Interesting video for Economics students to check out!!!

"Tipping Point" author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry's pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce -- and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and happiness.

Detective of fads and emerging subcultures, chronicler of jobs-you-never-knew-existed, Malcolm Gladwell's work is toppling the popular understanding of bias, crime, food, marketing, race, consumers and intelligence.

http://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce.html

Runs 17:34 minutes

Economics - Begin your reading over Chapter 5. This unit will be tested over Chapter 4 pt. 1 (to pg. 76) and all of Chapter 5.

Make sure you are working on your EverFi Modules online at www.everfi.net All 10 30 minute modules must be finished by April 5th.

World History - Begin your reading over Chapter 9 Section 1. This unit will be tested over Chapter 9 Sections 1 & 2 and Chapter 10 Section 1.

Honors World History - Begin your reading over Chapter 13 Section 1. This unit will cover all of Chapter 13.

Economics - Thursday 2/14 - Begin reading over Chapter 4 part 1.

***Please do not forget to create your EverFi accounts! The 10 Financial Literacy modules must be completed by April 5th. www.everfi.net

World History - Finish reading through Chapter 8 Sections 3, 4, & 5. The test will be on Thursday, 2/21.

Honors World History - The test over Ch. 9 Secs. 1 & 2 and Ch. 10 Sec. 1 will be this week Friday, 2/15.

The Georgia Stock Masrket Game begins today! The game will run for ten weeks until Friday, April 5th. Each Friday we will go to the high school computer lab to research and make trades. Below is a link to an article showing who owns many of the popular brands you and I enjoy. Also, to the the right of this post you will find a link to the stock market game.

May the odds be ever in your favor!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/27/consumer-brands-owned-ten-companies-graphic_n_1458812.html

Monday, Jan. 28th - Honors World History - Test over Chapter 8

Tuesday, Jan. 29th - World History - Test over Chapter 7

Stock Market Game begins for Economics Classes on Jan. 28th and will finish on April 5.