Page One Economics Resources to Teach AP Macroeconomics
Page One Economics® Articles Aligned with the AP Macroeconomics Curriculum
Keep your students in the know on timely economic issues with Page One Economics®. Each of these articles provides a simple, short overview of a current economic event that offers students an opportunity to use close reading strategies.
The Teacher’s Guide in each article includes student questions and a teacher answer key, plus additional resources and lesson ideas for classroom, extra credit, or make-up assignments. To find the answer key, or to assign Page One Economics® as an online learning resource, register for an Econ Lowdown teacher account.
AP Macroeconomics Units and Topics are shown below, followed by the relevant Page One Economics® articles.
Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts
Topics
- Scarcity
- Opportunity cost and the production possibilities curve
- Comparative advantage and gains from trade
- Supply and demand
- Market equilibrium, disequilibrium, and changes in equilibrium
Relevant Articles
Does International Trade Create Winners and Losers?
The Global Economy: It’s a Small World After All
Money and Missed Opportunities
Unit 2: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle
Topics
- The circular flow and GDP
- Unemployment
- Price indices and inflation
- Real vs. nominal GDP
- Business cycles
Relevant Articles
Making Sense of the Ups and Downs of Prices
Making Sense of Unemployment Data
Money and Inflation: A Functional Relationship
Should We Fear the Inverted Yield Curve?
Why Scarce Resources Are Sometimes Unemployed
What's in Your Market Basket? Why Your Inflation Rate Might Differ from the Average
Unit 3: National Income and Price Determination
Topics
- Aggregate demand
- Short-run and long-run aggregate supply
- Equilibrium and changes in the aggregate demand‒aggregate supply model
- Fiscal policy
Relevant Articles
Unit 4: Financial Sector
Topics
- Financial assets
- Definition, measurement, and functions of money
- Banking and the expansion of the money supply
- Monetary policy
Relevant Articles
Bitcoin: Money or Financial Investment?
Independence, Accountability, and the Federal Reserve System
A New Frontier: Monetary Policy with Ample Reserves
Unit 5: Long-Run Consequences of Stabilization Policies
Topics
- The Phillips curve
- Money growth and inflation
- Government deficits and national debt
- Crowding out
- Economic growth
Unit 6: Open Economy—International Trade and Finance
Topics
- Balance of payments accounts
- Exchange rates and the foreign exchange market
- Effects of changes in policies and economic conditions on the foreign exchange market
- Changes in the foreign exchange market and net exports
- Real interest rates and international capital flows
Relevant Articles
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