Grades 9-12
Can You Conduct Research Ethically?
Objective
Students will be able to:
- Explain the difference between positive and normative economics.
- Create research statements that use limited bias in questioning to collect data on an economic issue.
Standard
Standard: 2
- Students will understand that: Effective decision making requires comparing the additional costs of alternatives with the additional benefits. Many choices involve doing a little more or a little less of something: few choices "are all or nothing" decisions.
- Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Make effective decisions as consumers, producers, savers, investors, and citizens.
Standard: 16
- Students will understand that: There is an economic role for government in a market economy whenever the benefits of a government policy outweigh its costs. Governments often provide for national defense, address environmental concerns, define and protect property rights, and attempt to make markets more competitive. Most government policies also have direct or indirect effects on people's incomes.
- Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Identify and evaluate the benefits and costs of alternative public policies, and assess who enjoys the benefits and who bears the costs.
Description
In this lesson from the Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues curriculum, students will learn how their bias impacts their decision-making and research.
Students will be faced with some classic visual riddles and then try to answer a guiding question about the United States with limited data. They will learn the difference between positive and normative economics in a short worksheet.
Then students apply their knowledge of economic research to create their own research statements and answer questions about how economics must use ethics in their research.
Teacher note: This lesson uses HyperDocs and requires that students have computer and internet access. The lesson can be completed without students having devices. Once you get to procedure 5, use the alternative method and display the HyperDocs one at a time to the whole group.
Resources
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