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Grade 9-12
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Lesson

When Graphs Mislead Us

Time: 90 mins,
Updated: March 25 2021,

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.

In this personal finance lesson, students will understand how graphs can be misleading through real GDP.

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!

Subjects:
Economics,Math