Title: GDP: What is it?
Course: Indiana Economics Sample Syllabus > Section: Unit 5: National Economic Performance

GDP: What Is It? Is one of three short modules that are part of  a series GDP and Pizza: Economics for Life. The series is designed to help students in civics, economics and other social studies classes grasp challenging economic content - and to explain why these topics are important for citizens to understand.

This first short module, GDP: What Is It? covers:

- the definition Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
- the components of GDP
- per capita GDP

The module includes interactive checks for understanding, video clips explaining concepts and everyday examples that will make sense to students. In addition, students complete a pre- and post-test to assess learning.