The Real World: Economics

PowerPoint Presentations

While these presentations will technically function in Google Slides, they work much better in PowerPoint. Download the file as a PowerPoint and run it from your Desktop for best results!

1. Market Types - Market vs. Command. One works. One doesn't. Come on people, this isn't that difficult to comprehend.

Activities and Lessons

1. Introduction to Capitalism - Capitalism is great. I'm not afraid to say it and neither is this article. Help to counteract the growing narrative that, somehow, free markets are a problem by reading this article about Capitalism Facts and then comparing the U.S. economy to others around the world.

2. Capitalism Facts - Enough nonsense. Let's look at some facts about capitalism's impact around the world.

3. Is Socialism Cool? (PearDeck) - no, but this lesson is!

4. #EconomicGoals (PearDeck) - analyze and rank the major goals of an economy. 

5. Goal vs Goal - COMING SOON! 

6. Tropico! - students create the economy for a new island nation to demonstrate their understand of market goals and types. Then, they solve some problems using their newly created system!

7. What in the World is Interest? *Highly Recommended* - Interest can be your friend or your enemy. In this lesson we learn from Futurama, The Simpsons and Dave Ramsey in order to make interest our friend and become multi-millionaires! 

8. The Game of Loans (and Credit) - If you're going to play the game of loans you need to know the rules. What is ROI? What is a credit score? Learn it and remember, "An econ always pays their debts."

9. 20 Beans Budget - Spend your 20 beans wisely! Then, read some budget diaries of real people and share their stories.

10. Careers Presentation - What are Holland Codes and how can they help me hone my human capital?

11. Career Spotlight - A career research project where students use data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to learn more about careers they may not have considered before.

12. The Wage is Right - A class game show where students learn about the potential incomes and growth of various careers.

13. CYOA Learning Menu - learning menu based on this unit.

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