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Grade 9-12
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Activity

Finding Your Comparative Advantage

Time: 15 mins,
Updated: March 23 2023,

Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Apply the concept of comparative advantage to their personal lives.

In this economics activity, students will examine their skills to find their comparative advantage.

Procedure

This is an individual activity where students will consider their personal skills and talents to identify their comparative advantage in a group project. Choose which format you would like students to complete the activity: Finding Your Comparative Advantage Quizizz Activity, Finding Your Comparative Advantage ReadyAssessments, or Finding Your Comparative Advantage Worksheet.To complete this activity, students need to follow the directions below:

  1. At this stage in your life and your education, what is your comparative advantage? To find this answer, think about the talents and skills you currently have or those that are beginning to take shape. For example, have you noticed areas of your studies where you have a strong, confident performance – and other areas where you feel somewhat weaker and less confident? Respond to the following statements to help discover your comparative advantage.
  2. Go to the Finding Your Comparative Advantage Quizizz Activity, Finding Your Comparative Advantage ReadyAssessments, or Finding Your Comparative Advantage Worksheet to help identify your comparative advantage.
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