Description

Make AP Macroeconomics Unit 6 more interactive with six FREE Nearpod activities designed to help students practice international trade and finance concepts while giving teachers real-time insight into student understanding.

These ready-to-use activities align with AP Macroeconomics Unit 6: Open Economy—International Trade and Finance and cover all six topics in the College Board’s AP Macroeconomics Course and Exam Description (CED).

What’s Included?

You’ll receive a downloadable PDF containing links to six interactive Nearpod activities:

• Topic 6.1 – Balance of Payments Accounts
• Topic 6.2 – Exchange Rates
• Topic 6.3 – The Foreign Exchange Market
• Topic 6.4 – Effect of Changes in Policies and Economic Conditions on the Foreign Exchange Market
• Topic 6.5 – Changes in the Foreign Exchange Market and Net Exports
• Topic 6.6 – Real Interest Rates and International Capital Flows

Why Use Nearpod in Your AP Economics Classroom?

Nearpod makes it easier to turn classroom practice into meaningful formative assessment.

As students work through the activities, you can monitor their responses in real time, identify misconceptions, and provide immediate feedback.

This is especially valuable in Unit 6, where students must interpret foreign exchange market graphs, analyze currency appreciation and depreciation, explain the effects of exchange rate changes on net exports, and understand how changes in real interest rates influence international capital flows.

These interactive activities are useful for reinforcing lessons, checking for understanding, reviewing important concepts, and encouraging active student participation.

How to Access the Activities

1. Download the PDF containing the six Nearpod activity links.
2. Click each link to add a copy of the activity to your Nearpod Library.
3. Customize the activities as needed and use them with your students.

A free Nearpod account is required. Once added to your library, the activities can be edited to fit your classroom needs.

Important Information

Already purchased my AP Macroeconomics Cornell notes? These are the same Nearpod activities included with my Cornell notes products, so you do not need to download them again.

This resource is licensed for individual, single-classroom teacher use. Additional licenses are required for sharing with other teachers.