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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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Classroom Clues: Children's Literature for Understanding Economics

For Teachers K - 1st
How do you teach obscure economic concepts to younger elementary students? One way is through children's literature. This site has a large variety of children's picture books that teach various economic concepts such as supply and...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Shifts in Aggregate Supply

For Students 9th - 10th
If either the aggregate supply or aggregate demand curve shifts in the aggregate demand/aggregate supply-AD/A-model, the original equilibrium in the AD/AS diagram will shift to a new equilibrium. Increases and decreased in the price of...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 10: Aggregate Demand/supply Model: Key Concepts and Summary

For Students 9th - 10th
This section summarizes each of the key concepts from Chapter 10: The Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply Model.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Babysitter Shortage in Washington, d.c.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What is responsible for the shortage of babysitters in Washington, DC? Identify the parts of the article which indicate a decrease in supply and an increase in demand.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Law of Supply

For Students 9th - 10th
If the price of something goes up, companies are willing (and able) to produce more of it.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 4: Introduction to Labor and Financial Markets

For Students 11th - 12th
This is an introduction to labor and financial markets including the following: Demand and supply at work in labor markets, demand and supply in financial markets, and the market system as an efficient mechanism for information.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 4: Labor and Financial Markets: Key Concepts and Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a summary of the key concepts covered in Chapter 4: Labor and Financial Markets from the TEA AP Macroeconomics online text.
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US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Where Is Earth's Water Located?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out how much of the water on Earth is actually usable by humans, and where the rest of it is located. Learn where our water comes from and why it never runs out. Click Home to access the site in Spanish.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Energy Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Try and meet global energy demands by using alternative energy sources while keeping the carbon levels in the atmosphere down to acceptable levels. Simulator includes a data table available for download for student records.
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Council for Economic Education

Econedlink: Price Ceilings and Floors Video and Quiz

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This video teaches the concept of Price Ceilings and Floors. A price ceiling is a legally established maximum price while a price floor is a legally established minimum price. The website contains an interactive quiz and links for...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Macroeconomics: Price Ceilings and Price Floors

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to explain price controls, price ceilings, and price floors; and analyze demand and supply as a social adjustment mechanism.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 15: Exchange Rates and Intl Capital Flows: Key Concepts

For Students 11th - 12th
This section provides summaries for each of the key concepts covered in Chapter 15: Exchange Rates and International Capital Flows from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online textbook.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 15: Macroeconomic Effects of Exchange Rate

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Explain how exchange rate shifting influences aggregate demand and supply and Explain how loans and banks can also be influenced by shifting exchange rates.
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ProProfs

Pro Profs: Demand & Supply

For Students 9th - 10th
This 10-question quiz covers the basics of demand & supply. You have 1 minute to answer each question.
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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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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: If I Ran the Zoo Economics and Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Welcome to the Zoo! In this two-day lesson you will use Dr. Seuss' If I Ran The Zoo book to introduce the economic concepts to your students. You will also get the chance to use actual zoo criteria to help a zoo "choose" new animals.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 4: Labor and Financial Markets: Review Questions

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a list of eight review study questions covering the information in Chapter 4: Labor and Financial Markets.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 12: Neoclassical Perspective: Key Concepts and Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This section summarizes the key concepts presented in Chapter 12: Neoclassical Perspective from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.
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University of Nebraska Omaha

University of Omaha: Lesson Plan: Why Do I Want All This Stuff? [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson plan addresses consumer demand and advertising. Indicated for grades 3 through 5.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Serving Up Economics

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan describes how students can use a restaurant setting to study the basic concepts of economics, while they learn business, math, and even get to eat.
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South Western Learning: Econ News: Perfect Competition

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a variety of economics-related newspaper headlines in perfectly competitive markets, and each headline offers discussion questions related to that topic.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Changes in Equilibrium

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice more challenging questions about changes in market equilibrium that happen when supply or demand (or both!) change in this exercise. This resource is designed as a review for the AP Macroeconomics Test or a college-level...
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University of Nebraska Omaha

Ec Ed Web: Andersonville Prison: An Economic Microcosm

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides a lesson plan that investigates concepts of scarcity, economic wants, command economic systems, market economic systems, and markets and prices.

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