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Nobel Prize Lessons – Economic Sciences Prize 2019

Research that helps us fight global poverty

 


 

Teacher’s guide

This is a step-by-step timetable for the Nobel Prize Lesson – a ready to use lesson on the Economic Sciences Prize 2019. The lesson is designed to take 45 minutes.

A Swedish version of the lesson is available at nobelprizemuseum.se


Teacher’s Guide (PDF 60K)

1. Warm-up (5 min)
Ask your students the following questions.

  • What is the Nobel Prize?
  • Why is it called the Nobel Prize?
  • Are you familiar with any Nobel Laureate?

2. Show the video about Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prize (5 min)

3. Slideshow (15 min)
Show the slides, using the speaker’s manuscript.

Slideshow (PDF 2 MB)

Speaker’s Manuscript (PDF 400 Kb)

4. Show the interview with an expert in the field  (5 min)

5. Student worksheet (10-15 min)
Let your students work individually with the questions and then discuss their answers with a classmate.

Student Worksheet (PDF 150 Kb)

6. Conclusion (5 min)
Summarise what you and the class have understood, and what you have not understood. You can work with the latter on another occasion.

 

Links for further information
Press release for the Economic Sciences Prize 2019
Popular information about the Economic Sciences Prize 2019

 

To cite this section
MLA style: Nobel Prize Lessons – Economic Sciences Prize 2019. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2024. Wed. 11 Dec 2024. <https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-prize-lessons-economic-sciences-2019/>

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