Start of Economic Theory - I know, it's as exciting as it sounds!

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 This week, we are going to be starting our first full unit, which will be based on different economic systems and particularly what it means to have a "liberal" economy. There are a couple things to remember:

1. The term LIBERAL does not always mean "change." The term liberalism came about during the Enlightenment to support a change to the society at the time. Since we have adopted those liberal/changing values of the Enlightenment, we have become a society based on those principles - which is why we call current society a liberal society.  You can "be a conservative" in a liberal society, you can "be a liberal" in a liberal society. 
2. When we talk about liberal societies, we are referring to ones that support human rights, democracy and capitalism. 

After Monday's class, this should be a little more clear as to what the ideology of liberalism actually means. This will lead us to specifically look at what it means to have economic liberalism - an economy that is based on predominantly around capitalism. This theory, which is the predominant economic theory around the world, is not the only economic theory and we will look at different systems to analyze the pros and cons of different systems. The goal will be to finish this unit before November Break. 

This week will look like....

Monday: 

• Yes, I know I told you super fun activity today. But, at 9:00 pm on Sunday, I remembered that I did not go get the necessary supplies. THUS - super fun activity will only be half done today and the rest is delayed to TUESDAY. I promise. But the first half of it should take the majority of the class anyways.

Tuesday: 

• Liberalism
• Finish Notes and watch the Videos about the three different revolutions

• The important revolutions:

AMERICAN

FRENCH

INDUSTRIAL

• Start notes on economic theory

Wednesday: 

• A look at the philosophy of Capitalism

Thursday:

• Rants by Shataya 
• Next Writing Practice
• 30-1 - second part of Assignment 1 = Relationship between sources
• 30-2 - second part of Assignment 2 = answering the question the sources did

Friday: 

• The pros of Capitalism

• The benefits of the Industrial Revolution
• Case Studies
• Pick 2 of the following case studies to look up and put on an economic spectrum
• -       making a pencil (Friedman video)
  -    cell phone technology/advancements in vehicles
  -    strength of US, Singapore economies
  -    Uber
  -       Privatizing water article, liquor stores, cell phones
  -    Lenin NEP (needed some competition, private ownership)
  -       Industrial Revolution
  -       fall of communism (Cuba liberalizing, improved relations with US)

End of the basics and then on to economics!

This week, we will be looking at the last few general ideas and then starting on to economics. We don't have much to finish in regards to general information and we will not be having a test on this section - it will be worked into your other exams 💀.  This week, we will be looking at how the values of individualism are seen in Classical Liberalism  and  how individualism and collectivism are seen in Modern Liberalism. 

 As we study our first unit in economics, we will see that the ideology that works with economic liberalism is CAPITALISM - remember Adam Smith from last week? Yeah, his ideas. He's pretty important to this section.

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So what will our week look like?

Monday 

• Finish philosopher matching - 30 minutes to complete
• Generalized Spectrum - Notes

• Spectrums

• Quiz 

Tuesday

• What is liberalism? 
• Classic vs modern
• Key events that changed things
• Review of Individualism and Collectivism
• Start on Economics

Wednesday

• We are playing a game. The ONLY thing needed is your pencil case. If you want. You don't even need a pen.

Thursday

• Rant by Parker
• Review last week's paragraphs and compare your writing to the exemplars
• Practice Writing for the Remainder of the Class
• 30-1 Practice for Assignment I - Interpreting images
• 30-2 Practice for Assignment II - Interpreting images

First Full-ish Week of Social

Social 30...that wonderful course that you have anticipating for for the last 12 years is finally here, AND it's first thing in the morning! In all actuality, I love Social 30 and it really does have a lot to do with what you will encounter for the rest of your life. It is a great course to get into, if you want to, and can really help you understand how our society functions and to question whether or not how we run things is the best way possible.

I will be doing a "Modified Flipped Classroom", where there will be opportunities for you to deepen your understanding of the course content. What that means is that each week, I will try to put a new blog posting up by Sunday night to outline what we will be doing in the coming week. I will put links to powerpoints, slides, videos, websites, updates into Google Classroom and so on that, over the course of the week, you can look at to enhance your learning of the content. Once my projector is up and running, it is up to you to print off your notes if you want paper copies or to download digital copies to follow on your device. Ideally, the large portion of the intricate content would be what you look up on your own. Now, I know that looking up history is not everybody's cup of tea. However, by doing the background knowledge at home, it allows us to use the time in class to work on your skills to understand the knowledge = you will practice skills that will help you to be successful on your diploma in class, rather than focusing on knowledge. This is not to say that there won't be specific knowledge presented in class; it simply means to gain a deeper, more comprehensive understanding of the course, I will provide you with information to help better prepare you.

Videos, such as the one below, are great background knowledge to what life was like before individualism came around that we are definitely not going to be able to cover in class. So, it is up to you whether or not you watch it.  But I really think you should :)

This blog will also let you know what we will be doing for the week, so it will be an agenda for what we are to get through.

So what's in store for this week?

Tuesday

• Re-cap notes for Characteristics of Ideologies
• Essential component of your project due on September 22

• Principles of Individualism and Collectivism

Wednesday

• Philosophers of the Enlightenment - the European men who greatly influenced the development of Classical Liberalism
• Adam Smith
• John Locke






•  Jean Jacques Rousseau


• John Stuart Mill








• Thomas Hobbes
 


•  Voltaire






• Monstesquieu 

• Karl Marx






• Class notes on Philosophers

Thursday

• Rant by Jace 
• Practice Writing Paragraph #1
• 30-1 will be practicing interpreting sources for Assignment I
• 30-2 will be practicing describing characteristics for Assignment I
• you NEED your computers/iPads/something you can write on and access google drive from

Friday

• Individualism vs. Collectivism
• Real-Life Examples
• Parts of each of them
• How do they affect a political system/government structure
• Kahoot on Philosophers
• Philosopher Matching