Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Wednesday - December 14, 2016 / Thursday - December 15, 2016

Business Management Class

Login to Newsela. Read the assigned article in your binder about Coca-Cola products in Japan.

Read article at chosen level, complete quiz, and paste a screenshot of your quiz results into your bellwork document. Be prepared to discuss.

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Business Law Class

Read the article linked below and give your opinion of the company, the $3500 charge, and the pending legislation related to this local story.

http://kutv.com/news/get-gephardt/gag-clauses-will-be-outlawed

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Financial Literacy Class

Read the articled linked below and answer the questions that follow.

http://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-credit-limits-20161213-story.html

1. What THREE things might happen when a credit card user makes a purchase that pushes him or her over the assigned credit limit?

2. In what ways does the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act, a.k.a. the Card Act, protect consumers?

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Marketing Class

Login to Newsela. Read the assigned article in your binder about Coca-Cola products in Japan.

Read article at chosen level, complete quiz, and paste a screenshot of your quiz results into your bellwork document. Be prepared to discuss.

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Sunday, December 11, 2016

Monday - December 12, 2016 / Tuesday - December 13, 2016

Copy and respond to the following quote. Also, how do you compute one's financial net worth?

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones. 

Ben Franklin


Friday, December 9, 2016

Friday - December 9, 2016

Happy Riddle Friday!

You have a barrel of oil, and you need to measure out four gallons. How do you do this if you only have a three-gallon container and a five-gallon container?

Assume you have an unlimited supply of oil and that there are no measurement markings of any kind on the containers. 

As always, NO GOOGLING! 



Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Wednesday - December 7, 2016 / Thursday - December 8, 2016

Financial Literacy Class

Do an Internet search for tips on becoming a millionaire. Read a few. Choose one to record for today's bellwork. Be prepared to share.

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Business Management Class, Business Marketing, AND Business Law

Login to your Newsela account. Find today's assigned article in my class "binder" on Newsela. Choose your reading level, read, then take the quiz. Paste a screenshot of your quiz results into your bellwork document.

Facebook, Google strike back against websites pushing false information



Monday, December 5, 2016

Monday - December 5, 2016



Copy and respond to the following quote from PRA. It's a challenging one; try to relate it to personal finance:


Many a meal is lost for want of meat.

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Friday, December 2, 2016

Friday - December 2, 2016

RIDDLE FRIDAY!

What travels anywhere in the country, but always stays in the corner?

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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Wednesday - November 30, 2016 / Thursday - December 1, 2016

Business Management Class

Read the article linked below, then answer the questions that follow.

The Creative Way Public Health Advocates are Trying to Get Hipsters to Quit Smoking

1. How does Commune choose people to target with its programs?
2. Do cigarette brands target specific markets by psychographics? Give an example.
3. Do you think the Commune strategy makes sense? Why or why not?



Business Law Class

Read the article linked below, then answer the questions that follow.

What Can We Expect from Dylann Roof

1. Does every defendant have a right to defend his/herself? Explain.
2. Under what conditions can a judge mandate (command) that a defendant use counsel (an attorney)?



Financial Literacy Class

Read the article linked below and answer the questions that follow.


1. Name one reason the article cites for so many being unprepared for retirement.
2. For many, what will be the result of poor retirement planning?






Monday, November 28, 2016

Monday - November 28, 2016 / Tuesday - November 29, 2016

Welcome back! Hope you had a lovely break....

Copy and respond to the following quote by you know who:


The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. 


Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/benjamin_franklin.html

Monday - May 4, 2020

All Classes So I spent the weekend fishing in Bayou La Batre on Alabama's gulf coast. This place was featured on the movie Forrest Gum...