Preliminary Economics

Downloadable Resources

• Introduction to Economics 1
  
• Introduction to Economics 2
  
• PETEL Paragraphs
  
• Business Cycle Essay
  
• Scaffold for Describing CFoY
  
• How Do We Compare Economies?
  
• Economies: Similarities and Differences
  Research Activity

Weblinks

• Opportunity Cost Online Course for Teachers and Students (The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
  
• Opportunity Cost - The Economic Lowdown Podcast Series, Episode 1 (The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
  
• Factors of Production - The Economic Lowdown Podcast Series, Episode 2 (The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
  
• Comparative Advantage Short Online Courses for Teachers and Students (The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)

Games & Simulations

• The PPF Game - A simulation game for creating PPF's in class. Goods produced can also be replaced with emails and star jumps
  
• Circular Flow of Income Simulation - A classroom game that demonstrates the circular flow of income

Videos

• Production Possibilities Curve- Econ 1.1
• Shifting the Production Possibilities Curve (PPC)- Econ 1.2
• Why Can't Things Be Free? (Production Possibility Frontier/Curve, PPF, PPC)
• Circular Flow Matrix- How the Economy Works- Econ 1.7
• What Is Opportunity Cost?
• Tyler Cowen's Idea #4: Opportunity Cost
• Opportunity Cost | The Road Not Taken
• Intro to Economics: Crash Course Econ #1
• Opportunity Costs (the "Price" of Missed Opportunities) Explained in One Minute
• Opportunity Cost Topic Overview
• Office Hours: Opportunity Cost

Media

Songs and pop culture relating to the topic:

• G-Eazy "Opportunity Cost"
• Chris Young "Beer or Gasoline"

Weblinks

• Productivity Video and Quiz
• Productivity Lesson Demo

Games & Simulations

• Diminishing Marginal Returns: Tennis Balls in Economics
• Productivity Lesson Demo

Videos

• Productivity and Growth: Crash Course Economics #6
• High School Economics: Lesson 8 - Productivity

Downloadable Resources

• Supply and Demand in Action - After the Boom
• General Scaffold for Describing Movements in Demand and Supply Graphs

Weblinks

• Supply and Demand Short Courses
• That’s the Ticket: The Economics of Ticket Scalping
• Econedlink Archives
• When Markets Fail

Games & Simulations

• What’s it Worth? - Game
• Market Structure Simulation

Videos

• Demand and Supply Explained- Econ 2.1
• Let Me Go- AP Economics Music Video
• Demand and Supply- EconMovies #4: Indiana Jones

Media

Songs and pop culture relating to the topic

• The Law of Supply and Demand // Super Bass Economics Parody

Weblinks

• Productivity Video and Quiz

Games & Simulations

• Productivity | Lesson Demo

Videos

• High School Economics: Lesson 8 - Productivity
• Productivity and Growth: Crash Course Economics #6

Downloadable Resources

• Government Policy Tools

Games & Simulations

• Federal Budget: The Fiscal Ship Game
• Chair the Fed: A Monetary Policy Game