Lesson Plan

Production Possibilities Curve

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Demonstrate the important economic principles of the production possibilities curve, including how to calculate opportunity cost and graph curves by using a table or calculation. Learners use a variety of methods, including videos, worksheets, readings, and a few hands-on activities to reinforce the economics concepts.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Ideas
  • Differentiate for English learners by enabling captions on the YouTube videos
Classroom Considerations
  • Interactive activity requires pupils to fill out teacher and personal information; the program emails teachers the scholar's results
  • The link to the worksheet and teacher key works, but only under the Resource List section, not the Process section
Pros
  • Includes an assessment to test comprehension of the concepts
  • Incorporates an activity that actively teaches the concepts while also engaging high schoolers and allowing them to learn by doing
Cons

Common Core