Fiscal Policy: Tools for Influencing the Economy
This interactive assignment illustrates how fiscal policy choices can affect the economy.
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Ten active learning lessons for your economics classroom to make your teaching stick!
Using the PACED decision framework, students compare and rank different types of pretzels to illustrate economic decisionmaking.
In this activity, students learn about the law of demand. Students discover the relationship between price and quantity demanded by looking at their favorite beverage.
In this activity, students engage in a debate about the minimum wage. They research issues, prepare arguments, think critically about issues, and formulate evidence-based opinions.
In this lesson, students act as firms in different market structures competing to sell their product to the teacher. The activity demonstrates that the number of firms in a market affects the price.
This simple trading activity demonstrates a key economic idea: Voluntary trade can make both the buyer and seller better off.
This activity is designed to show students how we calculate the civilian unemployment rate.
In this active learning lesson, students learn about gross domestic product (GDP) and its components using the expenditures equation.
In this activity, students participate in a demonstration showing how changes in monetary policy move the economy toward the Fed’s goals of maximum employment and price stability.
In this activity, students are assigned different jobs to see the connection between education, training, and experience in determining income.
Students become the credit providers in this simulation and get to actively assess a borrower’s creditworthiness!
Fiscal Policy: Tools for Influencing the Economy
This interactive assignment illustrates how fiscal policy choices can affect the economy.
Externalities
This video assignment explains externalities.
Economics and the Environment
This reading assignment provides some economic strategies for protecting the environment.
Fiscal Policy
This audio assignment covers how the government uses fiscal policy to influence the economy.
Money
The infographic highlights how money facilitates economic activity.
Fiscal & Monetary Policy
In this lesson, students learn about the similarities and differences between fiscal and monetary policy.
PACED Decision Making and Pretzels
Students learn about and apply the five-step PACED decision-making process through a taste test.
How Many Beverages will Consumers Buy? Lesson on Demand
In this activity, students learn about the law of demand by looking at their favorite beverage.
Using a Minimum Wage Debate in an Economics Class
This activity uses a classroom debate about the minimum wage to teach prices floors.
Teaching Market Structures with Gum
This lesson highlights how different market structures compete through a role playing game.
Is Trade a Zero-Sum Game?
This simple trading activity demonstrates a key economic idea: Voluntary trade can benefit buyers and sellers.
How do we Measure Unemployment?
This activity is designed to show students how we calculate the civilian unemployment rate.
Imports and GDP
Learn about gross domestic product (GDP)
How Fed Policy Transmits to the Economy
In this activity, students participate in a demonstration showing how changes in monetary policy ripple through the economy.
Career Choices
This activity highlights the connection between education, training, and experience in determining income.
The Three C's of Credit (Lesson 9A)
Students play the role of credit providers and assess the credit worthiness of a fictitious individual.
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