Sample Lesson Plans

Below is the introduction to my unit on World Economic History. This lesson seeks to establish and refresh the ideas of economics students may have received in Civics and Economics. This is to ensure that all learners present have a basic grasp of fundamental economic concepts required for our global approach on the subject. Supply, demand, inflation, capitalism and communism are the primary targets of the lesson before moving forward with the historic content. I would call this an appetizer before moving onto the main course.

This next lesson is the immediate follow-up to the introduction. Students will first be presented with a brief video that examines economic history through the lens of currency. After this, students will examine ancient economies in small groups by analyzing two primary sources (one picture and one written) and present their findings on a class google slides and compare said findings with Venn diagrams. The next day of the lesson will focus more on the Renaissance and Age of Exploration with an economic lens using a brief lecture. After this, students will be split into four groups again, but with different nations to research in groups the impacts of imperialism as a result of exploration which will lead us into a discussion on The Columbian Exchange.

This final lesson in the unit seeks to have the students model economic styles based upon the historic economies we have studied thus far. Using Monopoly as a base, I have created supplemental rules to model other economies. Five groups will play by their specific rules respectively. During the simulations , students will answer questions regarding how they feel about their rules, what they think they represent, and how they compare to the rules of other groups. The various rules can all be found under the curriculum tab dropdown. Click world history and then assessment samples.