13 Stand and Sort Activities to Get Students Moving

A stand and sort activity, created by Lauren Anderson, allows students to get out of their seats and move around while demonstrating their knowledge of economic concepts. Category signs are taped on the wall in various locations in the classroom. Students (or groups of students) are given characteristic/example cards. Students use their knowledge of the content to determine (based on their card) what category sign they must stand under. The cards can be reshuffled and the activity can be repeated. A stand and sort can be completed as an individual or a group. More thorough instructions for classroom use are included in this product.

Concepts Covered

• Factors of Production (Land, Labor, and Capital) • Types of Economic Systems (Market, Command, Mixed, Traditional) • Types of Businesses (Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, Corporation) • Market Structures (Monopoly, Oligopoly, Monopolistic Competition, Perfect Competition) • Supply, Demand, and Equilibrium • Complementary Goods vs. Substitute Goods • Elastic vs. Inelastic Demand • Types of Unemployment (Frictional, Seasonal, Structural, Cyclical) • Business Cycle (Expansion, Peak, Contraction, Trough) • Monetary Policy vs. Fiscal Policy • Trade Restrictions (Import Quota, Voluntary Export Restriction, Tariff, Embargo, Subsidy) • Types of Insurance (Auto, Homeowner’s, Life, Medical, Disability) • Types of Auto Insurance (Liability, Collision, Comprehensive)

These activities can be used:

• As a way to reinforce content taught during a lesson

• As a review after teaching a lesson

• As a starting activity to help students access their prior knowledge

• As extra practice for a student who is having trouble with a certain concept

• As a partial review for standardized tests

Documents Included

• Teacher Instructions

• 13 Stand and Sort Activity Files

• Student Instructions PowerPoint