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Spring Semester 2020
Department: Social Studies
COURSE TITLE: Economics
INSTRUCTOR (S): Mrs. Lisa Garvey
EMAIL: [email protected]
COURSE BLOG: www.economicsandgovernmentwithgarvey.weebly.com
SCHOOL WEBSITE: http://www.cobbk12.org/Pebblebrook/
during any of these times.
Tutoring Available Every School Day:
***Tutoring also available by appointment if necessary.
PHS SCHOOL MISSION
Student Success: Every Day, Everyone, Every Opportunity – Believe You Can.
PHS SCHOOL VISION
Create a school community of purpose driven, passionate stakeholders in pursuit of excellence.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Economics is the study of how individuals, businesses, and governments make decisions about the allocation of scarce resources. The economics course provides students with a basic foundation in the field of economics. The course has five sections: fundamental concepts, microeconomics, macroeconomics, international economics, and personal finance. In each area, students are introduced to major concepts and themes concerning that aspect of economics.
TEXTBOOK/SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES: Our main textbook / resources for the course are :
Required/Supplemental/Parallel Texts for the Course: ***Teacher will supply all additional reading materials either in class or via the class website.
MATERIALS NEEDED:
Class Expectations
DO’S
DON’TS
ATTENDANCE AND MAKE-UP POLICY: It is the student’s responsibility to obtain and submit any work missed work due to an absence. Students are permitted the number of excused absences plus one day to complete any missing work. After that point the work will be considered late and will be graded accordingly.
Attending every day is extra important in this class to avoid getting behind. However, if you miss a day:
TARDY POLICY:
To avoid being counted tardy, students must be seated and ready for class when the bell rings.
Tardies are counted for entering class within 10 minutes of the bell. Entrance into class after 10 minutes is considered skipping & will receive an Office Referral.
1-3 Unexcused Tardies Warning
4-6 Unexcused Tardies Teacher Detention (20 min)
7-9 Unexcused Tardies Extended Teacher Detention (60 min)
10 or more Tardies Office Referral
CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES:
As per school policy, cell phones are not to be used during class time unless directed by the teacher for instructional purposes. Students are allowed to bring certain technologies to class (iPad, laptop, Kindle, etc.), but they should NOT interfere with the teaching or learning.
GRADING POLICY:
GRADING SCALE
90 – 100% A
80 – 89% B
74 – 79% C
70 – 73% D
69 or lower F
GRADING POLICY: (Standards-Based)
EOC Milestone 20%
FUNDAMENTALS
**6% Formative 9% Summative 15%
MICROECONOMICS
**6% Formative 9% Summative 15%
MACROECONOMICS
**6% Formative 9% Summative 15%
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
**6% Formative 9% Summative 15%
PERSONAL FINANCE
**6% Formative 9% Summative 15%
Final Exam 5%
UNIT ASSESSMENT RETEST
Students who score a 69 or below are allowed to retake assessments. Students will be able to receive up to a 70% on unit assessment retakes. Please view the teacher’s blog for notification when the assessment will be administered.
FINAL EXAM EXEMPTION POLICY
If students meet the criteria below, they may exempt up to 2 finals per semester. Policies do not apply to magnet or AP classes.
EOC RETESTS
It is the expectation that any student who scores between 65 and 69 on an End Of Course exam retake the exam to attempt to raise their grade regardless of their class grade.
LATE WORK POLICY: Any late work will receive a highest possible grade of a 70 if turned in after the assignment is due. The student will have until the unit test to turn in late work and will receive a highest possible grade of 70. No work will be graded after the Unit Test.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
Cheating is considered a serious matter. Any student who is involved in cheating/plagiarism will receive a grade of zero on the assignment, parents will be notified, and in some cases, students will receive an administrative referral.
For this course, cheating is defined as, but is not limited to, the following acts:
Department: Social Studies
COURSE TITLE: Economics
INSTRUCTOR (S): Mrs. Lisa Garvey
EMAIL: [email protected]
COURSE BLOG: www.economicsandgovernmentwithgarvey.weebly.com
SCHOOL WEBSITE: http://www.cobbk12.org/Pebblebrook/
during any of these times.
Tutoring Available Every School Day:
***Tutoring also available by appointment if necessary.
PHS SCHOOL MISSION
Student Success: Every Day, Everyone, Every Opportunity – Believe You Can.
PHS SCHOOL VISION
Create a school community of purpose driven, passionate stakeholders in pursuit of excellence.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Economics is the study of how individuals, businesses, and governments make decisions about the allocation of scarce resources. The economics course provides students with a basic foundation in the field of economics. The course has five sections: fundamental concepts, microeconomics, macroeconomics, international economics, and personal finance. In each area, students are introduced to major concepts and themes concerning that aspect of economics.
TEXTBOOK/SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES: Our main textbook / resources for the course are :
Required/Supplemental/Parallel Texts for the Course: ***Teacher will supply all additional reading materials either in class or via the class website.
MATERIALS NEEDED:
- Pen/Pencil
- Loose leaf notebook paper
- A binder/folder to keep work in
Class Expectations
- Respect yourself, the teacher & others
- Listen and respond respectfully during class discussions and debates.
- Respect others’ property (including the teacher’s!).
- Don't expect that others will clean-up your messes. Please pick-up after yourself.
- Respect yourself and the rest of us by using appropriate language and wearing appropriate clothing.
- Be prepared to ‘Learn like a Champion’ Everyday!
- Follow directions when given
- Pay attention, participate and ask questions
- Take responsibility for your actions
- No one’s perfect. If you are confronted about a rule infraction, own up to it. Don’t deny it, lie about it, or blame someone else.
- Take responsibility for missed assignments and try to improve next time.
- All school handbook rules will be enforced. Please read your handbook.
DO’S
DON’TS
- Come to class EVERYDAY!!
- Stay on-task/Your whole brain is needed – to minimize homework & ensure you fully understand concepts (i.e. no unauthorized phone use or off-task talking in class)
- Stay organized – get a 3-ring binder and put your daily classwork and homework in it every day
- Keep up – this class is challenging but manageable as long as you keep up and don’t procrastinate
- Make-up any missed work right away
- If eligible, complete test corrections & do test retakes
- Establish and maintain good study habits:
- Every day – review your class notes, write down any ?s
- Formatives – review class notes & other resources 2-3x
- Summatives – complete your Study Guide, review class notes & other class resources 3-4x
- Come to tutoring as often as possible
- Defy Senioritis and Finish Strong!!!
- Miss class unless it’s absolutely necessary (really!)
- Forget to make-up any missed work
- Leave your phone out in class to tempt you to look at it every five seconds (don’t worry – you’ll be okay!!). Note: see cell phone policy specifics below
- Syllabus and Progress Reports opportunities
- me you’re having a rotten day and I’ll cut you some slack
- Forget Thumper’s Rule
ATTENDANCE AND MAKE-UP POLICY: It is the student’s responsibility to obtain and submit any work missed work due to an absence. Students are permitted the number of excused absences plus one day to complete any missing work. After that point the work will be considered late and will be graded accordingly.
Attending every day is extra important in this class to avoid getting behind. However, if you miss a day:
- Check the “extra handouts” bin to see if you missed any handouts
- See the teacher before or after school to see what you have missed
- Send an email or a message through remind to the teacher to see what you have missed
- Check the class website – the blog & unit webpage are invaluable resources for make-up work as well as study materials prior to assessments
- Class PowerPoint/lessons/ and electronic copies will be available on our Class Website at the end of that day.
- If your absence is excused, you have the number of days you were absent plus one to make up the assignment for full credit.
- If you absence is unexcused, your assignments are due the next day.
TARDY POLICY:
To avoid being counted tardy, students must be seated and ready for class when the bell rings.
Tardies are counted for entering class within 10 minutes of the bell. Entrance into class after 10 minutes is considered skipping & will receive an Office Referral.
1-3 Unexcused Tardies Warning
4-6 Unexcused Tardies Teacher Detention (20 min)
7-9 Unexcused Tardies Extended Teacher Detention (60 min)
10 or more Tardies Office Referral
CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES:
As per school policy, cell phones are not to be used during class time unless directed by the teacher for instructional purposes. Students are allowed to bring certain technologies to class (iPad, laptop, Kindle, etc.), but they should NOT interfere with the teaching or learning.
GRADING POLICY:
GRADING SCALE
90 – 100% A
80 – 89% B
74 – 79% C
70 – 73% D
69 or lower F
GRADING POLICY: (Standards-Based)
EOC Milestone 20%
FUNDAMENTALS
**6% Formative 9% Summative 15%
MICROECONOMICS
**6% Formative 9% Summative 15%
MACROECONOMICS
**6% Formative 9% Summative 15%
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
**6% Formative 9% Summative 15%
PERSONAL FINANCE
**6% Formative 9% Summative 15%
Final Exam 5%
UNIT ASSESSMENT RETEST
Students who score a 69 or below are allowed to retake assessments. Students will be able to receive up to a 70% on unit assessment retakes. Please view the teacher’s blog for notification when the assessment will be administered.
FINAL EXAM EXEMPTION POLICY
If students meet the criteria below, they may exempt up to 2 finals per semester. Policies do not apply to magnet or AP classes.
- Course grade must be 80 or higher in the requested course(s)
- No ISS / OSS for the requested semester
- No more than 3 excused absences in any class during the requested semester
- No unexcused absences in any class during the requested semester
- No unexcused tardies in any class during the requested semester
EOC RETESTS
It is the expectation that any student who scores between 65 and 69 on an End Of Course exam retake the exam to attempt to raise their grade regardless of their class grade.
LATE WORK POLICY: Any late work will receive a highest possible grade of a 70 if turned in after the assignment is due. The student will have until the unit test to turn in late work and will receive a highest possible grade of 70. No work will be graded after the Unit Test.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
Cheating is considered a serious matter. Any student who is involved in cheating/plagiarism will receive a grade of zero on the assignment, parents will be notified, and in some cases, students will receive an administrative referral.
For this course, cheating is defined as, but is not limited to, the following acts:
- Copying anyone's answers to questions, exercises, study guides, class work or homework assignments
- Taking any information verbatim from any source, including the Internet, without giving proper credit to the author, or rearranging the order of words and/or changing some words as written by the author and claiming the work as his or her own, i.e., plagiarism.
- Looking onto another student's paper during a test or quiz.
- Having available any study notes or other test aids during a test or quiz without the teacher's permission.
- Collaborating on assignments when independent work is expected.