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How Markets Allocate Resources
Students study how markets allocate resources, students read background, analyze graphs, and make predictions about the impact of variables on the curves.
Council for Economic Education
I'll Trade You a Bag of Chips, Two Cookies, and $60,000 for Your Tuna Fish Sandwich
If you are looking for a great lesson on supply, demand, market price, demand curves, and data analysis look no further. With glossary definitions, activities, and web lined resources this lesson is a winner.
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Demand and Supply Worksheet
In this economics principles worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to respond to 8 questions about supply and demand.
Carolina K-12
Practice Test of Economics
From scarcity and supply and demand to entrepreneurship and the stock market, here you'll find a multiple-choice assessment that includes 34 questions covering all the major concepts of a traditional economics course.
Utah Education Network (UEN)
Marketing a Breakfast Cereal
Your class will pretend that they just got hired as marketing consultants for a cereal company. They have the task of designing, marketing, and promoting a new healthy cereal to a target population. They must take pricing, market...
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Exploring the Variety of World Markets
Students examine the various types of world markets and analyze the differences between developed and developing countries. They watch a PowerPoint presentation and take notes, participate in a role-play that demonstrates supply and...
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Introduction To Markets - Lesson Plan: 1 X 1 Hour Lesson
Students study the concept of a market. They determine the different purposes of buyers and sellers. They look at the utility of an item and how the value for money affects the decision making of consumers.
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Market Game in Oil
Students work together to participate in a market game in oil. Using their prior knowledge, they review how the interaction of buyers and sellers sets the price in markets. They identify the situations in which cause shortages and...
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Market Research
High schoolers examine the difference between primary and secondary market research. They discover the limitations on marketing strategies. They explain the importance of having more research done before marketing decisions are made.
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Oklahoma Wheat on the World Market
Sixth graders explore profit and loss in the wheat trading market. In this sixth grade mathematics lesson/social studies lesson, 6th graders play a “Wheat Market Trading Game” in order to investigate the concept of supply and demand and...
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Chapter 30: Government and Market Failure
Complete with a navigation tool and list of key terms, the slides in this presentation are bursting with pertinent information for your young economists. From studying public goods to graphs that detail the collective willingness to pay,...
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Chapter 35: Labor-Market Issues - Unionism, Discrimination, and Immigration
A discussion on American unions, employment discrimination, and collective bargaining transitions into a larger conversation about the workforce. A graph that details the amount of immigrants from various countries will surely get your...
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Those Golden Jeans - Demand Schedule
Students build a demand schedule, and analyze a supply schedule for slices of cheese pizza, and then determine the market clearing price. They analyze the market if prices are set above or below the market clearing price.
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Understanding the Law of Supply and Demand
Students examine the concept of supply and demand. They interpret the law of supply and demand and discuss the law. Students identify and list the factors of supply and demand. They discuss and recognize the impact of farm support and...
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Market Structures and Competition
Students review concepts related to market structures and competition. Using supply and demand, they identify what factors cause them to shift and analyze business downward facing demand curves. They compare and contrast the abilities of...
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Determinants of Supply and Demand Worksheet
In this economics activity, students respond to writing prompt questions about supply and demand issues in the world economy today.
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The Labour Market: Influences on the Labour Market
Students investigate key issues surrounding the factors determining pay and conditions. They explore the imperfections in the labour market that lead to gender discrimination.
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Demand Shifters
Learners explore concept of demand and factors that cause demand for a good or service to change; students recognize factors that influence their behavior as consumers. Real world examples are provided through an interview with William...
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Marketing Olympics
Pupils identify career possibilities in marketing, how technology relates to this, and recognize whether they have an interest in marketing as a potential career choice. They explore what marketing is, identify the 4 P's, explore how...
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The Labour Market: Flexibility
Young scholars look at the issues surrounding labour market flexibility. They will produce a short summary outlining the relevance of the factor to the operation of the labour market.
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To Market to Market
Fourth graders research a product and participate in an integrated simulation of a free market economy where students will create, buy and sell a good or service. In completing this activity, 4th graders understand the concepts and...
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A FREE MARKET WITH THE HELP OF GOVERNMENT
Students engage in a study that explains how laws and government have policies that affect the economy to run more smoothly. The focus is upon the historical development of the free market and how the government was involved. Students...
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Marketing A Restaurant
Students simulate the opening and operating of a restaurant using the Four P's of Marketing. Students play the roles of all the people involved in the restaurant business, as well as customers, as they act out various "restaurant"...
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Supply and Demand
Fourth graders explore the concept of economic goods and bads, and scarce items as it relates to the factors that affect our economy. In this supply and demand instructional activity, 4th graders are introduced to vocabulary that...