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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Prices Are Changing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This instructional activity will help students to understand how markets are created by the interaction of buyers and sellers, what demand and supply are, what equilibrium price is, and how demand and supply interact with price changes.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Keynes' Law and Say's Law in the Ad/as Model

For Students 9th - 10th
Compare Keynes's and Say's law in the context of aggregate supply and demand.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Changes in Equilibrium

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice finding a new equilibrium price and quantity when supply changes, demand changes, or both supply and demand are changing simultaneously.`This resource is designed as a review for the AP Microeconomics Test or a college-level...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: What Do People Want to Wear?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To stay in business, fashion merchandisers must be able to anticipate what consumers want. By looking at different retail websites, students will look to anticipate what consumers are demanding. Students will then go through the market...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Economics in the Headlines

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn how to identify headlines in the news and current events as illustrations of problems in supply and demand. Students will be linked to news sites to create their own analysis of supply and demand issues in problems facing...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Changes in the Ad as Model in the Short Run

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice what you've learned about the AD-AS model, aggregate demand shocks, and short-run aggregate supply shocks in this four-problem exercise.
Activity
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: What Is Driving Oil Prices?

For Students 9th - 10th
As the world's demand for oil rapidly increases, so do the prices for it. Learn the factors causing high oil prices and who are the world's largest consumers of petroleum. Includes discussion questions. (Published Jan. 2005)
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Biz Kids: Bring Home the Bacon

For Students 9th - 10th
Bring Home the Bacon is an exciting interactive way to learn the concept of supply and demand. More demand, more customers, but don't get too carried away because upgrading your investments might be worth the wait!
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Marketplace: Price Increase or Price Gouging?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about price-gouging. Using a hypothetical post-disaster example, they will learn more about supply and demand, as well as the complexities associated with price increases in a supply-constrained market.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Long Run Self Adjustment in the Ad as Model

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice what you've learned about the long-run adjustment of output, employment, and prices to changes in aggregate demand and short-run aggregate supply in this exercise.
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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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Econoclass

Econoclass: The Wage Is Right!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This classroom activity is based on the television show "The Price Is Right" and allows students to think about wage earnings in various sectors of employment. Could be used as a classroom activity when studying supply and demand or the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Changes in the Money Market

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice what you have learned about how changes in the demand for money and/or the money supply affect the nominal interest rate in this seven-problem exercise.
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: What Happened to Railroads?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Between the Civil War and World War II, railroads were one of the nation's most important businesses and an integral part of people's lives. For this lesson, students assume the role of detectives investigating why the rail companies...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Changes in the Ad as Model in the Short Run

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and graphs related to changes in the AD-AS model. Topics include AD shocks, such as changes in consumption, investment, government spending, or net exports, and supply...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Causes Economic Bubbles?

For Students 9th - 10th
During the 1600's, the exotic tulip became a nationwide sensation; some single bulbs even sold for ten times the yearly salary of a skilled craftsman. Suddenly, though, the demand completely plummeted, leaving the tulip market in a...
Study Guide
Ohio Test Prep

Ohio Test Prep: Module 8: Economics Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Ohio Test Prep on fundamental concepts teaches about supply and demand, scarcity, and trade. Includes video tutorials, interactive practice and review, and assessment.
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Robert Schenk, PhD

St. Josephs College: More Price Elasticity

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains price elasticity of supply. Includes graphs to represent the concept.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Summary Table of Market Equilibrium

For Students 9th - 10th
Chart that shows what happens to equilibrium price and quantity when both supply and demand remain constant or shift.
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Collecting for Fun . . . And Profit?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Art, baseball cards, coins, comic books, dolls, jewelry and stamps are just a few examples of the many things people collect. While some people collect for fun, others hope to profit. In this lesson, students explore how supply and...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Price Ceilings and Price Floors

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses how quantity demanded react to artificial constraints on price.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Building Blocks of Keynesian Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Keynesian economics focuses on explaining why recessions and depressions occur and offering a policy prescription for minimizing their effects. The Keynesian view of recession is based on two key building blocks: recessions occur when...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Elasticity in the Long Run and Short Run

For Students 9th - 10th
The elasticity of supply or demand can vary based on the length of time you care about. This resource is designed for students who are taking a college-level microeconomics course.
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Social Science Education Consortium

Ssec: Minimum Wage: Does Raising the Rate Help Young Workers? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This investigation will help students examine issues related to the minimum wage, including: What does economic theory suggest will result in minimum-wage earnings and employment if the minimum wage is increased? Does an increase in the...

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