Economics: A Christian Worldview – Christian School Teacher Resources and Downloads (Quick Access)
Classroom Activities/Handouts
Home Economics Throwback • National Milk Committee • Stewardship Scenarios • Normal Economics, or God at Work? 1 • Justice or Overreach? • Spot the Assumption! • Rights Violation, or Just Business? • Normal Economics, or God at Work? 2 • Problem A, Meet Problem B • Is Capitalism Selfish? (Discussion Guide) • Human Nature in Action • Short Answer & True/False Review Questions • Snappy Answers to Economic Questions 1 • Equal Rights, or Something Else? • Tuition Freeze Plan • God and Riches (Discussion Guide) • “President Obama and ATMs” (Discussion Guide) • “Bison and the Tragedy of the Commons” (Discussion Guide) • Private Property Analysis • The Bible and Wealth Scenarios • Snappy Answers to Economic Questions 2 • The Tragedy of the Commons Children’s Tale • The Land of Limited Stuff • Rumble in the Marketplace: Austrian vs. Keynesian“ • Seven Economic Truths” (Discussion Guide) • “The Department of Everything” Challenge • Fraud, Force, or Freedom? • Tackle It, or Too Far? • Marxist & Capitalist Views of Profit (Discussion Guide) • Profit or Not? & Myth vs. Reality: Profit Edition • The Magic of Markets • The Magic of Markets (Simplified Version) • The Magic of Markets – Student Bag Rating (Excel Spreadsheet) • “5 Socialism Myths, Part 1” & “The Trabant” (Discussion Guide) • “5 Socialism Myths, Part 2” (Discussion Guide) • “How Fully Private, No-Insurance Hospitals Help the Common Man” • Phony Choice, Myth, or Reality? • Snappy Answers to Economics Questions 3 • “Socialism Is Force” (Discussion Guide) • Space Aliens and Bad Economics • The Broken Window Fairy Tale • Why Would Anyone DO That? • Why Would Anyone DO That? – PowerPoint Slides • Spot the Economic Fairy Tale • Price, Supply, and Demand Simulator • Short Films on Inflation (Discussion Guide) • “Hans Hermann-Hoppe Rips Paul Krugman on Money Printing” (Discussion Guide) • “Bad Government Brings Bad Inflation” (Discussion Guide) • “Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman on Bloomberg TV – April 30, 2012” (Discussion Guide) • Short Films on “Price Gouging” (Discussion Guide) • “Why Grocery Stores Run So Much More Efficiently than DMVs” (Discussion Guide, Handout) • “The Cantillon Effect” (Discussion Guide) • “I, Frozen Peas” & “I, Copy Paper” • Seen vs. Unseen Headline Detective • Short Films on Bureaucracy (Discussion Guide) • “Local Government Privatization 101” • “Why Jobs Don’t Justify Government Spending” • “Public Works: Peter Schiff vs. Paul Krugman (Potholes & Teachers)” (Discussion Guide) • Impossible Monopoly Questions • “Monopoly – Milton Friedman” (Discussion Guide) • “Monopolies Are Good When Government Creates Them?” • “Who Pays Tariffs?” & Sugar Quota Fact Sheet (Discussion Guide, Handout) • Tariff Truth, Twist, or Trash? • Newspaper Headline and Story • Who’s Afraid of Saving? • The Invention Problem • Not Very “Stimulating” At All (Discussion Guide, Handout) • Minimum Wage Films (Discussion Guide) • Minimum Wage Films (Discussion Guide) • “Union Violence” (Discussion Guide) • What Happens Next? (Part 1) • Snappy Answers to Economics Questions 4 • “Privately Owned Roads Would End Congestion” • “He’s Filled 600 Potholes in Memory of His Son” (Discussion Guide) • “Richard Ankrom’s L.A. Highway Sign” (Discussion Guide) • The Luxury Job Game • Socialism and Medical Care • Economics Bible Verse Rewrites/Poems • “The Luxury Tax Myth” • “How a ‘Luxury Tax’ Crashed the Boat Industry and Killed 25,000 Jobs” (Discussion Guide) • What Happens Next? (Part 2) • Chapter X for Five-Year-Olds • Natures of Rulers, Natures of People • Snappy Answers to Economics Questions 5 • Bonus Time 1 • Bonus Time 2
Games
Crossword 1 • Crossword 2 • Crossword 3 • Crossword 4 • Crossword 5 • Crossword 6 • The Mother of All Economics Crossword Puzzles
Word Search 1 • Word Search 2 • Tic-Tac-Toe
Economics-tionary 1 • Economics-tionary 2 • Economics-tionary 3
Connect Four 1 • Connect Four 2 • Connect Four 3
Hangman 1 • Hangman 2
The RPS Trade Game
Quizzes & Tests
Quiz 1: Instructions • Version A • Version B • Blank Template
Quiz 2: Instructions • Version A • Version B • Blank Template
Quiz 3: Instructions • Version A • Version B • Blank Template
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Quiz 9: Instructions • Version A • Version B • Blank Template
Test 1: Instructions • Test 1 • Blank Template
Test 2: Instructions • Test 2 • Blank Template
Test 3: Instructions • Test 3 • Blank Template
Test 4: Instructions • Test 4 • Blank Template
Test 5 (Final): Instructions • Test 5 • Blank Template
Short Film Links
“Capitalism Is Selfishness” • “Is Capitalism Moral?” • “God Providing Finances Testimony” • “President Obama and ATMs” • “Bison and the Tragedy of the Commons” • “Seven Economic Truths” • “Marx’s Labor Exploitation Theory” • “But Who Gets the Profit?” • “5 Socialism Myths, Part 1” • “The Trabant Was an Awful Car Made by Communists” • “5 Socialism Myths, Part 2” • “Socialism Is Force” • “Krugman Calls for Space Aliens to Fix U.S. Economy” • “Biden’s Economic Advisor Tries and Fails to Explain How Money Works” • “Inflation in Zimbabwe” • “Hans Hermann-Hoppe Rips Paul Krugman on Money Printing” • “Bad Government Brings Bad Inflation” • “Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman on Bloomberg TV – April 30, 2012” • “Kamala Harris Says She Will Ban ‘Price Gauging'” • “The Myth of ‘Price Gouging'” • “The Cantillon Effect” • “How Frozen Peas Are Made” • “How Paper Is Made” • “The Problem with Bureaucracy” • “Why Government Can’t Build Broadband or Charging Stations…or Anything!” • “Postmaster General Covers Ears During Oversight Hearing” • “Sandy Springs, Georgia: The City That Outsourced Everything” • “Public Works: Peter Schiff vs. Paul Krugman (Potholes & Teachers)” • “Monopoly – Milton Friedman” • “Who Pays Tariffs?” • “Why High Taxes Benefit the Rich, Explained”” • “California Dreamin’: Minimum Wage Hikes Lead to Fewer Jobs and Higher Prices” • “How Minimum Wage Laws Discriminate” • “Classic Stossel: Minimum Wage” • “Pelosi’s Double Standard on the Minimum Wage” • “Union Violence” • “He’s Filled 600 Potholes in Memory of His Son” • “Richard Ankrom’s L.A. Highway Sign” • “Health Care Is a Mess…But Why?” • “The Worst Thing About Health Care Is Socialism” • “How a ‘Luxury Tax’ Crashed the Boat Industry and Killed 25,000 Jobs”
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