Suppose a country increases its budget deficit. How would such an increase affect businesses and the exchange rate? Learners consider what happens and ponder other questions from College Board that look at employment, supply and demand, and labor productivity. 

Concepts

macroeconomics, test preparation, the labor force, deficits, interest rates, supply and demand, exchange rates

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Create case studies to make the problems come alive for learners
• Offer some or all of the assessment to review for the AP® exam

Classroom Considerations

• Questions are from form B of the 2005 AP® Macroeconomics exam

Pros

• Sample responses and rubrics make feedback simple
• Materials are easy to adapt to activities for additional 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