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Grade 9-12
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Lesson
When Graphs Mislead Us – Analyzing GDP
Objective
Students will be able to:
- Explain the relationship between a country’s real gross domestic product per capita and its standard of living.
- Manipulate the units, scales, and origin in a graph to support a given statement.
- Analyze a graph to determine whether or not it is misleading.
Concepts
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In this personal finance lesson, students will understand how graphs can be misleading through real GDP.
Resources
Procedure
Click NEARPOD VERSION: WHEN GRAPHS MISLEAD US PART 1 and NEARPOD VERSION: WHEN GRAPHS MISLEAD US PART 2 to access an interactive version of the lesson powered by Nearpod: students interact and respond to questions on their device, and teachers will see their responses in real time!