High School Economics Curriculum | AP Macro & Micro, Full Year

High school economics curriculum

Both AP economics courses, built the way economics actually has to be taught: the graph gets drawn, labeled, and shifted in front of students, then they do it themselves. Every topic includes editable slides, guided notes with the graphs already scaffolded, practice, and answer keys. Buy the full year, a single unit, or one lesson when you just need Thursday covered.

2 full courses 12 unit bundles 76 single lessons 2 free samples

Full-year courses

The complete year in one purchase: every unit, every lesson, all assessments and answer keys.

AP Macroeconomics: Full-Year Course
Full CourseAP Macroeconomics

AP Macroeconomics: Full-Year Course

$150$213
AP Microeconomics: Full-Year Course
Full CourseAP Microeconomics

AP Microeconomics: Full-Year Course

$130$201

Which one to teach first

If your school runs only one, micro is usually the better single semester: the concepts start closer to a student's own life (prices, choices, firms) and the math stays lighter. Macro tends to land better after students have seen supply and demand, because so much of it is that same tool applied to a whole economy.

If you teach both, the two courses open the same way: scarcity, the production possibilities curve, and comparative advantage all appear in Unit 1 of each, so the opening weeks reuse the same explanations even though the two units then diverge.

For on-level economics, not just AP

In most states economics is a graduation requirement taught as a one-semester on-level course rather than an AP section: 28 states require some study of economics to graduate. These lessons work there too. The scaffolded notes and the applied scenarios do the heavy lifting, and you can skip the AP-style free response items without leaving a hole in the sequence.

Pairing economics with personal finance

A lot of states now pair a semester of economics with a semester of personal finance, sometimes in the same course code. The economics units cover the market side, and the standalone Personal Finance course covers the household side: paychecks, banking, credit, taxes, and investing.

Unit bundles

One unit at a time, for less than its lessons cost separately. Each includes a unit review and unit test.

Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts
Unit BundleAP Macroeconomics

Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts

$20.5$24
Unit 2: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle
Unit BundleAP Macroeconomics

Unit 2: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle

$28$33
Unit 3: National Income and Price Determination
Unit BundleAP Macroeconomics

Unit 3: National Income and Price Determination

$41$48
Unit 4: Financial Sector and Monetary Policy
Unit BundleAP Macroeconomics

Unit 4: Financial Sector and Monetary Policy

$30.5$36
Unit 5: Phillips Curve, Inflation & Growth
Unit BundleAP Macroeconomics

Unit 5: Phillips Curve, Inflation & Growth

$33$39
Unit 6: Open Economy: Forex and Trade
Unit BundleAP Macroeconomics

Unit 6: Open Economy: Forex and Trade

$28$33
Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts
Unit BundleAP Microeconomics

Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts

$20.5$24
Unit 2: Supply and Demand
Unit BundleAP Microeconomics

Unit 2: Supply and Demand

$46$54
Unit 3: Production, Cost & Perfect Competition
Unit BundleAP Microeconomics

Unit 3: Production, Cost & Perfect Competition

$33$39
Unit 4: Imperfect Competition
Unit BundleAP Microeconomics

Unit 4: Imperfect Competition

$33$39
Unit 5: Factor Markets
Unit BundleAP Microeconomics

Unit 5: Factor Markets

$18$21
Unit 6: Market Failure & the Role of Government
Unit BundleAP Microeconomics

Unit 6: Market Failure & the Role of Government

$20.5$24

Try a free lesson first

Every course opens with a complete free lesson: the real slides, notes, and activity, not a preview.

Free Lesson 1.1: Scarcity & the Economic Problem
FreeAP Macroeconomics

Free Lesson 1.1: Scarcity & the Economic Problem

Free Lesson 1.1: Scarcity & Trade-Offs
FreeAP Microeconomics

Free Lesson 1.1: Scarcity & Trade-Offs

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