Grades 9-12
Grade 9-12
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Activity
Changes in Agricultural Productivity
Objective
Students will be able to:
- Explain changes in agricultural productivity.
Standard
National Standards in Economics
Entrepreneurship
Standard: 14
- Students will understand that: Entrepreneurs take on the calculated risk of starting new businesses, either by embarking on new ventures similar to existing ones or by introducing new innovations. Entrepreneurial innovation is an important source of economic growth.
- Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Identify the risks and potential returns to entrepreneurship, as well as the skills necessary to engage in it. Understand the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation to economic growth, and how public policies affect incentives for and, consequently, the success of entrepreneurship in the United States.
Incentives
Standard: 4
- Students will understand that: People usually respond predictably to positive and negative incentives.
- Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Identify incentives that affect people's behavior and explain how incentives affect their own behavior.
Concepts
In this economics activity, students will examine factors affecting changes in agricultural productivity.
Resources
Procedure
This is an individual activity where students will examine various factors that have increased agricultural productivity in the United States since 1948 at the Look at Agricultural Productivity Growth in the United States, 1948-2017. Once students read through the information they will complete either the Quizizz or ReadyAssessments Activity. To complete this activity, students need to follow the directions below:
- Go to A Look at Agricultural Productivity Growth in the United States, 1948-2017.
- Read through the information and answer the questions with either the Quizizz or ReadyAssessments Activity.
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