What is the relationship over time between unemployment and inflation? Learners explore this question using authentic College Board problems. Other questions evaluate the supply and demand of loanable funds and the concept of gross domestic product.

Concepts

supply and demand, gross domestic product, employment, interest rates, deficits, inflation, macroeconomics, test preparation

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a case study using one of the graphing problems
• Use all or part of assessment to review for the AP® exam

Classroom Considerations

• Resource provides the free-response questions from the 2005 AP® Macroeconomics exam

Pros

• Materials make it easy to incorporate the resource into larger lessons
• Resource gives test takers an opportunity for authentic test practice

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