U.S. History Bell Ringer

What do all animals need to live?

At its simplest level an economy is how organisms use resources, including their own time and energy (labor) to survive

True or False

All animals must rely just on

themselves as individuals to

survive.

Canis Lupus -- Wolves

Apis Mellifera -- Honey Bees

Atta Cephalotes – Leaf Cutter Ants

Homo Sapiens -- Humans

Economy

The system by which resources are allocated for the purposes of production, distribution, and consumption.

Resources are both:

• Natural resources (i.e. minerals, wood, food, water, oil, energy, etc…) and,

• Human resources (labor)

U.S. History Theme #5

How do we live?

Where do resources come from?

How are products made?

How are goods distributed and consumed?

How do people make a living?

pTh

A Species Economy

The Biosphere or Environment

pTh

A Species Economy

The Biosphere or Environment

pTh

Human Economy

The Biosphere or Environment

pTh

Human Economy

The Biosphere or Environment

2050 –9 Billion and

Growing

More Cars

More Oil

Used

More OilDrilling

More Air Pollution

More Traffic

Less Productivity

More roads

Closing Question

Please respond in your journal

to the following closing

question:

In your own words explain what

an economy is?

Complete Chart:

Human/Environment Interactions

U.S. History Bell Ringer

What are the 5 Course Themes?

Course Themes1. How do we know?

2. Why do we change?

3. How do we govern

ourselves?

4. What does it mean to be an

American?

5. How do we live?

BibliographySlide 4 -- Wikimedia Commons (2007). Yellowstone Wolves. Retieved from

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yellowstone_Wolves.jpg

Slide 5 – Yahoo Flickr (2008). Queen Bee. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/63518505@N00/1879471207/

Slide 6 – Texas AgriLife Extension (2010). Texas Leaf Cutting Ant. Retrieved from http://citybugs.tamu.edu/factsheets/landscape/ants/ent-1002/

Slide 7 -- Wikimedia Commons (2007). NYC-Skyline-1. Retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NYC-Skyline-1.jpg

Slide 10- Havrest - http://www.ncccusa.org/news/070429farmbill.html

Mining -http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strip_coal_mining.jpg

Oil Rig- Retrieved from http://ocvoice.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/bush-rigged-offshore-oil-drilling-wont-lower-gas-prices/

Cattle- http://crossfitfire.com/grain-fed-cattle-vs-grain-fed-people/

Slide 11 – Factory workers -http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/macquekl/History%20Web%20Page/History/homefront.htm

Qeuchua wool spinners http://www.freunde-waldorf.de/en/projects/peru/cusco-qewar/r/peru-3/p/peru-cusco-qewar-puppets-against-poverty.html

Automated Assemblyline -http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology/ten_things_you_should_know_5.php

Barn Raising http://www.rlrouse.com/pic-of-the-day/barn-raising.jpg

Bibliography Page 2

Slide 12 Walmart - http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/11/07/16449

Freighter - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/3898801499/

Wagon- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wagon.jpg

McDonalds- http://www.london-se1.co.uk/restaurants/info/437/mcdonalds

Slide 13 child cold miners http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/immigration/miners-1911.jpg

Cubicles - http://www.werkkrew.com/2008/06/12/whats-so-bad-about-cubicles/

Seamstress http://godlesspaladin.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/big-business-workers-and-regulation/

Business meeting http://wimblehursthotel.com/page008.html

Slide16 Carry Capacity -http://www.algebralab.org/practice/practice.aspx?file=Reading_CarryingCapacity.xml

Slide 17 Hare/Lynx model -http://missbakersbiologyclasswiki.wikispaces.com/Ecology+Study+Guide

Slide 20 pop growth - http://paceapes.wikispaces.com/Agricultural+Effects+on+Biodiversity

Slide 21 extinction -http://pes.pps.k12.or.us/.docs/_sid/92e3a8ee67d8ca505f3cbe56331072e1/pg/12093