IB Diploma Programme · Economics Resource Hub

Every subtopic of DP Economics, ready to teach.

Every subtopic of the DP Economics syllabus, structured around the nine key concepts, the assessment objectives, and real-world inquiry.

100Lessons
5Units · 57 topics
SL · HLEvery subtopic
AO1–AO4Aligned throughout
What's included

One pack. Everything you need to teach the course.

100
Lesson plans
A full plan for every subtopic — objectives, timings, and a clear teaching arc.
100
Student worksheets
Structured practice tasks ready to print or assign.
100
Mark schemes
Full mark schemes aligned to the assessment objectives.
Interactive digital lessons
Self-paced lessons for in-class or independent study.
5
Units · 57 topics
The complete DP Economics syllabus, SL and HL.
AO1–4
Exam-aligned
Exam-style questions + mark schemes mapped to the AOs.
The units

57 topics, one coherent course.

Open any unit to see its topic map and the skills students build across SL and HL.

Unit 1

Introduction to Economics

The foundational concepts and methodology that underpin the DP Economics course.
5 lessons · 2 topics

The conceptual and methodological foundations of DP Economics: scarcity, choice and opportunity cost; the production possibility frontier; economic systems and the circular flow of income; positive vs normative economics, models and ceteris paribus; and the nine key concepts that frame the whole course.

ScarcityChoiceEfficiencyEquity
2 topics · SL & HL
What is economics?How do economists approach the world?

Skills & assessment. Beyond definitions, the lessons train the habits the rest of the course depends on — drawing and reading the PPF, reasoning at the margin, and using the key concepts as analytical lenses — with diagram practice and short exam-style questions in every lesson.

Unit 2

Microeconomics

Demand, supply and elasticity through to market failure, government intervention, and the HL theory of the firm.
31 lessons · 14 topics

The largest unit: demand, supply and the price mechanism; the four elasticities (PED, PES, YED, XED); market equilibrium, surplus and welfare; the behavioural critique of rational choice; market failure (externalities, public goods, common pool resources, asymmetric information); and the full range of government intervention. HL content extends to the theory of the firm, market structures, and the labour market.

EfficiencyInterventionEquityChoice
14 topics · SL & HL
DemandSupplyCompetitive market equilibriumCritique of the maximising behaviour of consumers and producersElasticity of demandElasticity of supplyRole of government — indirect taxesRole of government — subsidiesRole of government — price controlsMarket failure — externalitiesMarket failure — public goodsMarket failure — asymmetric informationMarket failure — common pool resourcesMarket power

Skills & assessment. Because microeconomics carries so much of the diagram and calculation load, every lesson foregrounds accurate diagrams, worked numerical examples, and the evaluation of intervention — the skills tested heavily in Papers 1 and 3 — across 31 lessons with exam-style questions and mark schemes.

Unit 3

Macroeconomics

Measuring and managing the economy — the AD–AS model, the macroeconomic objectives, and the policy toolkit.
21 lessons · 11 topics

From measuring economic activity (the GDP approaches, real vs nominal GDP, the business cycle) to the AD–AS model and the macroeconomic objectives — growth, low unemployment, low and stable inflation, and an equitable distribution of income — plus the fiscal, monetary and supply-side policy toolkit and inequality via the Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient.

ChangeInterventionEconomic well-beingfirms
11 topics · SL & HL
Measuring economic activity and illustrating its variationsVariations in economic activity — aggregate demand and supplyMacroeconomic objectives — low unemploymentMacroeconomic objectives — low and stable rate of inflationMacroeconomic objectives — economic growthMacroeconomic objectives — sustainabilityMacroeconomic objectives — equity in income distributionEconomics of inequality and povertyDemand management — monetary policyDemand management — fiscal policySupply-side policies

Skills & assessment. The lessons emphasise interpreting real macroeconomic data, constructing and shifting AD–AS diagrams, and weighing competing policies and their trade-offs — the analysis and evaluation central to AO3 and AO4 — across 21 lessons with data-response practice and mark schemes.

Unit 4

The Global Economy

International trade, exchange rates, the balance of payments, and economic development.
23 lessons · 10 topics

Economic analysis in the international context: free trade and comparative advantage; the instruments and arguments of protection; economic integration; fixed and floating exchange rate systems; the balance of payments; and economic development — its measurement (HDI, MPI, composite indices), barriers and strategies — extending to environmental sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals.

InterdependenceInterventionSustainabilityEconomic well-being
10 topics · SL & HL
Benefits of international tradeTypes of trade protectionArguments for and against trade control/protectionEconomic integrationExchange ratesBalance of paymentsSustainable developmentMeasuring developmentBarriers to economic growth and developmentEconomic growth and development strategies

Skills & assessment. The course's richest ground for evaluation and synthesis: lessons use global case studies, current data, and structured cross-country comparison to build the well-supported argument the upper mark bands reward, across 23 lessons with exam-style questions and mark schemes.

Unit 5

Additional Core Topics

20 lessons · 20 topics

ChangeInterdependenceInterventionEfficiency
20 topics · SL & HL
HL only: Price discrimination HLHL only: Profit maximisation vs alternative firm objectives HLHL only: Oligopoly — kinked demand curve, game theory, and collusion HLHL only: Contestable markets HLHL only: Cost theory — economies and diseconomies of scale, LRAC HLHL only: HL Paper 3 quantitative skills — calculations and diagram HLConcentration ratios and measures of market powerNatural monopoly and regulationHL only: Asymmetric information beyond moral hazard and adverse HLCapital account and financial account components of the balance ofHL only: Exchange rate systems — managed exchange rates and the role of HLEfficiency concepts: allocative, productive, dynamic, and X-inefficiencyDemand-side policies and the Phillips curve relationshipHL only: Evaluation of exchange rate systems using macroeconomic HLLong-run Phillips curve and the natural rate of unemploymentThe role of the IMF, World Bank, and WTO in trade and developmentOligopoly: game theory and the Prisoner's DilemmaThe Prebisch-Singer hypothesis and commodity price instabilityDepreciationNon-price competition and product differentiation in monopolistic

Skills & assessment.

How the lessons work

A clear teaching arc in every lesson.

01
Hook
Surface prior thinking and frame the inquiry.
02
Develop
Guided development of the theory and key concepts.
03
Practise
Structured practice on the worksheet tasks.
04
Apply
An applied or evaluative task that lifts thinking.
Explicit learning objectivesCommand-term focusATL skill linksDifferentiation support
Assessment-ready

Built for the exams students will sit.

AO1
Knowledge & understanding
Recall and demonstrate the content.
AO2
Application & analysis
Apply understanding to new contexts.
AO3
Synthesis & evaluation
Formulate, analyse and evaluate.
AO4
Skills
Use and apply subject-specific technique.
Why DP Economics teachers choose this hub

Walk into every lesson already prepared.

The entire DP Economics course, built to the current syllabus and ready to teach — so your time goes into the students in front of you, not into building resources from scratch.

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Aligned to the current DP guide
Every SL and HL subtopic, framed by the key concepts and the inquiry approach.
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The planning, already done
100 lesson plans, worksheets and mark schemes with a consistent teaching arc — teach as-is or adapt.
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Exam confidence built in
Exam-style questions and full mark schemes mapped to AO1–AO4 and the command terms.
Available per subject, or added to a whole-school license bundle.