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Curated OER

Chapter 3: Individual Markets, Demand & Supply

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Supply and demand, one of the most fundamental topics in economics, is the focus of this presentation. Cascading through detailed graphs and defining the law of demand, as well as the demand and supply schedules, this slideshow is sure...
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Curated OER

Chapter 20: Demand and Supply (Elasticities and Government-Set Prices)

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Discussing first the elasticity of demand and then the element of supply, these slides present graphs and bullet points that would easily supplement your economics lecture. Viewers will appreciate the pacing of the slides, making it easy...
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Curated OER

Microeconomics Study Guide, Part I

For Students 11th - 12th
In this economics worksheet, students respond to 38 short answer questions regarding the economic laws of supply and demand and market structure.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Concept of Demand

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of resources provided to teach students the concept of demand and demand curve shifts. After taking notes, students can view two video segments to help clarify the concept.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Demand, Supply, and Equilibrium in Markets for Goods and Services

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to explain demand, quantity demanded, and the law of demand; identify a demand curve and a supply curve; explain supply, quantity supply, and the law of supply; and explain equilibrium,...
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Auburn University

Auburn University: A Glossary of Political Economy Terms: Complementary Goods

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a good definition of "complementary goods" and provides examples. It also explains how when the price of Good A changes, the demand curve for Good B will shift.
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Auburn University

Auburn University: A Glossary of Political Economy Terms: Substitute Goods

For Students 9th - 10th
Dr. Johnson thoroughly explains the concept of "substitute goods," and how a price increase of one good will shift the demand curve for a substitute good.
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Robert Schenk, PhD

Cyber Economics: Supply and Demand Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site from the St. Joseph's College with an overview of the supply and demand model. It is actually the first page of a lesson on supply and demand complete with links to more in-depth discussions including graphs and charts...
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Robert Schenk, PhD

More About Demand

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay provides a good description of normal goods, inferior goods, substitutes, and complements, and how these are each related to the law of demand.
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Robert Schenk, PhD

The Demand Curve

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses demand and the law of demand, and shows how a demand schedule can be transferred onto a demand curve. It also explains how a change in the price of a substitute can cause your original demand curve to shift.
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Other

The Demand Curve

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site to begin studying the law of demand. Includes a demand schedule, a demand curve, and the determinants that can cuase your entire demand curve to shift.
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Tutor2u

Tutor2u: Shifts in Market Demand

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an easy to understand site that presents the law of demand, changes in quantity demanded, and the factors that cause a demand curve to shift. It also discusses how inferior goods and normal goods respond to changes in demand.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Price of Gasoline: What's Behind It?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students investigate the variables that contribute to the cost of gasoline. They learn that while OPEC nations do influence the price of oil and thus the price of gasoline, other factors also influence the price.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Price Elasticity: From Tires to Toothpicks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students gain an understanding of price elasticity of demand and why different goods have different degrees of elasticity. Students learn how to calculate price elasticity of goods.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Those Golden Jeans

For Students 3rd - 8th
Check out this informative economics lesson plan designed to review the three productive resources--natural resources, human resources, and capital resources--needed to produce goods and services.
Activity
University of Nebraska Omaha

Ec Ed Web: Explorations in Economic Demand

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an analysis of the theory of demand, and determinants that can cause a shift or change in demand.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Utility

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Can happiness be measured? Students will learn how utility relates to economic decision making and the law of diminishing marginal utility.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Supply & Demand

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights basic concepts such as the law of supply and demand, changes in demand and supply versus changes in the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied, the determinants of demand and supply, and market equilibrium.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Demand

For Students 9th - 10th
Four-question exercise on demand, the law of demand, and the determinants of demand.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Demand and the Law of Demand

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice what you have learned about the law of demand, the income and substitution effect, and changes in demand in this seven-question exercise.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Markets, Property Rights, and the Law of Demand

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice what you have learned so far in this lesson. Topics include the role of property rights in markets, the income effect, and the substitution effect.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Law of Demand

For Students 9th - 10th
If the price of something goes up, people are going to buy less of it.
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Robert Schenk, PhD

Demand Terminology

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains the difference between "changes in quantity demanded" as opposed to "changes in demand".
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Other

Law of Demand and Fundamental Analysis of Commodity Markets

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the basic fundamentals of the law of demand. Charts and explanations are provided to aid in the process of research and learning.