Intro to Economics | Complete Unit | Scarcity, choice, opportunity cost | Basic Economic Problem

This is a comprehensive unit to teach and review ‘Introduction to Economics’. It includes economic participants, scarcity, choices, opportunity cost and the basic economic problem.

Includes:
PowerPoint- It is non-editable, so open as READ ONLY. The 28 slide PowerPoint gives a full overview of the unit. This helps to introduce and review important concepts.

Summary Notes
• An engaging summary to help students with understanding the topic and revision. It includes keywords, easy to read bullet points, infographics and images.

Worksheet(s)
Various comprehensive activities to embed and review the theory of this unit.

Worksheet 1: For revision of the theory. It has prompts and spaces to encourage the students to complete their own revision notes. (PRINT Colour/BW versions or DIGITAL fillable PDF available)
Worksheet 2: Four page definitions worksheet to check student understanding of the key terms from this topic. (PRINT Colour/BW versions or DIGITAL fillable PDF available)
Version 1: Includes a given definition and space for the students to explain/ put it in their own words.
Version 2: Includes the keyword, students must find the definitions themselves and rewrite it in their own words to show understanding.
Worksheet 3: Student activity to help them to discover the main concepts in the topic. This can be completed individually or in a group. Students are given a scenario, profiles and resources to allocate. They must make choices and explain each one, this teaches them about the basic economic problem.

FILLABLE PDF versions are available for all 3 worksheets, so they can
be used DIGITALLY.

These are very popular with my senior/ Leaving Certificate students.