This document provides an overview of key concepts related to economics and human interactions with the environment. It defines an economy as the system by which resources are allocated for production, distribution, and consumption. Resources include both natural resources from the environment and human resources in the form of labor. The document then discusses how different species, including wolves, bees, ants, and humans, rely on their environments and each other to survive. It poses questions about where resources come from, how products are made and distributed, and how people make a living. Finally, it projects population and resource use trends to the year 2050, noting impacts on areas like transportation, productivity, pollution, and resource extraction.

1. U.S. History Bell Ringer What do all animals need to live?

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

3. True or False All animals must rely just on themselves as individuals to survive.

4. Canis Lupus -- Wolves

5. ApisMellifera -- Honey Bees

6. Atta Cephalotes – Leaf Cutter Ants

7. Homo Sapiens -- Humans

8. 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)

9. U.S. History Theme #5 How do we live?

10. Where do resources come from?

11. How are products made?

12. How are goods distributed and consumed?

13. How do people make a living?

14. pTh A Species Economy The Biosphere or Environment

15. pTh A Species Economy The Biosphere or Environment

18. pTh Human Economy The Biosphere or Environment

19. pTh Human Economy The Biosphere or Environment

21. 2050 – 9 Billion and Growing More Cars More Traffic Less Productivity More roads More Oil Used More Air Pollution More Oil Drilling

23. Closing Question Please respond in your journal to the following closing question: In your own words explain what an economy is?

24. Homework Complete Chart: Human/Environment Interactions

25. U.S. History Bell Ringer What are the 5 Course Themes?

26. Course Themes How do we know? Why do we change? How do we govern ourselves? What does it mean to be an American? How do we live?

27. Bibliography Slide 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

28. 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