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Intro to Economics

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Unit Plan Details

• Google Docs-based materials for easy editing and adaptation 

• Google Slides for teaching (with “walkthrough” videos)

• Student worksheets available for each lesson plan

• Answer keys available for every assignment

• Google Forms available for most Exit Tickets

• Assessment bank featuring both multiple choice and short     answer questions (with answer key)

• Videos available through YouTube


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Intro to Economics

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GDP: A Measure 
of Economic Health 

Discover the economic way of thinking! 
 

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• 5 lesson plans

• Easy-to-use

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Engaging Activities

Students play engaging interactives with real-time feedback.  

Teacher Friendly

Easy-to-understand lesson plans, Google Slides for teaching, activities for students, and answer keys provided via Google Docs.  

Real-World Examples

Incorporates real-life examples of economics concepts.  

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Intro to Economics

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GDP: A Measure 
of Economic Health

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Intro to Economics

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5-Day Unit Plan Overview

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Day 1 

Economic Decision Making

Video + Comprehension Q's
Visualize opportunity costs and tradeoffs in this fun and immersive video. 

Interactive Practice
Students tackle real-world scenarios to test their understanding of sunk costs. 

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Day 2 

Incentives & Unintended Consequences

Classroom Activity
Auction a dollar bill off for more than a dollar using incentives! 

Interactive Practice
Choose your own policy adventure! Students pick policies and try to avoid unintended consequences. 

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Day 3 

Economic Growth

Video + Comprehension Q's 
Take a journey through millennia of human history, and uncover how the "hockey stick" of growth dramatically reshaped our lives.

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Classroom Activity
Students brainstorm important inventions and discover their clustered emergence in the last 200 years, highlighting the recent explosion in growth.  

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Day 4 

Institutions

Video + Comprehension Q's
After WWII, Korea split in two. Today, their economic disparity is so dramatic that you can see it from space. Why? 

Classroom Activity
Students try their hand at designing an institution to fix a relatable problem: how to fairly grade group projects! 

Featuring:

• High School Economics

• AP Microeconomics

• AP Macroeconomics

Day 5 

Markets and the Invisible Hand 

Video + Comprehension Q's
How does a rose grown in Colombia end up in Chicago for Valentine's Day? Discover the global path a rose takes, directed by the "invisible hand" of economics. 

Gratitude
Students write a thank-you note to someone involved in producing something they enjoy.

Featuring:

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Videos
Introduce key concepts like opportunity cost and tradeoffs.

Stunning Graphics
Slides and videos include graphics and images that make economics relevant and engaging for students.

Unit Plan Details

•Google Docs-based materials for easy     editing and adaptation 

Google Slides for teaching (with    “walkthrough” videos)

Student worksheets available for each    lesson plan

Answer keys available for 
   every assignment

Google Forms available for most 
   Exit Tickets

Assessment bank featuring both multiple    choice and short answer questions (with    answer key)

Videos available through YouTube


Getting Started

1) Fill out this form to request curriculum 
     and answer keys.

2) MRU will verify that you’re a teacher.


3) MRU will send you an email with a link to lesson plans, assignments, and answer keys. 


4) If you have any questions, 
email us!

Outstanding videos and practice questions - nothing like it anywhere. This is reshaping how I teach and what I teach - I have shared it with my colleagues. Thank you for your forward-thinking approach to teaching.

– Dave S., Canada

I've found this new format (connecting video-homework-multiple choice, etc. in a "pill" format) absolutely terrific! 

– Mario S., Spain 

My students loved the globalization lessons. They were really engaged and particularly liked the videos.  

– Kathleen B., USA

I love it! It looks like so much fun to teach. I can't wait.

– Joe P., USA

Globalization is a huge curriculum need. This fills the void.

– Michelle C., USA 

I really enjoyed the curriculum as it made globalization real for the students.

– Michael S., USA 

I will 100% be replacing my current unit on globalization with this!

– Kyle D., USA 

– Testimonials –

Outstanding videos and practice questions - nothing like it anywhere. 
This is reshaping how I teach and what 
I teach - I have shared it with my colleagues. Thank you for your forward-thinking approach to teaching.

– Dave S., Canada

I've found this new format (connecting video-homework-multiple choice, etc. in 
a "pill" format) absolutely terrific! 

– Mario S., Spain 

My students loved the globalization lessons. They were really engaged and particularly liked the videos.  

– Kathleen B., USA

I love it! It looks like so much fun to teach. I can't wait.

– Joe P., USA

Globalization is a huge curriculum need. This fills the void.

– Michelle C., USA

I really enjoyed the curriculum as it made globalization real for the students.

– Michael S., USA

I will 100% be replacing my current unit on globalization with this!

– Kyle D., USA

– Testimonials –

Unit Plan Overview

Day 1 

Economic Decision Making 

Video + Comprehension Q's 

Visualize opportunity costs and tradeoffs in this fun and immersive video. 

Interactive Practice

Students tackle real-world scenarios to test their understanding of sunk costs. 

Featuring:

Day 2 

Incentives & Unintended Consequences 

Classroom Activity 

Auction a dollar bill off for more than a dollar using incentives! 

Interactive Practice 

Choose your own policy adventure! Students pick policies and try to avoid unintended consequences. 

Featuring:

Days 3

Economic Growth

Video + Comprehension Q's 

Take a journey through millennia of human history, and uncover how the "hockey stick" of growth' dramatically reshaped our lives. 

Classroom Activity 

Students brainstorm important inventions and discover their clustered emergence in the last 200 years, highlighting the recent explosion in growth. 

Featuring:

Applicable High School Courses:

• High School Economics

• AP Microeconomics

• AP Macroeconomics

See Standards Alignments

Day 4 

Institutions

Video + Comprehension Q's

After WWII, Korea split in two. Today, their economic disparity is so dramatic that you can see it from space. Why?

Classroom Activity

Students try their hand at designing an institution to fix a relatable problem: how to fairly grade group projects! 

Featuring:

Day 5 

Markets and the Invisible Hand 

Video + Comprehension Q's

How does a rose grown in Colombia end up in Chicago for Valentine's Day? Discover the global path a rose takes, directed by the "invisible hand" of economics.  

Gratitude

Students write a thank-you note to someone involved in producing something they enjoy.

Featuring:

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Intro to Economics

A Game of Unintended Consequences
Students play a choose-your-own adventure game where they face real-world policy decisions.

Real-World Examples 
Show your students that economics is all around them. 

Discover the economic way of thinking!

• 100% free 

5 lesson plans

• Easy-to-use


Get Unit Plan Now!

Interactive Practice

 Students play engaging interactives with real-time feedback. 

 Real-World Examples

 Incorporates real-life examples of economics concepts. 

Teacher Friendly

 Easy-to-understand lesson plans, Google Slides for teaching, activities for students, and answer keys provided via Google Docs.  

Intro to Economics

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Videos 
Introduce key concepts like opportunity cost and tradeoffs.

A Game of Unintended Consequences
Students play a choose your own adventure game where they face real-world policy decisions.

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