A 20-slide presentation that introduces students to the concept of human and natural capital. This presentation includes an activity that is designed to help students understand the concept of the ''Natural resource curse'', as well as finding ways on how a country could avoid this phenomenon. The presentation encourages critical thinking and provides practical examples of human capital on both the level of microeconomics, as well as macroeconomics. This one-hour-long lesson is primarily made for highly advanced 17-18 year students or for higher-level education. The key learning outcomes are: Identifying the forms of capital; Understanding the relevance of human capital to economic growth; Identifying key ideas in regards to human capital theory; Understanding the impact of the ‘’Natural resource curse’’; Analyzing the way human and natural capital can be measured.

I have found that it is very helpful to provide students with a very general overview of what is expected of them when writing a short research paper. This is primarily meant for students aged 16 and above, but can also be used for higher education or whole-life learning. The presentation provides a detailed idea of how to prepare an abstract and advises on what structure and methodology a student could use to write their paper. The structure of the paper proposed primarily conforms to the APA guidelines. The lesson includes three activities that are designed to help the student understand best practices in formulating their key hypothesis, performing a literature review and performing simple data analysis. The presentation generally goes through the following topics: 1. Deciding upon a topic; 2. Writing your thesis; 3. Performing a literature review; 4. Finding data that supports your hypothesis; 5. Tips on writing a theoretical discussion; 6. Data analysis; 7. Understanding the impact of the results.