ASSIGNMENT 08
C13 Microeconomics
Directions:  Be sure to save an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English, spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be four (4) double-spaced pages; refer to the “Assignment Format” page located on the Course Home page for specific format requirements.
Part A
Imagine that it is the year 2199. Technology has progressed at an incredible pace. The latest discovery is the plutonium engine, which is capable of converting plutonium, a by-product of nuclear fission, into fuel to power the nuclear reactors in our new form of transportation, the rocket-car. However, because the firm that invented the engine, the Futures Unlimited Corporation, already has a government license to control and distribute the quantity of this certain isotope of plutonium on the market, it is now conceivably in charge of a monopoly on plutonium-fueled transportation.
1.    Describe the economic outcome of this single-price monopoly in terms of profit. Provide one (1) supporting fact to support your response.
2.    Describe one (1) way that the Futures Unlimited Corporation makes output and price decisions.
Part B
1.    Would consumers benefit more from a tariff or a quota on imports? Provide one (1) supporting fact to support your response.
2.    Consider the following weekly production possibilities of gloves and hats in Panama and Russia:
Russia    Panama
Gloves    20    180
Hats    80      90

a.    What is each country’s opportunity cost of producing gloves and hats?
b.    If the countries could, should they trade? Provide one (1) supporting fact to support your position.

Grading Rubric
Please refer to the rubric on the following page for the grading criteria for this assignment.

E01 Careers in Early Childhood Education

Directions: Be sure to save an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English, spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be four (4) double-spaced pages; refer to the “Assignment Format” page located on the Course Home page for specific format requirements.

Part A

Using the major objectives identified in one of the four curricula discussed in Lesson 5 (HighScope, Creative Curriculum, Core Knowledge, or Tools of the Mind), create a short learning opportunity for a 5-year-old child in the kindergarten class that you teach.

Begin by identifying three objectives that you might use for instruction.

Once you have determined your objectives, determine what adaptations to the curriculum and to the environment you might make in order to reach these objectives.

Next, write a plan of what special learning opportunities will prompt the child to explore and discover new ideas and that support reaching the three objectives chosen.

Part B

As a teacher, think about how technology could be used to help children in a preschool class understand the following three concepts: Understanding Change, Cause-and-Effect Relationships, and the Idea of a System (that a whole is composed of related parts that affect each other).

Choose one of the three concepts, and develop a sequence of three lessons that focus on the concept you have chosen.

Describe each of the three lessons. Make sure to incorporate the questions below by including your answers to each when describing the three lessons.

How will you intentionally plan for student learning?

What activities will children engage in?

What materials will be used?

How will you know if your students understand the key concepts?

Part C

Imagine that you are a teacher’s aide in a classroom of 2nd-grade children (7- to 8-year-olds). In each of the following situations, describe the following.

What emotions the children involved might be experiencing

How you would use the strategies presented in the textbook to help the children become more aware of their own feelings and the feelings of others

How you would help them cope effectively with the situation

Manual and Damien are playing in the sandbox. Manuel wants Damien’s shovel, so he takes it. Damien begins to cry, but Manuel continues to play, unaffected. Damien comes running to you, saying, “He took my shovel!”

Latoya has been standing watching the others climbing the rock wall. It seems as if she’d like to join in, yet makes no move to do so.

Tommy has a dilemma. He was just invited to a movie with Chuck, but his best friend, Mohammad, has not been asked to come and asks him to spend the night on the same date.

Part D

Ethics is one of the most fundamental qualities of a competent early childhood educator. Individuals have their own personal views about what they think is right or wrong and how they should behave. Examine the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Code of Ethical Conduct (http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSETH05.pdf) and create a concept web identifying the core values, ideals, and principles of an educator, in your own words. Include your personal views. (Refer to page 325 in your textbook for an example of a concept web.)

E01 Careers in Early Childhood Education

Directions: Be sure to save an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English, spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be four (4) double-spaced pages; refer to the “Assignment Format” page located on the Course Home page for specific format requirements.

Part A

Using the major objectives identified in one of the four curricula discussed in Lesson 5 (HighScope, Creative Curriculum, Core Knowledge, or Tools of the Mind), create a short learning opportunity for a 5-year-old child in the kindergarten class that you teach.

Begin by identifying three objectives that you might use for instruction.

Once you have determined your objectives, determine what adaptations to the curriculum and to the environment you might make in order to reach these objectives.

Next, write a plan of what special learning opportunities will prompt the child to explore and discover new ideas and that support reaching the three objectives chosen.

Part B

As a teacher, think about how technology could be used to help children in a preschool class understand the following three concepts: Understanding Change, Cause-and-Effect Relationships, and the Idea of a System (that a whole is composed of related parts that affect each other).

Choose one of the three concepts, and develop a sequence of three lessons that focus on the concept you have chosen.

Describe each of the three lessons. Make sure to incorporate the questions below by including your answers to each when describing the three lessons.

How will you intentionally plan for student learning?

What activities will children engage in?

What materials will be used?

How will you know if your students understand the key concepts?

Part C

Imagine that you are a teacher’s aide in a classroom of 2nd-grade children (7- to 8-year-olds). In each of the following situations, describe the following.

What emotions the children involved might be experiencing

How you would use the strategies presented in the textbook to help the children become more aware of their own feelings and the feelings of others

How you would help them cope effectively with the situation

Manual and Damien are playing in the sandbox. Manuel wants Damien’s shovel, so he takes it. Damien begins to cry, but Manuel continues to play, unaffected. Damien comes running to you, saying, “He took my shovel!”

Latoya has been standing watching the others climbing the rock wall. It seems as if she’d like to join in, yet makes no move to do so.

Tommy has a dilemma. He was just invited to a movie with Chuck, but his best friend, Mohammad, has not been asked to come and asks him to spend the night on the same date.

Part D

Ethics is one of the most fundamental qualities of a competent early childhood educator. Individuals have their own personal views about what they think is right or wrong and how they should behave. Examine the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Code of Ethical Conduct (http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSETH05.pdf) and create a concept web identifying the core values, ideals, and principles of an educator, in your own words. Include your personal views. (Refer to page 325 in your textbook for an example of a concept web.)