101 Activators Icebreakers Bell Ringers Hooks for High School Economics

Do you want to start of every class period with an exciting hook, activator, icebreaker, or activity for your High School Economics course?

This is the activity for you and your class!

Included are 101 activators and icebreakers for Economics course.

Included are the following resources:

1. Powerpoint
2. PDF version of the assignment for printable option of Note Packet
3. Fillable Google Slides Activity for Student assignment in Google Slides for digital option
4. Editable version for teachers (PPT and Google Slides)

Each activity has a writing prompt, or a reflective activity to help "hook" your students for the days lesson.

Main topics:

1. Fundamental

2. Microeconomics

3. Macroeconomics

4. International

5. Personal Finance

Concepts Covered:

1. Scarcity
2. Opportunity Cost
3. Factors of Production
4. Cost-Benefit Analysis
5. Production Possibilities Frontier
6. Markets
7. Demand
8. Supply
9. Elasticity
10. Supply and Demand
11. Price Floors
12. Price Ceilings
13. Equilibrium
14. Business Organizations
15. Market Structures
16. Gross Domestic Product
17. Nominal and Real GDP
18. Unemployment Rate
19. Labor Force
20. Frictional Unemployment
21. Structural Unemployment
22. Cyclical Unemployment
23. Seasonal Unemployment
24. Inflation
25. Market Basket
26. Consumer Price Index
27. Effect of Inflation
28. Business Cycle
29. Functions of Money
30. Banking
31. Federal Reserve
32. Central Banking
33. Fractional Reserve System
34. Bonds
35. Monetary Policy
36. Fiscal Policy
37. Progressive Taxes
38. Proportional Taxes
39. Regressive Taxes
40. Comparative and Absolute Advantage
41. International Trade
42. Foreign Exchange
43. Specialization
44. Exchange Rates
45. Interest Rates
46. Discounting
47. Compound Interest
48. Simple Interest
49. Insurance
50. Credit Cards
51. Debit Cards
52. Risk Aversion