Graphing

NOTE: AP Macroeconomics students DO NOT have to know the following topics:
price elasticity of demand, elasticity of supply, other price elasticities, consumer surplus,
producer surplus, price ceiling, and price floor.

** T opic 1.3 Comparative Advantage and Trade

** Topic 1.4 Qu antity Demanded vs. Demand

** Topic 1.5 Qu antity Supplied vs. Supply

** Topics 1.4 C and 1.5 Demand and Supply Determinants

Unit 2: Economic Indicators

** Topic 2.1 The Circular Flow and GDP

** Topic 2.2 Limitations of GDP (What is NOT Included in GDP)

** T opic 2.6 Real v Nominal GDP (Using FRED graph)

** T opic 2.7 Business Cycles

** T opic 2.3 Unemployment (Using FRED graph)

** T opic 2.3 Labor Force Participation Rate (Using FRED graph)

** T opic 2.4 Price Indices and Inflation (Using FRED graph)

** Topic 2.5 Cost of Inflation

** Topic 1.6 Market Disequilibrium and Changes in Equilibrium (Shortage and Surplus)

** Topic 3.1 Aggregate Demand (AD) Definitions and Graph

** Topic 3.2 Multipliers (Micro View)

** Topic 3.7 Long-Run Self-Adjustment

Topic 3.8 Fiscal Policy (Fiscal Policy Ship Simulation)

** Topic 3.3 Short-Run Aggregate Supply (SRAS) Definitions and Graphing

** Topic 3.4 Long-Run Aggregate Supply (LRAS) Slope of LRAS

** Topic 3.5 Equilibrium in the ASAD Model (ASAD)

** Topic 3.6 Changes in the ASAD Model (ASAD)

** Topic 3.9 Automatic Stabilizers

Unit 4: Financial Sector

** Topic 4.1 and 4. 2 Financial Assets and Nominal vs.Real Interest Rates

** Topic 4.3 Definition, Measurement, and Function of Money

** Topic 4.7 Loanable Funds Questions, II

** Topic 4.7 Loanable Funds Graph Definitions and Terms

** Topic 3.1 Aggregate Demand (AD) Components of and Graph

** Topic 3.4 Long-Run Aggregate Supply (LRAS) Graphing

** Topic 3.4 Long-Run Aggregate Supply (LRAS) Terminology of LRAS

** Topic 3.3 Short-Run Aggregate Supply (SRAS) Components of and Graphing

** Topic 3.8 Fiscal Policy Definitions and Graphing

Topic 3.8 Fiscal Policy (Debt Clock)

** Topic 3.2 Multipliers (Expenditures Table)

** Topic 3.2 Multipliers (Q uestions)

** Topic 3.2 Multipliers (Definitions and Formulas)

** Topic 3.2 Multipliers (Calculations and Graphing)

** Topics 3.1 - 3.7 Reffonomics Baseball: ASAD and the Multiplier

** T opics 2.1 - 2.7 R effonomics Baseball -- Economic Indicators and Bus. Cycle

** Topics 1.1 - 1.3 Reffonomics Baseball -- Basic Concepts

** T opics 1.4 - 1.5 Reffonomics Baseball -- Supply and Demand

NOTE: Inside the link below, students no longer have to know
the difference between Classical and Keynesian Thought.

Topic 3.8 Fiscal Policy The Federal Budget

Topic 4.7 Two FRQs on Loanable Funds

Topic 3.8 Fiscal Policy Debt v. Deficit

Topic 4.7 Loanable Funds and ASAD Side-by-Side Graphs

Topic 4.7 L oanable Funds (40 Multiple Choice Questions)

** Topic 4.3 Recollections of Pine Gulch (The Creation of Money Allegory)

** Topic 4.1 F inancial Assets (Bond Prices and a Change in Interest Rates)

** Topic 4.7 Loanable Funds Graph (Drawings, along with Questions)

** T opic 4.7 Loanable Funds eTextbook (Enlarge Graphs inside of eTextbook)

Topic 4.1 Financial Assets (Government Bonds)

** Topic 4.1 Financial Assets (Government Bonds)

** Topic 4.7 Loanable Funds Questions, I

** Topic 5.6 Economic Growth, Aggregate Production Function, and Formulas

** Topic 2.6 Formulas for Nominal GDP, RGDP, and GDP Deflator

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AP Macroeconomics Activities and Graphs
to pass the May Exam

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WSJ Article Interactive Lessons for Units 1 - 6 Post-Pandemic (2020 - 2022)

3-Minute Bell Work Video + 3 Interactive Multiple Choice Questions

3 -Minute Bell Work Video + 3 Interactive Multiple Choice Questions

WSJ Article Interactive Lessons for Units 1 - 6 Post-Pandemic (2020 - 2022)

Unit 1: Basic Macroconomic Concepts

** Topic 1.1 Terms in Economics

** Topic 1.1 Current Events : The Difference Between Scarcity and Shortage

** Topic 1.2 P PC I nteractive Table and Graph

** Topic 1.2 PPC (increasing-cost, decreasing-cost, or constant-cost?)

Topic 1.3 Interactive Activity on Absolute and Comparative Advantage

** Topic 1.2 Interactive Constant-Cost PPC Graph

** Topic 1.2 Interactive Increasing-Cost PPC Graph

**Topic 1.1 eTextbook -- Introduction to Economics (Scarcity & Opportunity Cost)

** Topic 1.2 Production-Possibilities Frontier (Silent Movie)

Topic 1.2 Production-Possibilities Curve, Part III

Topic 1.2 Production-Possibilities Curve, Part I

** Topic 1.3 e Textbook -- Production-Possibilities Curve, Part II

Below you will find links to an eTextbook. If you like any of the graphs and
activities found inside these eTextbook links, all you have to do is click on the
link and then enlarge the interactive graph or interactive activity you like to
show it to the class.

** Topic 1.3 I nteractive PPC Graphs (2 Output and 2 Input Questions)

Topic 1.3 I nteractive PPC Graphs (Create Your Own Output and Input Questions)

Topic 1.3 Interactive Increasing-, Decreasing- and Constant-Cost PPC Graphs

TEST YOUR STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE NEARLY EVERY DAY!

Each unit starts with 3 Bell Starter Videos with 3 Starter Questions and the WSJ
Article Interactive lessons for Unit 1 - Unit 6 that cover economic concepts
following the Pandemic Recession (2020 - 2022).

Topic 1.4 Q uantity Demanded (Qd) (10 questions)

Topic 1.4 D eterminants of Demand (D) (9 questions)

Topic 1.4 D eterminants of Demand (D) (8 questions)

Topic 1.5 Quantity Supplied (Qs) (10 questions)

Topic 1.5 Determinants of Supplied (S) (6 questions)

Topic 1.5 Determinants of Supply (S) (5 questions)

Topics 1.4 and 1.5 Review: Supply and Demand (Silent Movie)

Topics 1.4 and 1.6 Review: 20 Multiple Choice Questions on Supply and Demand

Topics 1.4 and 1.6 Review: 25 Multiple Choice Questions on Supply and Demand

** Topics 1.6 S hortage and Surplus Interactive Activity, Part I

** Topics 1.6 Market Equilibrium & Disequilibrium, & C hanges to Equilbrium

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WSJ Article Interactive Lessons for Units 1 - 6 Post-Pandemic (2020 - 2022)

3-Minute Bell Work Video + 3 Interactive Multiple Choice Questions

Unit 2: Interactive Activities and Graphs

Unit 1: Interactive Activities and Graphs

** Topic 2.7 B usiness Cycle Interactive Questions Activity

Topic 2.6 F ormulas Using a Pyramid

** Topic 2.6 GDP Deflator, Nominal GDP, Real GDP, GDP Deflator (2016 - 2019) Activity

Topics 2.1 - 2.7 27 Multiple Choice Questions for Unit 2: Economic Indicators

Unit 3: Economic Indicators

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WSJ Article Interactive Lessons for Units 1 - 6 Post-Pandemic (2020 - 2022)

3-Minute Bell Work Video + 3 Interactive Multiple Choice Questions

Unit 3: Interactive Activities and Graphs

Unit 4: Interactive Activities and Graphs

Unit 5: Interactive Activities and Graphs

Unit 6: Interactive Activities and Graphs

NOTE: Inside the lessons below students in AP Macroeconomics do NOT have to know the areas of
Consumer and Producer Surplus on the supply and demand graph inside this next activity.

WSJ Article Interactive Lessons for Units 1 - 6 Post-Pandemic (2020 - 2022)

3-Minute Bell Work Video + 3 Interactive Multiple Choice Questions

NOTE: AP Macroeconomics students DO NOT have to know simultaneous shifts in S & D

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