Unit Plan
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Perfect Competition

For Students 9th - 10th
This site shows cost curves for a firm in a perfectly competitive market, and has an interactive graph to show what their profit margin is at various levels of production.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Perfect Competition

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a clear description of the requirements and conditions needed in a market for it to be labeled a perfectly competitive market. The topics of allocative efficiency and productive efficiency are also addressed.
eBook
Other

South Western Learning: Econ News: Comparative Statics: Perfect Competition

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers economics-based newspaper headlines and asks follow-up questions based on supply and demand in a perfectly competitive market.
Activity
Tutor2u

Tutor2u: Perfect Competition Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This website describes the conditions of a "perfectly competitive" market structure, and the obstacles that the individual firm in this market will face.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Increasing, Decreasing, and Constant Cost Industies

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice what you have learned about the effect of economies of scale on cost and prices in this exercise.
Graphic
Curated OER

Perfect Competition

For Students 9th - 10th
This site shows costs curves for a firm in a perfectly competitive market, and has an interactive graph to show what their profit margin is at various levels of production.
Handout
Other

A Simple Seller Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a description of a price taker and the characteristics in this sellers' market structure. The price taker is examined in both the short run and the long run.