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Council for Economic Education

What's the Big Deal about Spices?

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Today's gourmands don't consider spices to be the equivalent of silver and gold. During the middle ages, however, these commodities were precious. People back then used spices in religious ceremonies, to cure rotten food, and as a show...
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Council for Economic Education

Wages and the Black Death

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
While the Black Death wiped out a third of Europe's population during the Middle Ages, its destruction paved the way for better wages for workers and even an early form of modern capitalism. The relationship between the cataclysmic...
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Demand, Supply, and Markets

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses in great detail the differences between demand, supply, and markets. Useful economic terminology is identified in bold.
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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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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Principles of Macroeconomics: Business Cycles, Aggregate Demand and Supply

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at the way aggregate demand and supply affect the business cycle. Information used is current to 2003. From the Department of Economics at the University of Colorado.
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University of Nebraska Omaha

Ecedweb: Explorations in Economic Supply, Part I

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines how supply relates to economic decision making. Using the example of purchasing blue jeans, students take the role of producer to determine how many blue jeans they would supply to the market. Includes links and discussion...
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The Environmental Literacy Council

Environmental Literacy Council: Supply and Demand: How Markets Work

For Students 9th - 10th
An article on supply and demand and how markets work. Related links for teachers.
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University of Nebraska Omaha

Ecedweb: Explorations in Supply, Part Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
In this economics tutorial, you as a producer have to determine how much of a given product you should make.
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University of Nebraska Omaha

Ec Ed Web: Analyzing the Demand Curve

For Students 9th - 10th
Lists the determinants of demand for a product and service. The site is useful for students wishing to look further into the causes of demands. Graphs and summaries are included to aid research.
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Tutor2u

Tutor2u: Theory of Supply

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a simple definition of market supply and the supply curve. Illustrates concept with a graph.
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Other

South Western Learning: Oligopoly/monopolistic Competition: Kinked Demand Curve

For Students 9th - 10th
This South-Western College Publishing website describes a situation in which oligopolistic firms vie for competition among consumers.
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Tutor2u

Tutor2u: Macroeconomic Equilibrium

For Students 9th - 10th
A definition of macroeconomic equilibrium and how it changes when either aggregate supply (AS) or aggregate demand (AD) shift. Many supporting graphs are provided to help explain this concept.
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Other

South Western Learning: Econ News: The Market System Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
South-Western College Publishing offers an outline written as a study guide for an exam, which gives basic definitions of different aspects of a market economy, graphs and examples, and sample study questions at the bottom.

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