economics Teacher Proposal

Imagine you are a high school economics teacher.  You want to convince your principal that tourism should be included as part of one of your courses to show students a practical application for learning the discipline of economics. 

Based on the cost / benefits of tourism, please draft a proposal to include tourism in your class utilizing the following analytical framework. Your proposal may be in the form of a written or visual essay.

Identify why tourism is not currently included in your economics class

Discuss the gap including tourism in your class will fill

• Explain why is tourism a good proxy for economic study
• Give details on how you would work tourism into your economics class
• What types of examples would you share with students?
• What activities would give your students?

When developing your proposal, consider what arguments you would use to convince the leadership of the school to include tourism in the course.