vocabulary 25 minutes: Variable Cost, Fixed Cost, Total Cost, Revenue, Profit, Free Enterprise, and Competition.
Sharing Posters 30 minutes: Posters on think win-win
Key Note 20 minutes:

1. Start Up Cost Breakdown
2. Cost of Product and number sold to reach start up costs

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Monday, January, 23, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Standard: Understanding basic economic principles.
Objectives: SWBAT identify basic economic key terms, and point out the importance of the 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen.
Warm Up 13 minutes: Find five pictures online illustrating responsibility
Share 2 minutes: With a friend and pick your favorite picture.
Vocabulary 20 minutes: Variable Costs, Fixed Costs, Total Costs, Revenue, Profit, Free Enterprise, competition- Define, Picture, Significance.

Inquiry 15 minutes and Reading: What does it mean to think Win-Win? p. 146-147

Poster 30 minutes: p. 146-161

• Title
• Three Important things to know
• Summary
• Picture

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Friday, January 20, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT identify the importance of 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen
Warm Up Reading 15 minutes: "Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?"

• Three Facts
• Two Questions
• Summarize

Review 25 minutes: Describe the importance of each one in two sentences for each. Describe how they each relate in a final paragraph. 

1. The Personal Bank Account
2. Habit 1- Be Proactive
3. Habit 2- Begin with the End in Mind
4. Habit 3- Put First Things First
5. The Relationship Bank Account

B1 ( Posters 30 minutes, Share 15 minutes)

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Thursday, January 19, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, Pledge of Allegiance, and Agenda
Objectives: SWBAT identify the importance of the 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen, and present a small business.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Write a story about a time you had to be responsible.
Reading 15 minutes: "Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?"

• Three Facts
• Two Questions
• Summarize

Review 25 minutes: Describe the importance of each one in two sentences for each. Describe how they each relate in a final paragraph. 

1. The Personal Bank Account
2. Habit 1- Be Proactive
3. Habit 2- Begin with the End in Mind
4. Habit 3- Put First Things First
5. The Relationship Bank Account

Inquiry 15 minutes and Reading: What does it mean to think Win-Win? p. 146-147

Poster 30 minutes: p. 146-161

• Title
• Three Important things to know
• Summary
• Picture

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Tuesday,. January 17, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, objectives, attendance, pledge of allegiance, and agenda
Objectives: SWBAT identify key terms describing basic economic principles and develop a small business.
Warm Up 15 minutes: Define the following Key Terms: Variable Cost, Fixed Costs, and Total Costs
Activity 20 minutes: Make a list of variable costs and fixed costs for your small business and then sum up total costs.
Keynote Presentation 20 minutes:

1. Title/ Name of Business
2. Business Abstract

Review 10 minutes: Key Terms:

1. Business
2. Economics
3. Scarcity 
4. Land, Labor, Capital
5. Goods
6. Services
7. Durable Goods
8. Nondurable Goods
9. Capital Goods
10. Consumer goods

Quiz 20 minutes: Defining Key Terms.

Reading 10 minutes: Money:Coins and Paper
Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and key terms.

Friday, January 13, 2012, Business

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, and Agenda
Warm Up 10 minutes: Please describe the importance of responsibility.

Review 25 minutes: Describe the importance of each one in two sentences for each. Describe how they each relate in a final paragraph. 

1. The Personal Bank Account
2. Habit 1- Be Proactive
3. Habit 2- Begin with the End in Mind
4. Habit 3- Put First Things First
5. The Relationship Bank Account

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.