Mr. John Middleton, Social Science and Physical Education Teacher, ACE Charter High School
  Mr. John Middleton  
Teacher: ACE Charter High School, Camarillo, CA.
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  • Chemistry
  • Economics 2019
  • ACE Independent PE
  • AP European History 2017/2018
    • American Government 2018
    • AP Euro Warm-ups
    • Unit 1 & 2 The Middle Ages and the Renaissance
    • Unit 3 The Reformations
    • Unit 4 The Age of Exploration
    • Unit 5 Absolutism vs. Constitutionalism
    • Unit 6 The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
    • Unit 8 The French Revolution and The Age of Napoleon
    • Unit 7 The Industrial Revolution
    • Unit 9 The Age of Social Revolutions: Romanticism, Nationalism, Liberalism, and Conservatism
    • Unit 10 New Nations, New Social Classes, and Realism
    • Unit 11 Europe at War 1914 to 1945
    • Unit 12 Post WWII and to the recent past
    • Unit AP FRQ/DBQ
  • ACE PE 2015/2016
  • Modern World History 2015/2016
  • Election 2014 Unit
  • ACE LEO Club
  • ACE Internship Prep
  • American Government 2017
Warm-up # 1  01/28/14  B Day & 01/29/14 A Day
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama: 
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: _

Warm-up #2   01/30/14 B Day & 01/31/14 A Day
1) What is economics?
2) Why is economics studied within the social science department and not the math or science departments?

Warm-up # 3  02/03/14  B Day & 02/04/14 A Day
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama: 
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XL0tfJn6QI

Warm-up #4 02/05/14 B Day & 02/06/14 A Day
1) What are some of the challenges facing ranchers today?
2) How are the ranchers reacting to these changes?
3) How might these changes affect food production within the US?
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000002669905/changes-in-the-cattle-business.html?playlistId=1194811622182

Warm-up #5 02/07/14 B Day & 02/11/14 A Day 
1) The statement that "there is no free lunch" means that:
A) There are always trade-offs between economic goals
B) All production involves the use of scare resources and thus the sacrifice of alternative goals
C) Analysis is not used in economic reasoning
D) Choices need not be made if behavior is rational 

2) When entering a building, Sam diverts his path to go through an open door 
rather than make the physical effort to open the closed door that is directly in his path. This
is an example of:
A) Irrational behavior
B) A lazy person
C) A Cost-benefit analysis
D) Programmed learning

3) Explain why the following equation is logically correct?
Economic wants + limited resources = economic choice

4) Define the economic concept of "scarcity":

Warm-up # 6  02/12/14  B Day & 02/13/14 A Day
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama: 
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0WKSUGCkFM&list=PL3nFGrtbkwqSIAd_1FhpdK6mLBNbivHtQ&index=16

Warm-up # 7   02/14/14 B Day & 02/18/14 A Day
Radio Story Link: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/sustainability/californias-drought-bad-not-whole-economy
1) What impacts will the drought have on the rest of the California economy?
2) Why do many economist state that this drought is not really a disaster for the overall
Californian economy? 

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Warm-up # 8  02/19/14  B Day & 02/20/14 A Day
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama: 
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhLBRRP-jPs#t=17

Warm-up # 9 02/21/14 B Day & 02/24/14 A Day
1) The purpose of an annotated bibliography is what?
2) How is the summary section similar and different than the usage section?

Warm-up # 10 02/25/14 B Day & 02/26/14 A Day
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama:
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYGok_gHfY0#t=41

Warm-up #11 02/27/14 B Day & 02/28/14 A Day 
Use the linked TED Talk to answer the following three questions on economic choice:
 Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIiAAhUeR6Y&list=PL3nFGrtbkwqRl9Gw9Vi-1tbdtr0T-nx4V  
  1) Define variability:
  2) What does it mean to "democratize" choice?
  3) Do you agree or disagree with Mr. Gladwell's vision of what economic choice should be and why?

Warm-up # 12  03/03/14 B Day &  03/04/14 A Day
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama:
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEQJSvmyfys 

Warm-up # 13 03/05/14 B Day &  03/06/14 A Day
1) What impact do you think individual self-interest has on the economy as a whole?
2) Which does each of the news headlines relate to -- (A) Microeconomics or (B) Macroeconomics?
2A) __ National Unemployment figures rise
2B) __ World Trade Organization Meets
2C) __ Shipbuilder Wins Navy Contract
2D) __ Cab Drivers on Strike
2E) __ Gasoline Prices Jump 25 Cents

Warm-up  #14  03/07/14  B  Day  &  03/10/14  A Day 
1) Rational behavior suggests that: 
A) Everyone will make identical choices
B) Resource availability exceeds economic wants
C) Individuals will make different choices because their preferences and circumstances differ
D) An individual's economic goals cannot involve tradeoffs

2) Define the term Capital.

3) Contrast "Capital" with "money" 

Warm-up  #15 03/11/14  B Day  &  03/12/14  A Day
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama:
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYv78x66_E4

Warm-up #16  03/13/14  B Day  &  03/15/14  A  Day
1) If one business or industry earns money, does it necessarily mean that others are losing money?
2) Should people ever be stopped from voluntarily exchanging with each other? If so, for what reason?

Warm-up  #17  03/17/14  B Day  &  03/18/14  A Day 
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama:
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGqFQxEtX5k

Warm-up  #18 03/20/14 B Day  &  03/21  A  Day
1) Explain the "invisible hand."
2) What is standard of living?
3) What are non-monetary components of one's standard of living?

Warm-up  #19  03/21/14  B Day  &  03/24/14  A  Day  
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4x0_WXlC1Y&list=PL3nFGrtbkwqQrPkPQnZYxFoOcxbOhn_mo&index=13
1) Define the concept "Brain Drain."
2) Do you agree or disagree, and why, with the statement, "Free trade promotes Entrepreneurship." 

Warm-up  #20  03/24/14  B Day  &  03/25/14  A Day 
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama:
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6faxWuvBoiU


Warm-up  #21  03/27/14   B  Day  &  03/28/14  A  Day
To be completed after the unit test:
1) Which question gave you the most trouble and why?
2) Which question was the easiest and why?
3) Which concept area within our unit are you still unsure about and 
therefore want to know more about?

Warm-up  #22  03/31/14  B Day  &  04/01/14  A Day 
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama:
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns0D0D8Zs7Y&index=24&list=PL3nFGrtbkwqSIAd_1FhpdK6mLBNbivHtQ

Warm-up #23  04/02/14   B  Day   &  04/03/14   A  Day 
1) List three products that you are familiar with, for those three products please:
A) Approximate price for each.
B) Which product, if any, do you have demand for?
C) What specific factors influence your demand for those specific products?
D) How can your demand for those specific products change over time?

Warm-up #24  04/04/14  B  Day   &  04/07/14  A Day 
1) Please develop a demand schedule for the following information:
      Coffee, price per-pound: 8.00, 7.75, 7.50, 7.25, 7.00, 6.75, & 6.50
      Quantity demanded: (In pounds): 250, 225, 200, 175, 150, 125, & 100
2) Please develop a demand curve for that same information: 

Warm-up  #25  04/08/14  B Day  &  04/09/14  A Day 
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama:
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBek8h5tGMU&list=PL3nFGrtbkwqSIAd_1FhpdK6mLBNbivHtQ

Warm-up #26  04/10/14  B  Day  &  04/11/14  A  Day
1) What are some of the external market factors that are influencing 
the raising demand for meat in China?
2) How much has meat consumption increased within China over the last 30 years?
3) What are some of the specific challenges that China is facing in light of this increase in demand?
4) How are the people helping to influence governmental policy on meat production?
Link:   http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/world-july-dec12-china_11-22/

Warm-up  #27  04/21/14  B Day  &  04/22/14  A Day 
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama:
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTd1_oEol44

Warm-up  #28  04/23/14  B  Day  &  04/24/14  A  Day 
Label the demand change that (A) shows:
Label the demand change that (B) shows:
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Warm-up  #29  04/25/14  &  04/26/14  A  Day 
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/video/dining/100000002200325/navigating-the-aisles.html?src=vidm
1) Count the number of times that the video alludes to any of the demand perception factors?
2) Explain two specific examples?

Warm-up  #30  04/29/14  B Day  &  04/30/14  A Day 
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama:
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25GOnaY8ZCY&list=PL3nFGrtbkwqSIAd_1FhpdK6mLBNbivHtQ&index=27

Warm-up #31  05/01/14  B  Day  &  05/02/14  A  Day
1) (A) Identify the specific perception factors that these commercials use  &  (B) Why do they use these specific factors?
Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMCYV_N2y-A&index=30&list=PL3nFGrtbkwqRl9Gw9Vi-1tbdtr0T-nx4V
2)  (A) Identify the specific perception factors that this commercial uses  &  (B) Why do they use these specific factors?
Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK6W6l_4K34&list=PL3nFGrtbkwqRl9Gw9Vi-1tbdtr0T-nx4V

Warm-up  #32  05/05/14  B Day  &  05/06/14  A Day 
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama:
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25GOnaY8ZCY&list=PL3nFGrtbkwqSIAd_1FhpdK6mLBNbivHtQ&index=27

Warm-up #33  05/07/14 B Day  & A Day 05/08/14
Please listen to the radio story and answer the questions below:
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/14/181587969/Vietnams-Appetite-For-Rhino-Horn-Drives-Poaching-In-Africa
 1) If the price for Rhino horns is comparable to the price of gold, what are two specific factors that are influencing that price?
 2) Analyze the following graph and explain how it lends evidence to the claims of the NPR story.

Warm-up #34   05/09/14  B  Day  &  A  Day  05/12/14
 Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/14/183914773/The-Enemy-Inside-Rhinos-Protectors-Sometimes-Aid-Poachers
 1) With demand for Rhinos high, why is the supply of their horns so low?
 2) What are some of the factors that are keeping national governments from fully protecting Rhinos?

Warm-up  #35  05/13/14  B Day  &  05/14/14  A Day 
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama:
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAncJ3nuczI

Warm-up  #36  05/15/14  B  Day   &  05/16/14  A  Day
1) Define "Dividends":
2) Compare/contrast dividends with interest:
3) Starting today, what do you see as two negatives and two benefits of
investing in the stock market?

Warm-up  #37  05/19/14  B Day  &  05/20/14  A Day 
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama:
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3nHuFV0Dfk&noredirect=1 

Warm-up  #38  05/21/14  B Day  &  05/22/14  A  Day 
1) What does a "ticker symbol" represent?
2) What types of information can we gain from analyzing a stock's price over a period of time? 
3) Why should monetary goals be based off lifestyle goals?

Warm-up  #39  05/23/14  B Day  &  05/27/14  A  Day 
1) Select one stock company that you purchased shares in:
A) What company is it?
B) What investment objective influenced your decision?
C) What is your desired return for the stock?
D) What is its resalability and why?
E) What lifestyle objective influenced your decision to buy this stock?

Warm-up  #40  05/27/14  A Day  &  05/28/14  B Day 
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama:
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDDOX--6kFI  

Warm-up  #41  05/30/14  B  Day &  06/02/14   A Day
1) Define the term "Capital Market":
2) Contrast a "Primary Market" with a "Secondary Market":
3) Describe why stocks are an example of the concept of voluntary exchange: 

Warm-up  #42    06/03/14  B Day   &  06/04/14   A Day      
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
2) Please respond to one specific statement from President Obama:
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Link 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li1aHjjqh3w&index=32&list=PL3nFGrtbkwqSIAd_1FhpdK6mLBNbivHtQ

Warm-up  #44    06/06/14  A Day 
1) Please respond to one specific story from the CNN Student News broadcast:
Link 1: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
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