After considering the role that gasoline plays in our lives and our dependence on it as a society, learners participate in a reading activity discussing why oil prices are increasing. They will then simulate being members of a committee that must review a bill to suspend a fuel tax, acting as special interest groups and legislators.

Concepts

special interest groups, supply and demand, economics, natural resources, gasoline, taxes, the legislative process, consumer goods

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Additional Tags

special interest groups, elastic demand, supply and demand, social studies

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Classroom Considerations

• The lesson plan was designed for North Carolina, but the activity and lesson objectives can be adapted for other state's policies

Pros

• Includes well-designed worksheets that call for critical thinking skills, including graph analysis, evaluations, and drawing predictions and conclusions
• All activity and instructional materials included

Cons

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.3 SL.11-12.1.a SL.11-12.3 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.3