Why Not Just Print More Money?

This Upper Intermediate lesson plan explores the economic concept of why governments cannot simply print more money to solve financial problems, focusing on the consequences of excessive monetary expansion such as inflation.

Warm-up

We’ll start with an engaging activity where students work through a brief dialogue.

Video

A viewing of “Why can’t governments print an unlimited amount of money?” will serve as a conversation starter. Post-viewing, we’ll delve into the video’s key takeaways through a series of questions designed to elicit both straightforward and deeper-thinking responses.

Exercises

Students will have the chance to practice their new knowledge through interactive tasks, including categorizing sentences and phrases, and crossing out words in sentences.

Reading

The reading exercise involves a concise letter from a professor to a government official, followed by a discussion about potential reactions.

Discussion

The lesson concludes with an exercise where students personalize sentences to reflect their own perspectives.