Entrance and Exit Tickets for a General Economics Classroom

These short formative assessments are for the general economics classroom.

Supply

This video assignment explains the concept of supply.

Market Equilibrium

This interactive assignment teaches market equilibrium.

Economics and the Environment

This reading assignment provides some economic strategies for protecting the environment.

Price Signals

This audio assignment explains how price signals influence decision-making.

Making Personal Finance Decisions Curriculum

The Making Personal Finance Decisions curriculum teaches valuable personal finance lessons grounded in economic theory.

Teaching Economics with Active Learning

Ten active learning lessons for your economics classroom to make your teaching stick!

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.

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.