School Closure UPDATE
Hello Here are some current updates about classes:
1) We will delay moving forward with new Macroeconomics concepts for now. This is to ensure equitable learning to ALL students.
-- over the course of this week, there may be some UPDATES to this. Please check my website daily for updates. As soon as our district rolls out a new plan, I will be following all expectations exactly.
2) I will post a number of PURELY OPTIONAL activities on AP Classroom each week. They will be scored for feedback. I strongly recommend you do them to prepare for the test, but they will not be entered into gradebook.
3) I will accept test corrections on all tests from this semester until the end of the school year.
4) If you do not have access to a computer or internet at home, let me know immediately so I can help you get extra resources.
5) Each week I will post an update / emergency learning resources on my website in the calendar.
6) The AP test will be significantly altered this year due to the pandemic:
a) Go to https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/about-ap/news-changes/coronavirus-update for full information.
b) You'll be taking the test at home on your computer
c) The test should be a 45 minute FRQ
d) The test will not cover Externalities (Micro) or International Trade (Macro), so I will adjust our review / curriculum going forward.
e) There will be two different exam dates, and you will be able to take the test on either of those dates.
f) There should be more information about the test on April 3rd.
7) Some people have asked what is still ON the test:
Microeconomics:
Unit 1 - Basic Economic Concepts
Unit 2 - Supply & Demand
Unit 3 - Consumer Choice (elasticity / utility / surplus)
Unit 4 - Theory of the Firm (cost curves)
Unit 5 - Perfect Competition & Monopoly
Unit 6 - Imperfect Competition (oligopoly & monopolistic competition)
Unit 7 - Factor Markets
Macroeconomics:
Unit 9 - Measuring Economic Performance (GDP, Unemployment, Inflation)
Unit 10 - National Income and Price Determination (AS-AD Model)
Unit 11 - The Financial Sector
Unit 12 - Stabilization & Growth (we haven't covered this yet, Modules 30-36)
Unit 13 - Economic Growth and Productivity (haven't covered yet, Modules 37-40)
- We will cover Units 12 and 13 once instruction begins again. I will do a modified Unit(s) to make it work depending on timing.
Units 8 (externalities) and 14 (The Open Economy - International trade) have both been removed from the test.
Also, as a reminder, on Friday we should know a LOT more about the test (dates / etc).
1) We will delay moving forward with new Macroeconomics concepts for now. This is to ensure equitable learning to ALL students.
-- over the course of this week, there may be some UPDATES to this. Please check my website daily for updates. As soon as our district rolls out a new plan, I will be following all expectations exactly.
2) I will post a number of PURELY OPTIONAL activities on AP Classroom each week. They will be scored for feedback. I strongly recommend you do them to prepare for the test, but they will not be entered into gradebook.
3) I will accept test corrections on all tests from this semester until the end of the school year.
4) If you do not have access to a computer or internet at home, let me know immediately so I can help you get extra resources.
5) Each week I will post an update / emergency learning resources on my website in the calendar.
6) The AP test will be significantly altered this year due to the pandemic:
a) Go to https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/about-ap/news-changes/coronavirus-update for full information.
b) You'll be taking the test at home on your computer
c) The test should be a 45 minute FRQ
d) The test will not cover Externalities (Micro) or International Trade (Macro), so I will adjust our review / curriculum going forward.
e) There will be two different exam dates, and you will be able to take the test on either of those dates.
f) There should be more information about the test on April 3rd.
7) Some people have asked what is still ON the test:
Microeconomics:
Unit 1 - Basic Economic Concepts
Unit 2 - Supply & Demand
Unit 3 - Consumer Choice (elasticity / utility / surplus)
Unit 4 - Theory of the Firm (cost curves)
Unit 5 - Perfect Competition & Monopoly
Unit 6 - Imperfect Competition (oligopoly & monopolistic competition)
Unit 7 - Factor Markets
Macroeconomics:
Unit 9 - Measuring Economic Performance (GDP, Unemployment, Inflation)
Unit 10 - National Income and Price Determination (AS-AD Model)
Unit 11 - The Financial Sector
Unit 12 - Stabilization & Growth (we haven't covered this yet, Modules 30-36)
Unit 13 - Economic Growth and Productivity (haven't covered yet, Modules 37-40)
- We will cover Units 12 and 13 once instruction begins again. I will do a modified Unit(s) to make it work depending on timing.
Units 8 (externalities) and 14 (The Open Economy - International trade) have both been removed from the test.
Also, as a reminder, on Friday we should know a LOT more about the test (dates / etc).
Weekly Update for 3/30 - 4/3
The activities I'm posting here are non-graded. The purpose of this is not to move on in our curriculum as much as it is to prepare students for success on the AP exam. I encourage all of you to do this if you plan on testing. For the few who may not complete this, I will not rely on this as foundational knowledge when we return to school
AP Classroom:
What you can expect from Mr. Shanafelt this week:
AP Classroom:
- Today I will post additional quizzes and tests to AP Classroom. Please take them all this week.
- This should give you a decent amount of review for the week.
- This week, we will review productions, firm costs (theory of the firm), as well as the different competition styles (perfect, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, monopoly).
- The College Board will continue posting videos to support your learning.
- You can find all videos at https://www.youtube.com/user/advancedplacement
- Mr. Clifford has created these FANTASTIC sheets, that organize and link to all of his videos, connecting them to the official unit guide for the AP Exams.
- This week, we are reviewing Unit 1 in Macroeconomics, and Units 1 & 2 in Microeconomics
- Mr. Clifford's Microeconomics videos: http://bit.ly/2IS6UEs
- Mr. Clifford's Macroeconomics videos: http://bit.ly/2WhcesX
- If you have any specific questions about Econ, please email Mr. Shanafelt. I may put up some video responses.
What you can expect from Mr. Shanafelt this week:
- I will give feedback on AP Classroom as quickly as I can.
- I have already graded everything that was turned into me
- I will respond to emails within 24 hours of receiving them. Please re-send if you don't hear from me. My home technology is not quite as reliable as my school one.
- If you can submit missing assignments to me via email, I will grade and enter them within one week of receiving them (probably sooner).
Weekly Update for 3/23 - 3/27
Weekly Resources for 3/23/20 - 3/27/20
The activities I'm posting here are non-graded. The purpose of this is not to move on in our curriculum as much as it is to prepare students for success on the AP exam. I encourage all of you to do this if you plan on testing. For the few who may not complete this, I will not rely on this as foundational knowledge when we return to school
AP Classroom:
Resources for this week:
What you can expect from Mr. Shanafelt this week:
The activities I'm posting here are non-graded. The purpose of this is not to move on in our curriculum as much as it is to prepare students for success on the AP exam. I encourage all of you to do this if you plan on testing. For the few who may not complete this, I will not rely on this as foundational knowledge when we return to school
AP Classroom:
- I've posted 5 quizzes and 3 personal progress reports. Please take them all this week.
- This should give you a decent amount of review for the week.
- It goes back to the beginning of the year, covering the basics of economics (in both Macro and MIcro), and the basics of Supply and Demand.
Resources for this week:
- On Wednesday, the College Board will begin posting videos to support your learning.
- You can find all videos at https://www.youtube.com/user/advancedplacement
- They start on Wednesday, and then new videos should post regularly after that
- Mr. Clifford has created these FANTASTIC sheets, that organize and link to all of his videos, connecting them to the official unit guide for the AP Exams.
- This week, we are reviewing Unit 1 in Macroeconomics, and Units 1 & 2 in Microeconomics
- Mr. Clifford's Microeconomics videos: http://bit.ly/2IS6UEs
- Mr. Clifford's Macroeconomics videos: http://bit.ly/2WhcesX
- If you have any specific questions about Econ, please email Mr. Shanafelt. I may put up some video responses.
What you can expect from Mr. Shanafelt this week:
- I will give feedback on AP Classroom as quickly as I can.
- I will grading / entering all the Test Corrections and late work that was submitted before school closed by the end of the week.
- I will respond to emails within 24 hours of receiving them. Please re-send if you don't hear from me. My home technology is not quite as reliable as my school one.
- If you can submit missing assignments to me via email, I will grade and enter them within one week of receiving them (probably sooner).
Course Information
This yearlong course is an introduction and survey to both microeconomics and macroeconomics. Microeconomics introduces
students to the cost–benefit analysis that is the economic way of thinking. This analysis is used to understand smaller segments of the
economy—specifically, consumers and producers—as they interact in output markets and resource markets, and to understand the
government’s impact on these specific economic units. Macroeconomics emphasizes economic principles as applied to the economy
as a whole. Topics discussed will reflect the material included in the booklet AP Economics Course Description from the College
Board. Lessons include an analysis of national income and its components, economic indicators, inflation and unemployment, money
and banking, stabilization policies, and the United States and world trade.
A major portion of this class will be creating, accurately labels, interpreting, and analyzing common economic charts and graphs.
Students should expect to be able to create and read line graphs well.
Each student is expected to take the AP Macroeconomics and AP Microeconomics Exam that is administered in May. Successful
achievement on the AP Exam may allow the student to earn college credit.
students to the cost–benefit analysis that is the economic way of thinking. This analysis is used to understand smaller segments of the
economy—specifically, consumers and producers—as they interact in output markets and resource markets, and to understand the
government’s impact on these specific economic units. Macroeconomics emphasizes economic principles as applied to the economy
as a whole. Topics discussed will reflect the material included in the booklet AP Economics Course Description from the College
Board. Lessons include an analysis of national income and its components, economic indicators, inflation and unemployment, money
and banking, stabilization policies, and the United States and world trade.
A major portion of this class will be creating, accurately labels, interpreting, and analyzing common economic charts and graphs.
Students should expect to be able to create and read line graphs well.
Each student is expected to take the AP Macroeconomics and AP Microeconomics Exam that is administered in May. Successful
achievement on the AP Exam may allow the student to earn college credit.
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