Economicsand Sex Trafficking Lesson Plan

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Subject Areas

Economics

Time

60 – 90 minutes

Audience

Middle + High School Students

Objectives

  • To gain knowledge and understanding of sex trafficking.
  • To understand the relationship between supply and demand in the sex trafficking market.
  • Apply understanding of the relationship between supply and demand to examine the
    negative externalities associated with sex trafficking.

Purpose

  • To understand how the forces of supply and demand interact in the sex trafficking market.
  • Apply knowledge of supply and demand to identify negative externalities.
  • Identify factors in sex trafficking that would be considered a negative externality.

Common Core Criteria

Standard 4. Students will understand market failure and the role of government.