Instructional Cycle 1

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Step 1: Plan
Lesson Overview

Title of Lesson The Role of Prices

Subject Economics

Grade Level 12th

Time Frame 55 minutes

California Content Standard(s)

12.2.4 Explain how prices reflect the relative scarcity of goods and services and perform the
allocative function in a market economy

12.2.5 Understand the process by which competition among buyers and sellers determines a
market price

12.2.2 Discuss the effects of changes in supply and/or demand on the relative scarcity, price,
and quantity of particular products.

California ELD Standard(s) ELD.PI.12.1.Br, ELD.PI.12.5.Br

Learning Goal(s) Students will understand the role of prices in a free market

Content of Lesson

Based on student assets, what do you expect students to deeply understand about the lesson?
What do you expect students to retain after the lesson and use in future learning?
The students will understand the role of prices in an economy. Students will retain knowledge
pertaining to the advantages of prices. Such as, the flexibility of price, price as an incentive, and
price as a signal

What misunderstandings or misconceptions do you expect students might have from the
lesson?
I expect the students to struggle with grasping the concept of efficient resource allocation

What knowledge, skills, and abilities (higher-order thinking and academic language
development) do you expect students to have after engaging in the lesson?
Students should be able to discuss the economic principles and importance of the role of prices
in an economy.

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Assessment/Checking for Understanding

What essential questions will you ask to determine if students are not meeting, meeting, or
exceeding the learning goal(s) of the lesson?
How does a price-based system lead to a wider choice of goods and more efficient allocation of
resources? What is the relationship between prices and the profit incentive?

What will students do to demonstrate achievement of content during the lesson?

Students will have time in class to complete a graphic organizer with their table groups.

How will you know students understand the content?

Throughout the course of the lecture with questions checking for understanding. Also, by
reviewing their answers on the back of their group graphic organizer.

Structured Student Learning Activities

Based on student assets, what activities will the students be involved in during the lesson to
support, engage, and challenge their achievement of the learning goal(s)?
Group discussions, class discussions, and completing a worksheet

How will you group students and manage group work to support student learning?
Students will work with their table groups to complete discussions and a group graphic
organizer

How will you engage students in higher-order thinking (i.e., analysis, synthesis, evaluation,
interpretation, and transfer) activities?
I will ask the class questions throughout the lesson. Also, their group work will include questions
that will allow me to check their understanding.

Instruction to Support Learning

What instructional strategies will support student learning through multiple modalities?
Direct instruction, student engagement, cooperative learning, modeling, bridging

What resources, materials, and/or educational technology will you or your students use during
the lesson?
I will use Google Slides for a presentation. The presentation will include a video. The students
will need to take notes in their notebooks. Students will need their chromebooks to complete
their group work.

What adaptations and accommodations, including, as appropriate, assistive technologies, will

support focus students and other individual student learning needs beyond the UDL supports
built into the lesson?
The presentation will be provided in Google Classroom for students to follow along on their
chromebooks.
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