Economics
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Subject Area: Social Studies | Grade Level: 6
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Produce, economic questions
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will get a baseline understanding of economics.

  • Other SS6E7 Analyze different economic systems. rna. Compare how traditional, command, and market economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, and 3-for whom to produce.
Video : 3 Basic Economic Questions
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Resources : Economics Powerpoint
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Economics Powerpoint
This powerpoint explains the economic questions and types of economies.
Quiz : Economics Vocabulary Quiz
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1

What is a community of people living in a particular region and having shared customs, laws, and organizations?

Question #2

What is exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money?

Question #3

In which economy is most of the economic decisions are made based on customs and the habit of how such decisions were made in the past?

Question #4

Which economy is located on a continuum between a pure market and a pure command economy?

Question #5

Which economy is one in which society’s economic decisions are made by individuals?

Question #6

In which economy does govement planning groups make most of the basic economic decisions?

Question #7

A type of trade barrier in which the govement liimits the amount of goods that can be brought in from another country.

Question #8

A trade barrier in which the govement does not allow any trade to happen.

Video : What is Economics?
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.