Wichita falls ISD
[Economics]
Lesson Planner
Unit [1]: [Production Possibilities Curve]
Objectives
Skills: The student will be able to…
 Interpret a production possibilities curve.
 Demonstrate how production possibilities curves show efficiency, growth, and cost.
 Understand that a country’s production possibilities depend on its available resources and
technology.
Lesson Information
Activities
Lesson 2
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Vocabulary
 Production
possibilities curve
Knowledge Building
Class discussion explaining how to draw the PPC  Production
possibilities frontier
and it uses.
Explain what causes growth in the economy
and how it is shown on the PPC.
Activities
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Have students create a poster with a PPC that
shows constant opportunity cost and a PPC that
shows increasing opportunity cost. Each PPC
should have three points labeled A, B, and C.
Point A should be on the curve, point B should
be inside the curve, and point C should be
outside the curve. Students should create a
legend that explains what each point is.
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Bell Ringer
Write the prompt on the board “What does an
economy do to create more of any product if all
resources are fixed.” Students should write
down their answers as they walk in. Use the
first couple minutes of class to allow students
to explain their answers.
Re-enforcement
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Have students complete the PPC worksheet
Additional Information
Materials/Resources
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c24MBi26tgQ
Wichita Falls ISD (2013-2014)
Notes from Council
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TEKS
1A, 1B, 5B,
12A, 16B,
22A, 23A,
23B, 23F,
24A, 24D,
26A, 26B
Efficiency
Underutilization
Cost
Law of increasing costs
Parent Resources
 Economics Principles in Action CH 1 Sec
 http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=mne&wcsuf
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Wichita Falls ISD (2013-2014)