Two transportation companies must decide the best way to compete. How will that decision affect their prices? Using College Board materials, future test takers examine the problem and think critically to solve it. Other prompts examine the role of monopolies and price elasticity. 

Concepts

profit, monopolies, prices, scale, income, test preparation, price elasticity, microeconomics

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use prompts to create a review activity for the AP® exam
• Offer questions as a group work activity to reinforce classroom instruction

Classroom Considerations

• The form B free response questions from the 2009 AP® exam for microeconomics 

Pros

• Scoring materials make student feedback easy and offer more authentic practice
  
• Real-world scenarios make the questions more engaging
  

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