Economics


 * Hot Lava Island - [|Online Debriefing] **

Find the document for your group and answer the questions. You may work together and discuss answers. More than one person at a time may enter responses on the document.

Hot Lava Island Evaluation - Answer the questions individually. Please be honest and thoughtful. No one will see your responses except Mrs. H.

__//** Popcorn Economics - **//__ What is the problem? Why does this problem exist? What could be done to solve the problem?

What economic concept does this activity symbolize?

THE OX-CART MAN

How did the family earn money? What good did the wife produce? Where did the man become a consumer? Did he buy goods or services? How did he satisfy the economic wants of his family? Will he be able to be a consumer again? How does the Ox-Cart Man's family meet their basic needs? What is an example of human resources in the story? What are examples of capital goods in the story? What are examples of natural resources? What are examples of specialization?

[|Midwest drought leads to bacon shortage]

[|Trade, Exchange, and Interdependence]


 * [|Opportunity Costs] **

Play some of these games to learn more about Economic concepts.

[|Trading Around the World]

[|Escape from Barter Islands]

[|How much do you know about Goods and Services?]

[|Lemonade Stand]

[|Lemonade Tycoon]

[|Coffee Shop]

[|Cookie Tycoon]

[|Fling the Teacher] by answering economic questions correctly.

[|Economic Vocabulary Hangman]

[|Supply and Demand]

[|Rags to Riches]

[|Battleship Economics]

[|Hoop Shoot] - Economics Vocab

[|Penalty Shootout]- Economic Vocab

[|Dumptown]