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Unit 1.1 slides + Key to the Concept

Free IB Economics Teaching Taster

Explore editable Unit 1.1 slides and the first Key to the Concept activity with your students.

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Explore the Curious Economist approach with a free teaching sample: editable Unit 1.1 PowerPoint slides and the first Key to the Concept activity, Key Economic Ideas and Concepts.

Use the slides to introduce economics, spark discussion and connect ideas to classroom tasks. The Key to the Concept sample adds collaborative problem-solving and retrieval, with questions, answers and instructions for running the activity online or offline.

The sample PDF includes the teacher view access code for this first activity, so you can use Teacher View live in the classroom. Download the sample through Payhip, then follow the instructions included in the files.

This is a sample of the wider teaching resources. The complete teaching packs and Key to the Concept collection are available separately in the store.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Built to be useful from the first lesson

Unit 1.1 PowerPoint slides

Editable slides for What is economics?, ready to adapt to your own classes.

First Key to the Concept activity

The Key Economic Ideas and Concepts sample, with questions and answers in the PDF.

Teacher access + activity instructions

The first activity’s teacher view code, plus instructions for running it online or offline.

WHY IT MATTERS

Designed for deeper thinking and better learning

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See how the lesson slides and retrieval activity work with your students.

Adapt to your classroom

Edit the PowerPoint slides to suit your pace, examples and teaching approach.

Make students think

Introduce discussion, problem-solving and retrieval from the first lesson.

PREVIEW

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Browse selected pages and classroom examples. Select an image to enlarge it. The digital screenshot illustrates the activity interface; the download includes the first Key to the Concept activity.

COURSE COVERAGE

What's inside the collection

✓Unit 1.1 — What is economics?
✓First Key to the Concept activity — Key Economic Ideas and Concepts
✓Sample PDF: questions, answers, teacher view code and activity instructions
LICENSING

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Individual Teacher

For use by one teacher with their own classes. Files may not be shared with colleagues or uploaded to shared departmental drives.