The Federal Reserve guides banking policy for the country. Learners consider the effects of its force using authentic materials from College Board. Other practice problems examine the connection of national savings rates and interest rates, as well as supply and demand. 

Concepts

supply and demand, employment, savings accounts, interest rates, macroeconomics, test preparation, the federal reserve system, monetary policy

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the case studies to create a group activity for your classes
• Develop review games using the problems to practice for the AP® exam

Classroom Considerations

• Contains the free-response questions from the 2004 AP® Macroeconomics exam

Pros

• Rubrics and scoring guidelines make feedback easy to give
• Problems depict real-world scenarios

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.10