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IB Economics • Unit 3

Macroeconomics Complete Teaching Pack

Teach the national economy through models, policy, evidence and consequence.

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From indicators to policy judgement

The Macroeconomics Teaching Pack gives students a coherent journey from measuring the economy to interpreting AD/AS, analysing objectives and judging the effectiveness of fiscal, monetary and supply-side policies.

Lessons integrate diagrams, policy transmission, current examples, retrieval, calculations and exam practice. Embedded digital links provide flashcards and short quizzes for every topic, while Key to the Concept activities give groups a structured way to revisit and apply prior learning.

Make policy analysis causal

Students are encouraged to explain the chain between an intervention and its likely consequences. Rather than stopping at “interest rates fall”, they follow what happens to borrowing, consumption, investment, aggregate demand, output, employment and inflation — and then test the assumptions behind that chain.

Macro Causal Chains included

The Macroeconomics Causal Chains collection is included, with policy guides, diagrams, real-world examples, evaluation and conditions that can strengthen or break the chain.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Built to be useful from the first lesson

Editable Classroom Slides

Complete lesson sequences covering the relevant IB Economics unit, with clear explanations, diagrams, activities, application and exam-focused questioning.

Key to the Concept

Collaborative retrieval and problem-solving activities integrated throughout the course, with access to the corresponding digital interactive versions.

Digital Flashcards + Topic Quizzes

Slides link directly to online revision pages for each topic, giving students quick access to digital flashcards and short retrieval quizzes for independent practice, homework and lesson review.

Real-World Economics

Contemporary examples and news-based contexts help students connect theory to real economic events and strengthen application skills.

Exam Thinking

Calculations, diagrams, explanation, analysis and evaluative questioning are embedded throughout to build the reasoning required in IB Economics assessments.

Policy Analysis: Causal Chains

The relevant Causal Chains collection is included, helping students trace economic change, explain every link and test the conditions behind policy outcomes.

WHY IT MATTERS

Designed for deeper thinking and better learning

Retrieve

Bring prior knowledge back into working memory and make connections across the course.

Explain

Develop precise economic reasoning and confident use of economic terminology.

Apply

Transfer theory to unfamiliar contexts, real-world events and new data.

Connect

See relationships between models, concepts, stakeholders and policy outcomes.

Evaluate

Question assumptions, trade-offs, effectiveness and the conditions that shape outcomes.

PREVIEW

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COURSE COVERAGE

What's inside the collection

3.1 Measuring economic activity and illustrating its variations
3.2 Variations in economic activity—aggregate demand and aggregate supply
3.3 Macroeconomic objectives (includes HL-only calculation)
3.4 Economics of inequality and poverty (includes HL-only calculation)
3.5 Demand management (demand side policies)—monetary policy (includes HL-only subtopics)
3.6 Demand management—fiscal policy (includes HL-only subtopics)
3.7 Supply-side policies
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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.

Department • up to 5 teachers

For use by up to five teachers working at the same school. Resources may be shared among those teachers for use with their own classes, but may not be distributed outside the purchasing school or uploaded publicly.

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