Final Third of Three Extra Credit - Up to 25 Points Total

This is the third of three EC opportunities for Spring Semester 2011 Economics Students. This opportunity, along with your previous submissions for Parts 1 and 2 may earn you up to 25 total Extra Credit points that will be added to your Final Exam score.

For some students, there was a fourth third that was completed on Tuesday, May 24th during lunch in the Quad. If you participated in this AP Environmental Science portion, I should be getting a report from Dr. Scott by this Friday. If you are expecting your name to show up on this report you MUST take the additional step of responding to this posting by commenting with your first name, Last Name Initial, and your Period.

Simply comment this information below as a comment.

Now, for the final third. Produce a blog on your preferred blog site such as this one, http://www.blogger.com/, or an alternate site a few students have like http://www.tumblr.com/ .

Your BLOG must contain the following components:

1. An economic themed background. This may be difficult, so do not invest too much time trying to find an appropriate background. Wouldn't it be nice though, if you could find some complimentary art work, or create your own, to incorporate in your blog.
2. Proper title, Welcome, etc., that highlights something unique about you and perhaps displays your personality. If your blog allows gadgets, as mine does, try to find an appropriate gadget to include in your blog. This piece may be somewhat difficult as the LAUSD will block content it deems innappropriate for school. Give it a try anyway.
3. A minimum of THREE active hyperlinks to other webpages or blogs that involve Economics in some way.
1. Perhaps a hyperlink to another blog that you enjoy or you found interesting.
2. A hyperlink to an area within Apple Itunes University for a podcast (free) to share with your classmates and the instructor
3. A hyperlink to any area within the Internet that contains appropriate content of an Economics nature that you feel would benefit your reader.
4. You will need to send me the link to your blog as a comment to THIS POSTING. Once I review your blog, I will include the link on my blog and we will have created a blogging monster!

This assignment has two purposes other than the obvious benefit of providing you with Extra Credit. One, you will gain experience in creating a blog, something I would hope you can take to college or university. Two, I will get to roll-out this assignment in advance of Fall 2011 semester with the Class of 2012 and make tweaks and improvements if there are any.

Enjoy this EC opportunity. I look forward to seeing what you produce.

Oh, your blog link MUST be sent to me as a Comment below prior to the date of your Final Exam!

Economics - Final Extra Credit - Number 2

The second of three Extra Credit Assignments for 1/3 of the 25 points possible (8 points) is as follows;

At the front of the classroom under the white board are four stacks of Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition such as Teens and Alcohol, 25 Hottest Colleges, Black Eyed Peas. etc.

READ one of these editions and write a 750 word reflection on how you applied the Economic Reasoning Principles to articles that were in the edition you read. You should read the ENTIRE edition from COVER-TO-COVER!

Then, go online to the Classroom Edition-Students page and review this section for either an article or link that appeals to you. Read that article, or follow the link and write a 250 word reflection on what you learned.
Try to find something career related as you will be leaving high school in three weeks.

Your total output should result in 1000 words in a word or google document. Email the document to teacherhaywood@gmail.com or invite me to view your google doc at the same address.

This assignment is due by end-of-day Friday, May 27th.

The final third of three opportunities will be released this weekend for students motivated to complete all of the 25 points Extra Credit prior to the Memorial Day Weekend.

Economics - Final Extra Credit

Beginnning May 12th and lasting until the morning of your specific Final Exam, I will post three Extra Credit opportunities for three weeks. Each assignment you choose to complete is equal to one-third of one-third of the Final Exam points, or 25 points total. The Final Exam is worth 75 Points. If you would like to check your current grade (through week 16 only) go to the Grades page on the NAHS website.

Each of the three opportunities are similar to the "Events" in that you should be investing about two hours completing each part.

Part I - Go to our textbook Publisher's website and search the Chapter Activities Section for StudentWeb Activities. Review a chapter you are interested in and follow the directions of the Student Web Activity. NOTE: Some of the links are broken in these activities, when that happens, you have two choices. 1) Abandon that activity because the link is broken, or 2) search for a suitable link through your favorite search engine and attempt to replicate the intent of the assignment.

Each activity requires you to complete a few questions and E-mail me your response at teacherhaywood@gmail.com . The image below shows the screen prior to submitting your answers.

Then, complete additional research using the Internet to learn more about a topic within your Web Activity and write a 750 word document on what you learned. Include reference links to document your research. You may either compose your document using Google Docs and invite me to view it (teacherhaywood@gmail.com) or print the document using Word and turn it in.

All work must be completed prior to the end of the following week, which means the first opportunity is due Friday, May 20th.

An example might be Chapter 15, The Fed and Monetary Policy. In this chapter you will learn about the Federal Reserve and its importance to our economy. Once you complete the Web Activity, you could choose a current event about recent happenings with the Fed, such as interest rates, current monetary policy, or perhaps the margin requirements.

If you would like to speak with me about a specific area of interest, I am in Room 427 every morning at 7:00 am. Or, you may post a comment below.

Economics - Inflation Assignment

This blog post has four components, so please take your time to review which parts are relevant for your specific situation. There are only a few students who would need to complete items #3, and #4.

#1 - ALL students are to bring in a supermarket weekly circular similar to the assignment we did in the Fall. This is a MUST DO assignment as we need the circulars to compare pricing to last fall and check for INFLATION.

#2 - Students desirous to exchange a REPLACEMENT grade for any assignment they did not do, may complete the Chapter 14, Section 3 Assessment - numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6. There is no need to do (#2 Vocab, or the Critical Thinking). Turn that assignment in Thursday or Friday and I will make a note on your 15 Week Progress Report indicating you did the extra credit.

#3 - Some students did not complete a constructed response to the Mid-term and can earn up to 20 points extra credit for completing about an hour of internet research on the different prices for common goods between your birthdate and today's date. For instance, I found that a gallon of gas in 1994 cost $1.09 on a particular website. Look for as many examples as you can and submit them Thursday or Friday for the extra credit.

#4 - This is for students that still must complete the Computer literacy requirement for graduation. You need to complete a spreadsheet analysis of your 15 Week DRAFT Progress Report. Use the Progress Report handed out on Monday, May 2 for Periods 1 and 5, and Tuesday, May 3 for Period 2. Look back on the blog after 6:00pm Monday May 2 for a link to my google documents where I will make the template available for you. Most students should be able to complete this assignment in class this week, or certainly by the end of next week.