Monday, February 27, 2017

Choose your own article from the column at the left

"What can developing nations do/what are the best ways to increase economic prosperity?"

Today you will choose 2 new articles on the left under "Quarter 3 Research Paper Texts" and get notes for each. I will model this for you on the board.

digital note sheet


Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Today you will....(sorry I didn't plan on being out I feel terrible!)


  • Complete the reading/annotations for "Empowering Women is Smart Economics"
  • Finish the RACE strategy questions from yesterday (see yesterday's post/your handout)
  • We will not spend time working on this tomorrow/email me any concerns
Happy Valentine's!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Thursday's class notes: we shortened the assignment to the following questions on side 2 only (side 1 was 1-10/not period 1)

11. He says the “blessings of civilization” are mixed. Those in more advanced societies may have more technology, health care, etc. but less family/friend connections. One society is not better or happier than the other.
12. He says many people assume that more advanced societies (those with more wealth and power) have people who are biologically superior (smarter) and this is not true.
13. paragraph 4 on page 6
14. bottom of page 6-top of page 7

*15 and 16 can be extra credit