While inflation is an expected part of the economy, how does it affect other factors, such as loan and interest rates? Learners consider questions such as these in authentic College Board materials. Other practice questions include production possibilities prompts and queries that consider various full-employment scenarios.

Concepts

interest rates, the unemployment rate, employment, test preparation, macroeconomics, capital resources, consumer goods, recessions, inflation

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use problem sets to reinforce direct instruction of content
• Offer one or more problems as a group work activity

Classroom Considerations

• The questions are from the 2013 AP® Macroeconomics exam

Pros

• Materials are easy to adapt into case studies or other classroom activities
• Scoring guidelines make student feedback easy

Cons

• None

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