
Thirty five-minute openers across the whole Trade-Offs scope — and most of them are worth arguing about.
Six weekly themes: trade-offs and scarcity, prices and markets, competition, trade, money and banking, and policy. Each prompt takes three to five minutes of writing and holds up under ten minutes of conversation.
The discussion notes give you the point being argued and where a reasonable person could land either way, so you can take the side your student did not.
Every prompt stands alone — these work before, during or instead of the full course.
Written by a licensed K-12 business teacher with more than thirteen years in the classroom. Built to be taught by a parent with no background in the subject.



