ECONOMICS

WARM UP

On a notecard answer the following questions:

1) Your full name (and what you like to be called)

2) What grade are you trying to earn?

3) Do you have a job or other responsibilities beyond school and schoolwork?

4) What extracurricular activities do you participate in? (If you don’t participate in an outside activity now, what club or activity would you be interested in?)

5) What was the best part of the summer?

INTRODUCTIONS

Educational Philosophy

“Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which young men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.”

― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

ACTIVITY

Gold Digger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNwEe6hAY6s (stop at 1:08)

Macklemore: Thrift Shop, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqTjL-jbXjA (stop at 1:53)

Brother Ali: Work Everyday,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwgwI_Inglo

“She take my money, well I’m in need/ Yeah she’s a triflin’ friend indeed/ Oh she’s a gold digger way over time/ That digs on me “Now I ain’t sayin she a gold digger/ But she ain’t messin wit no broke, broke/ Now I ain’t sayin she a gold digger/ But she ain’t messin wit no broke, broke/ Get down girl, go ‘head get down/ Get down girl, go ‘head get down/ Get down girl, go ‘head get down/ Get down girl, go ‘head “Cutie da bomb/ Met her at a beauty salon/ With a baby Louis Vuitton/ Under her arm/ She said I can tell you rock/ I can tell by ya charm/ Far as girls you got a flock/ I can tell my ya charm and ya arm/ but I’m lookin’ for the one/ have you seen her? “My psychic told me she gonna have a smile like Serena/ Trina, Jennifer Lopez, four kids/ An I gotta take all they bad act to show biz/ Okay get ya kids, but then they got they friends/ I pulled up in the Benz, they all got up in/ WE all went to din and then I had to pay/ If you rockin’ with this girl then you betta be paid”

Questions:

1)What is a gold digger?

2)Could a gold digger be a man? Why or why not?

3)How do you think the female in this song expect to gain access to resources (things, money)?

4)Is this song realistic (are there many ‘gold diggers’ out there)?

 

“Hey Macklemore, can we go thrift shopping?/ I’m gonna pop some tags/ only got 20 dollas in my pocket/ I-I-I’m huntin’/ Lookin’ for a come-up/ This is awesome/ Walk into the club like, “Whaddup/ Nah I’m just pumped about some stuff from the thrift shop/ Ice on the fridge is so damn frosty/ The people like ‘damn that’s a cold honkey’/ “rollin in/ hella deep/ headed to the mezzanine/ dressed in all pink, ‘cept my gator shoes/ those are green/ draped in a leopard mink/ girls standin’ next to me/ smells like R Kelly’s sheets/ But, it was 99 cents/ Coppin’ it, Washin’ it/ Bout to go and get some compliments/ Passin’ up on those moccasins/ Someone else has been walkin’ in/ But me and grungy man/ I am stuntin’ and flossin’ and/ savin’ money and I’m hella happy/ That’s a bargain “Imma take your granpa’s style/ Imma take your grandpa’s style/ No foreal, ask your grandpa/ can I have his hand-me-downs?/ Velour jumpsuit, and/ some house slippers/ dookie brown leather jacket/ that I found diggin’/  “They had a broken keyboard/ I bought a broken keyboard/ I bought a skeet blanket/ Then I bought a kneeboard/ Hello, Hello my ace man my Mello/ John Wayne ain’t got nothin’/ on my fringe game/ I could take some pro wings/ make ‘em cool, sell those/ the sneaker heads be like,/ ‘Aw he got the Velcro? “I’m gonna pop some tags/ only got 20 dollas in my pocket/ I-I-I’m huntin’/ Lookin’ for a come-up/ This is awesome”

Questions: 

1) According to Macklemore what are the benefits of shopping at a thrift shop? Why does he make the choice to shop at thrift shops?    2) Is this song realistic/ do you think people choose to shop at thrift shops to save money even if they can afford not to? Why or why not?

3) Did this song compel you to consider shopping at a thrift shop?     

 

Damn, man. I'm broker than an old VCR, man. I need a job. Are they hiring at yourJob? I got a stack of red bills at my house. It looks like Valentine's Day at the crib. MyKids are eating left-over leftovers, man. I can't fool them no more. It's job timeEvery day every day/ Got to work every day/ Every day every day/ Got to work every day My God there's got to be more to life than this/ There's got to be a bigger reason that I existWork to eat to earn my keep/ To ensure somewhere to sleep and spend the weekend buying shit Don't need economists to know I need pot to piss/ Follow politics man I ain't got time to think/ What I got to set aside for my retirement/ Cop a double shift pay somebody to watch the kids Sick of all this but can't take an off day/ Doctor's office I can't swing the co pay/ Trapped in a network luck just to get work/ They celebrate every week nobody gets hurt Greed could never leave well enough alone/ They keep on squeezing till we bleed from every bone/ And we'll strive hard and stress about the rent/ Probably still die poor and in debt without a cent but I guess I'll carry my ass down to the county and see what they're talking about. ButYou know they treat you like you shot somebody just because you need a little help You're telling my you ain't never been down on your luckNever tried to make them ends meet but just got stuckNever slaved at a gig like a bum with a cupAdded all your pennies up and you still ain't had enough And the jobs full up they ain't hiring/ I'm barely surviving not enough to get by with/ Hunger is a constant problem stomach steady growling/ People getting shot in my environment 

1)What are 3 things that Brother Ali says he can’t afford?  2) Why can’t he afford these things according to the song?   3) Is this song realistic? Is it hard to make enough money for basic needs even when one has a job?

DOL

1.Define scarcity. Define economics.

2.Identify 4 scarce resources either in your life or in the world.

3.Do you think everyone should have access to these resources? Why/why not?