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On-Demand Webinar

Winter 2021 Virtual Bootcamp, PM Session: Day 1- Microeconomics

Time: 150 mins,
Presenter: Alex Lamon
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Objective

Teachers will be able to:

  • Review best practices for remote and hybrid teaching.
  • Introduce challenging topics to students in more interesting ways.

Standards

State Standards

Concepts

Competition, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Producers

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In this economics webinar, let’s make learning about market structures, labor markets and production decisions meaningful!

Description

There are many ways to make some of these more challenging aspects of Microeconomics more relatable, and so engaging, for students.

Teachers will learn helpful resources for teaching on production decisions, profit, market structures and labor markets.  There will also be an overview on best practices for remote and hybrid teaching, with lessons you can easily use in class tomorrow.

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