Employment & Unemployment - Year 2 A-Level Macro Economics - Whole Lesson

An in-depth look at how unemployment can impact an economy. This lesson looks at voluntary and involuntary unemployment in a lot of detail. Lesson Aim: Students will understand the different types, consequences and impact of unemployment to an economy. The lesson covers the following topics:

• The Causes of Real Wage Unemployment
• The Natural Rate of Unemployment
• Factors Determining the Natural Rate of Unemployment
• Reducing the Natural Rate of Unemployment
• NAIRU
• The Consequences of Unemployment
• Hysteresis & Unemployment

The lesson includes exam style questions, examples, diagrams, a research task and a fun end of lesson game. This detailed PPT will easily last 2 hours and will give students a real understanding of how unemployment impacts an economy.