Last Updated: 05/19/2008

Economics 101

Scarcity: There were only three ice cream certificates and 66 students. Students chose an allocation method (lottery) to determine who got the certificates.
Suply and Demand: Students learned to identify consumer supply and demand and then graphed their results.
Cost Benefit Analysis: Students learned to make decisions using Cost Benefit Analysis. They learned to recognize their Opportunity and Opportunity Cost and then assess their choices. Developing a Community: Students chose a name for their community, civil servants, currency, and laws.

Business Days:
Every society member developed their own business from scarce resources. They developed ads, slogans, did market research, and their developed their products