Economics for the IB Diploma Digital Teacher's Resource

Economics for the IB Diploma Digital Teacher's Resource

Author/s: Ellie Tragakes, Peter Rock-Lacroix

Format: Digital eBook

Develop the next generation of economic minds with this thought-provoking series for first examinations 2022.

Developed by authors with wide ranging experience of teaching and examining, this comprehensive guide provides support for exam preparation and practice, as well as answers to questions and activities from the coursebook.

Detailed teaching notes for each chapter include guidance around learning and assessment objectives, suggested activities, advice on handling misconceptions and details of subject specific vocabulary.

PowerPoint slides featuring diagrams from the book are also available to use when teaching.

Features:

• Overview of each chapter with guidance around learning objectives and assessment objectives to give you a clear understanding of coursebook content and syllabus coverage

• Teaching ideas for each chapter with a range of suggested activities to help you engage your students

• Advice on real-world examples and TOK features to help your students put economic theory into practice

• Guidance around exam preparation and practice to support you in planning for assessment

• Details of subject specific vocabulary to help you ensure your students can understand and use appropriate terms and key course concepts in their work 

• Answers to the activities from the coursebook and to the exam-style questions/papers from the digital coursebook

• Extra worksheets for each chapter from the coursebook provide a wealth of extra practice: choose from a variety of exercises, such as multiple-choice questions, crosswords, diagram practice questions and Paper 1, 2 and 3 exam-style questions (with mark schemes)

• PowerPoints with diagrams from the book for use in class

Contents:

Introduction to the Student and Teacher
Unit 1. Introduction to Economics: Chapter 1. The Foundations of Economics
Unit 2. Microeconomics: Chapter 2. Competitive markets: demand and supply
Chapter 3. Elasticities
Chapter 4. Government intervention in microeconomics
Chapter 5. Market failure and socially undesirable outcomes I: Common pool resources and negative externalities
Chapter 6. Market failure and socially undesirable outcomes II: Positive externalities, public goods, asymmetric information and inability to achieve equity
Chapter 7. Market failure and socially undesirably outcomes III: Market power (HL only)
Unit 3. Macroeconomics: Chapter 8. The level of overall economic activity
Chapter 9. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply
Chapter 10. Macroeconomic objectives I: Low unemployment, low and stable rate of inflation
Chapter 11. Macroeconomic objectives II: Economic growth, sustainable level of debt
Chapter 12. Economics of inequality and poverty
Chapter 13. Demand-side and supply-side policies
Unit 4. The Global Economy: Chapter 14. International trade: Part 1
Chapter 15. International trade: Part 2
Chapter 16. Exchange rates and the balance of payments
Chapter 17. Further topics on exchange rates and the balance of payments (HL only)
Chapter 18. Understanding economic development
Chapter 19. Barriers to economic growth and economic development
Chapter 20. Strategies to promote economic growth and economic development
Glossary.