This page poses a situation which is followed by four problems to solve. They are based on information in Chapter 2: Choice in a World of Scarcity from the TEA AP Macroeconomics online text.

This is a set of 11 review questions based on the content covered in Chapter 2: Choice in a World of Scarcity from the TEA AP Macroeconomics online text.

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

Practice what you have learned about the role of scarcity in microeconomics, and other basic economic concepts, in this four-question exercise.

This video teaches the concept of Scarcity and includes a quiz. The total resources of society, including natural resources, human resources, capital goods and entrepreneurship, are limited, causing scarcity to exist. [1:13]

An introduction to the concepts of scarcity, choice, and opportunity cost.

Young scholars will learn about managing money and scarcity while practicing addition and subtraction. They will be given a certain amount of money to spend at a fictitious store. Included are discussion questions about how students...

This is a list of key terms and definitions covered in Chapter 2: Choice in a World of Scarcity from the TEA AP Macroeconomics online text.

This module discusses fundamental problem of scarcity challenges us to think about an allocation mechanism to determine what is produced and who consumes it. It discuss scarcity and allocation mechanisms. In this course,the focus is on...

A brief overview of economic scarcity. Links to other economic-related topics.

This website offers a simple examination of scarcity, finite resources, and needs vs wants.

In this exercise, practice what you have learned about learning objective MOD-1.A from the AP Macroeconomics course and exam description. Topics include the definitions of economics, microeconomics, and macroeconomics, positive and...

In this science-themed literacy lesson about water scarcity, students identify the author's claim and how the author supports this claim with evidence.

Read this U.S. State Department report which finds a global confrontation between growing water demand and shrinking supplies, in addition to predictions for the next thirty years of water security.

The Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF) is a graph that shows all the different combinations of output of two goods that can be produced using available resources and technology. The PPF captures the concepts of scarcity, choice, and...

"This report documents the problem of water scarcity in parts of northern China and describes China's agricultural water management policies as well as reforms underway to encourage water conservation." (USDA) (PDF Format)

This PDF resource describes the scarcity of water, the locations and amount of water of groundwater around the world, methods for reducing this scarcity, and the causes of the depletion. Provides a prediction for areas of groundwater...

Read about the environmental scarcity linked to domestic political unrest and the crisis of domestic political legitimacy that could result in conflict. Also find out how these crises of domestic political legitimacy may result in both...

A lesson challenging students to develop ways to conserve water in their homes after understanding the impact of water scarcity. A promise will be made by each student and a reminder craft created to help them keep the promises.

Read how the lack of awareness about the massive, invisible water trade has contributed to the global scarcity problem of this important resource.

Production Possibilities Curve (PPC) also called a Production Possibilities Frontier)is a graphical model that represents all of the different combinations of two goods that can be produced; the PPC captures scarcity of resources and...

Over the past fifty years the population of the great apes around the world has diminished rapidly. Statistics and reasons of their decline is the focus of this article and its resources.

This is a folktale retold by Jan Brett about a little boy whose grandmother knits him a pair of snow-white mittens. While the boy is outside playing, he loses one of the mittens and some animals find it and move thinking that it looks...

This energy classroom game focuses on energy sources. Learners learn that energy, the environment, and economics are closely tied. During the course of the game students discover the concepts of scarcity, opportunity cost, net energy...