Gross domestic product can be a telling indicator about the health of a country, but it has limitations. Learners examine common indicators using structured prompts and problem sets from the College Board. Other practice problems include examinations of investment and the effects of an increase in demand for money.

Concepts

interest rates, supply and demand, macroeconomics, test preparation, fiscal policy, monetary policy, gross domestic product

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Offer all or part of assessment to help learners practice for the College Board exam
• Use problem sets to reinforce direct instruction

Classroom Considerations

• Comprised of the free-response questions from the 1999 AP® Macroeconomics exam

Pros

• Questions are adaptable to a variety of uses
• Structured approach of questions allows for scaffolding

Cons

• Problems do not use the real-world approach of later examinations

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.10