7th grade Economics/HTML
7th grade students will be learning Economics/HTML webpage design and taking the keyboard test.
- 7th grade students will be creating an economics webquest.
- A webquest is similar to a scavenger hunt on the internet. The difference is that on a webquest you are expected to be able to evaluate what you learn.
- To start off we will learn Basic Economics concepts and basic HTML programming to create a web page. This will be your introduction to very basic programming concepts.
Objectives for Chapter 1:
- How do wants and needs differ?
- Why does scarcity face all people at all times?
- What are the four factors of production?
- How are trade offs and opportunity cost related?
- How can societys trade offs be shown on a production possibilities curve?
- How do Economist use models to study the real world?
- Why are there different schools of economic thought?
DQ questions for week 1
1. Explain how scarcity and choice are basic problems of economics? Use the Amazon forest or whaling as an example in the previous question for bonus points.
2. How are trade offs and opportunity cost related? Explain each term as part of your answer.
DQ question for week 2
1. Explain the difference between Macro and Micro economics.
Here is chapter 1
Learn HTML. Go to the site http://www.w3schools.com/ under the tutorials section read and take notes on HTML.
HTML is a form of language calle Hypertext Markup and it is used to make web pages. HTML is a language that commands a browser to show you what is on a webpage. We need to learn the basic code for a webpage. Then we will add text and backgrounds to that code. We are learning HTML so that we can make a webquest about economics. A webquest is like a scavenger hunt over the internet.
Check out this site for constitution day.
http://ww.murray.k12.ga.us/cesweb/constitution_day/webquestconstitutionday.html
September 10th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Mr.Hall,
I can’t get the website thing we are makeing in class to work on my computer and I did exactly what I did at school… any suggestions?
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mscomptchr Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Are you using Notepad? Did you save it with a .html on the end? Did you save it as all files?
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September 11th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
In microeconomics: the branch of economics theory that deals with behavior and decision made by small units such as individuals and firms.
In macroeconomics: the branch of economics theory dealing with the economy as a whole and decision making
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September 11th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
In microeconomics: the branch of economics theory that deals with behavior and decision made by small units such as individuals and firms.
In macroeconomics: the branch of economics theory dealing with the economy as a whole and decision making
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mscomptchr Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
You could have added something other than just the definitions. Pretty skimpy
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September 11th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
1.) Explain how scarcity and choice are basic problems of economics? Use the Amazon forest or whaling as an example in the previous question for bonus points.
Scarcity and choices are alike because if you have a scarce amount of something and you give it up for something else, it was your decision to do so. Scarcity means that people do not have and cannot have enough income, time, and other recourses.
2. How are trade offs and opportunity cost related? Explain each term as part of your answer.
A trade off is when you give up something, such as money for something else you want such as a new guitar. An opportunity cost is when you take a better offer for a trade off. They are related because when you have a better offer for something, its opportunity cost in a trade-off.
1. Explain the difference between Macro and Micro economics.
Microeconomics is the branch of economic theory for smaller businesses. Macroeconomics is the branch of economic theory for larger businesses. The difference is that one works for bigger businesses and one is for smaller. Like microeconomics would be something like Prenger’s. Macroeconomics’ example is something big like Wal-Mart or McDonald’s.
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mscomptchr Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I don’t think you read the definitions. Try again.
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