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Lesson Plan
Grade: Date: 17/01/2026
Subject: Economics
Lesson Topic: Supply-side policy measures: infrastructure spending
Learning Objective/s:
  • Describe what infrastructure spending entails and its main components.
  • Explain how infrastructure investment influences LRAS and AD in the macro‑economy.
  • Analyse the advantages and disadvantages of infrastructure spending using the provided checklist.
  • Apply the evaluation checklist to assess a real‑world infrastructure project.
Materials Needed:
  • Projector and laptop for slides
  • Whiteboard and markers
  • Printed handout of the mechanisms table
  • Worksheet with the evaluation checklist
  • AD‑AS diagram handout
  • Case‑study summary sheets
 Introduction:
Begin with a quick poll: which types of infrastructure students see in their community and why they matter. Connect this to prior learning on supply‑side policies, highlighting that today’s focus is on how government spending on infrastructure can shift the economy’s productive capacity. State that by the end of the lesson they will be able to evaluate infrastructure projects using economic criteria.
Lesson Structure:
  1. Do‑now (5') – Students list local infrastructure items and discuss immediate benefits.
  2. Mini‑lecture (10') – Define infrastructure spending, present components (transport, energy, communications, public services) with slides.
  3. AD‑AS demonstration (10') – Show how infrastructure shifts LRAS (and possibly AD) using a diagram.
  4. Group activity (15') – Analyse a case‑study using the evaluation checklist; complete worksheet.
  5. Whole‑class debrief (10') – Groups share findings; discuss advantages, disadvantages, and potential risks.
  6. Exit ticket (5') – Write one advantage and one risk of infrastructure spending learned today.
Conclusion:
Recap the key ways infrastructure spending can boost long‑run growth and the short‑run challenges it may pose. Collect exit tickets to gauge understanding and assign homework: research a recent national infrastructure project and write a brief evaluation using the checklist criteria.