Economic Growth - How it is Measured - GDP & GDP Per Capita

This lesson will help students understand what economic growth means, the main benefits and drawbacks of economic growth, how economic growth can be measured and how it can effect an economy. This lesson includes numerous tasks and key theory. Below is a breakdown of the lessons objectives:

All: Students will know what economic growth is.
Most: Students will know the difference between GDP and GDP per capita.
Some: Students will know which countries have the highest and lowest GDP and GDP per capita around the world.

The lesson looks at the following concepts in a lot of detail and includes various tasks, key terms and examples:

* Economic Growth
* Benefits and Drawbacks of Economic Growth
* Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
* GDP Per Capita
* Standard of Living

The lesson includes many fun activities and interactive tasks and concludes with various written questions, I have also included a useful mini test that could be used in a separate lesson. I have also included a fun multiple choice quiz to help students re-cap on the lesson. This lesson is perfect for Economics. This lesson could also be used for Geography.