Wealth and Income Distribution in U.S.

Video 1 - Wealth Inequality 

List of Facts re Income Inequality

Video 2 - Danger of Wealth Inequality

Video 3 - Income Inequality - Good

How to tell if you are in the top 1 Percent or where you rank by income 




Websites for Maps
Interact with projections: http://metrocosm.com/compare-map-proj... Mercator tool: http://thetruesize.com/ Mike Bostock Map Transitions: http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/3711652 Mercator Puzzle: http://hive.sewanee.edu/ldale/maps/10... 

Life Cyle of a Product, Fair Trade and Consumerism

The Fair Trade Story  

Fair Trade - You Tube Channel   
 chocolate
Bananas 

Fair Trade - How does it impact developing countries

The Life Cycle of a T-Shirt

Planet Money - Makes a T-Shirt

National Geographic - How you T-Shirt can make a difference.

Dr. Martin Luther King

Dolores Huerta - Social Justice Leader... video available until April 30th 

Video - impact on Sanitation Workers Life

Trade War - and one example from history

Washington Post - China Trade War

CNN Student News -MLK

The Plastic and Garbage Problem

Slavery Issue

Ghost Fleet Trailer ;  NYTimes Video

Food Waste - Arabic station

Plastics in Ocean - NBC News March 6

Great Pacific Garbage Path   March 25

United Nations - Plastics in Ocean Video 

Dead Zones in Oceans and other water bodies  ;  
News Article - Oceans Suffocating...
Learn about Dead Zones

More Stories

Report Dec 14 Ocean filed with Trillions of pieces of plastic

TED Talk - Seas of Plastics

Young Inventor's fix for Ocean Plastic

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3d Crosswalks  One  Two

Welcome to Economics - Week 1

Week 1 - Basic Economic Theory and Vocabulary

Day 4 - Thursday
Ben and Jerry, Chobani , and Nintendo.
Review Vocabulary


Day 3 - Weds
review Seating Chart
SSR first 2 min
Review Vocabulary
Reading Review Chapter 1, Section 1 -Scarcity and the Factors of Production
Fish Video
SURVEY - Students in 2nd block please go here
Song of Day - Money

Day 2

Reading  and Questions Chapter 1, Section 1 -Scarcity and the Factors of ProductionReview Vocabulary

Fish Video
 Fish 1 Lecture and Review http://fisheconomics.org/lecture-videos/lecture-video-1 Fish Questions

Sum it Up !

If time Ben and Jerry's reading , finish for homework.

Day 1 

Assigned Seats
Overview
Letter - what is economics
Vocabulary - definitions /powerpoint
MS Word document to fill out definitions.

Fish Economics and Memorial Day

Monday is Memorial Day - Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces.^[1] T

CNN Student News


NBC - celebrating war time courage
http://www.nbclearn.com/courage/cuecard/111386?&em_lid=Newsletter_2017_Courage:L26&hq_e=el&hq_m=719105&hq_l=1&hq_v=bba2855deb

www.fisheconomics.org

Research the current student loan interest rate.
• You can find it here: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/types/loans/interest-rates 

Research Your Expected Income

• Use resources like the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Payscale.com to research the starting income of employees in a field you would like to enter.

Step 4: Calculate

• Use a loan calculator to determine the annual payments based on the current student loan rate. (such as: http://www.calculator.net/loan-calculator.html) 

Tuesday May 16th

Assignment - Tuesday May 16th
complete Resume - print it out.

follow instructions on how to complete a budget - spreadsheet. Spreadsheets are a great tool to help with making financial decisions.

print or if not time  email copy of spreadsheet to - ssgates100@gmail.com


Monday
Goals
1) Complete Resume on Naviance _ Ms. Levin's note 
go to the About Me tab in Naviance, click on Resume and then click on add new entry- you will see a drop down box that has individual pieces of information to put in your resume (objective, education, work experience, references, etc).  Each top has a TIP list to guide you through.  Once you complete your resume (for a class grade) you need to print a copy out for me

2) Read about the Mayoral Candidates
- Ray Blackwell - Fowler Graduate  ; Andrew Maxwell ; Joe Nicoletti

3) Questions on Canditate Perez.

- Juanita for Mayor -  website

Economic Literacy Test

after test see where you ranked - click here