Economics Scrabble

A big hat tip to the irrepressible Lord Sutch for this super revision starter exercise ....one that needs virtually no preparation and can be customised to groups of different sizes. I have drawn from his recent entry on the Business Blog. Many of his creative and innovative starter activities can be found here.

Economics Scrabble

The students can either play on their own or in pairs or three’s. One letter per square. Each letter used scores a point + the extra scores from using the double/treble letter and word squares The students can only use economics words or words associated with a specific topic that you might give them such

Globalisation Markets at Work Market Failure Government Intervention Competition and Monopoly The UK Economy European Economics Macroeconomics

Students can take responsibility or deciding whether a word can be allowed, the teacher can act as final arbiter.

This activity can also be made interactive by writing a word on the board and then inviting students to come up and add their own. The end result is a really cool looking whiteboard full of key words.

C O MONOPOLY P E T I PROFIT I OLIGOPOLY N

If you want students to use the standard tile scoring system here are the details!

Tile Values 1 Point - A, E, I, L, N, O, R, S, T and U. 2 Points - D and G. 3 Points - B, C, M and P. 4 Points - F, H, V, W and Y. 5 Points - K. 8 Points - J and X. 10 Points - Q and Z.

There is a simple scrabble word file grid for you to download if needed

Please add suggestions for developing this starter exercise!

Economics_Scrabble.doc