Description

Make AP Macroeconomics Unit 1 more interactive with six FREE Nearpod activities designed to help students practice basic economic concepts while giving teachers real-time insight into student understanding.

These ready-to-use activities align with AP Macroeconomics Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts 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 1.1 – Scarcity
• Topic 1.2 – Opportunity Cost and the Production Possibilities Curve (PPC)
• Topic 1.3 – Comparative Advantage and Gains from Trade
• Topic 1.4 – Demand
• Topic 1.5 – Supply
• Topic 1.6 – Market Equilibrium, Disequilibrium, and Changes in Equilibrium

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 1, where students must understand opportunity cost, interpret production possibilities curves, determine comparative advantage, and analyze changes in supply, demand, and market equilibrium.

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 notes? These are the same Nearpod activities included with my 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.