This End-of-Term Economics activity challenges students to answer a range of Economics questions in order to find the 3 criminals responsible for stealing Father Christmas' Naughty and Nice List.
The first is ideal for Year 12/Lower 6th students who study a linear course and are approaching the end of the microeconomics content, although it may work for parallel micro-macro courses if you have been speedy!
Content covered:
Opportunity Cost
PPFs
Demand and Supply Shifts
Consumer and Producer
SurplusMarket
Surplus and Shortage
Interrelated Markets
PED, YED and XED
Public goods
Externalities
The second is desgined for Year 13/ Upper 6th students who might need a bit of Year 1 Revision before mocks
Content covered:
Macro Measures (inc Types of Unemployment)
Index Numbers
Circular Flow
Macroeconomic Policies
PPFs
Consumer and Producer Surplus
Market Surplus and Shortage
Interrelated Markets
XED
Public goods
Externalities
Please note, since both versions have the same solution and some duplicated questions, I would not recommend doing both activities with the same group. For other end-of-term activities, you might want to check out the following: