Real-World Examples
Butter mountains, fancy planes, cheese caves, and bad Soviet cars all came from price controls.
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Price Ceilings
and Price Floors
Getting Started
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4) If you have any questions, email us!
Unit Plan Details
• Google Docs-based materials for easy editing and adaptation
• Google Slides for teaching (with “walkthrough” videos)
• Student worksheets available for each lesson plan
• Answer keys available for every assignment
• Assessment bank featuring both multiple choice and short answer questions (with answer key)
• Videos available through YouTube
Price Ceilings
and Price Floors
GDP: A Measure
of Economic Health
• 100% free
• 3 lesson plans
• Easy-to-use
Engaging Activities
Students play engaging interactives with real-time feedback.
Teacher Friendly
Easy-to-understand lesson plans, Google Slides for teaching, activities for students, and answer keys provided.
Real-World Examples
Incorporates real-life examples
of economics concepts.
GDP: A Measure
of Economic Health
Applicable High School Courses:
3-Day Unit Plan Overview
Day 1
Price Ceilings
Video + Comprehension Q's
Explore the unexpected consequences of President Nixon's price freeze.
Interactive Practice
Identify how price ceilings affect the quantity sold, consumer and producer surplus, and deadweight loss.
Featuring:
Day 2
Price Floors
Video
Caves filled with cheese, Got Milk ads — there’s no telling where a price floor will take you!
Interactive Practice
Use an interactive supply and demand graph to master the effects of price floors on quantity sold, consumer and producer surplus, and deadweight loss.
Featuring:
• High School Economics
• AP Microeconomics
• AP Macroeconomics
Day 3
Price Controls in the Wild
Classroom Activity
Students compete to guess all the unintended consequences of rent control.
Featuring:
Videos
Journey back to the 1970s when President Nixon's price freeze led to bizarre outcomes, from gas shortages to drowning baby chicks.
Real-World Examples
Butter mountains, fancy planes, cheese caves, and bad Soviet cars all came from price controls.
Unit Plan Details
•Google Docs-based materials for easy editing and adaptation
•Google Slides for teaching (with “walkthrough” videos)
•Student worksheets available for each lesson plan
•Answer keys available for
every assignment
•Assessment bank featuring both multiple choice and short answer questions (with answer key)
•Videos available through YouTube
Getting Started
1) Fill out this form to request curriculum
and answer keys.
2) MRU will verify that you’re a teacher.
3) MRU will send you an email with a link to lesson plans, assignments, and answer keys.
4) If you have any questions, email us!
Outstanding videos and practice questions - nothing like it anywhere. This is reshaping how I teach and what I teach - I have shared it with my colleagues. Thank you for your forward-thinking approach to teaching.
– Dave S., Canada
I've found this new format (connecting video-homework-multiple choice, etc. in a "pill" format) absolutely terrific!
– Mario S., Spain
My students loved the globalization lessons. They were really engaged and particularly liked the videos.
– Kathleen B., USA
I love it! It looks like so much fun to teach. I can't wait.
– Joe P., USA
Globalization is a huge curriculum need. This fills the void.
– Michelle C., USA
I really enjoyed the curriculum as it made globalization real for the students.
– Michael S., USA
I will 100% be replacing my current unit on globalization with this!
– Kyle D., USA
– Testimonials –
Outstanding videos and practice questions - nothing like it anywhere.
This is reshaping how I teach and what
I teach - I have shared it with my colleagues. Thank you for your forward-thinking approach to teaching.
– Dave S., Canada
I've found this new format (connecting video-homework-multiple choice, etc. in
a "pill" format) absolutely terrific!
– Mario S., Spain
My students loved the globalization lessons. They were really engaged and particularly liked the videos.
– Kathleen B., USA
I love it! It looks like so much fun to teach. I can't wait.
– Joe P., USA
Globalization is a huge curriculum need. This fills the void.
– Michelle C., USA
I really enjoyed the curriculum as it made globalization real for the students.
– Michael S., USA
I will 100% be replacing my current unit on globalization with this!
– Kyle D., USA
– Testimonials –
Unit Plan Overview
Day 1
Price Ceilings
Video + Comprehension Q's
Interactive Practice
Identify how price ceilings affect the quantity sold, consumer and producer surplus, and deadweight loss.
Explore the unexpected consequences of President Nixon's price freeze.
Featuring:
Day 2
Price Floors
Video
Caves filled with cheese, Got Milk ads — there’s no telling where a price floor will take you!
Featuring:
Interactive Practice
Use an interactive supply and demand graph to master the effects of price floors on quantity sold, consumer and producer surplus, and deadweight loss.
Day 3
Price Controls in the Wild
Classroom Activity
Students compete to guess all the unintended consequences of rent control.
Mystery
How did price controls make flying so luxurious in the 1970s?
Featuring:
Applicable High School Courses:
• High School Economics
• AP Microeconomics
• AP Macroeconomics
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Interactives
Students master how price controls affect quantity sold, consumer and producer surplus, and deadweight loss.
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Real-World Examples
Show your students that economics is all around them.
price floors, and more!
• 100% free
• 3 lesson plans
• Easy-to-use
Interactive Practice
Students play engaging interactives with real-time feedback.
Real-World Examples
Incorporates real-life examples of economics concepts.
Teacher Friendly
Easy-to-understand lesson plans, Google Slides for teaching, activities for students, and answer keys provided.
Videos
Journey back to the 1970s when President Nixon's price freeze led to bizarre outcomes, from gas shortages to drowning baby chicks.
◀
Interactives
Students master how price controls affect quantity sold, consumer and producer surplus, and deadweight loss.
HIGH SCHOOL UNIT PLAN
