Can Monsters Improve Your Standard of Living? 🎃
In this lesson, students learn about the factors that support economic growth by deciding how to spend tax revenues generated by monster tourism — a Halloween-themed scenario that makes abstract macroeconomic concepts concrete and engaging for middle school students.
What Students Do
Students take on the role of community decision-makers allocating tax revenue from a monster tourism boom, evaluating spending options based on their potential to improve productivity and raise the standard of living. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Define taxes, economic growth, and productivity.
- Explain how increases in productivity contribute to economic growth and a higher standard of living.
- Identify spending projects that could improve a community's productivity.
Get the Lesson
A full 60-minute lesson plan and accompanying slides, including the monster tourism scenario, student materials, and teacher notes aligned to National Standards for Economics Education Standard 15: Economic Growth.
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