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