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Curated OER

Surpluses, Shortages, and Equilibrium

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review and discuss the meaning of equilibrium. As a class, they participate in a game of "The Price is Right" in which they guess the true market price of various items. They explain how shortages and surpluses tend to force...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Filing Cabinet

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students discuss and identify the job market in agriculture. They define what is meant by Exploratory SAE and list five possible opportunities in the local community. Finally, students differentiate between improvement and supplementary...
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Curated OER

Competition and Market Structure

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in a simulation in which some are buyers and some are sellers in a trading activity. They set their own prices and record transactions. Then they calculate who made the biggest profit. They discuss the results.
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Curated OER

Market Game in Oil

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work together to participate in a market game in oil. Using their prior knowledge, they review how the interaction of buyers and sellers sets the price in markets. They identify the situations in which cause shortages and...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

A Lesson on the Supply and Demand of Toy Fads

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Let's all Hula Hoop! Scholars research the supply and demand side of toy fads in the United States. They analyze video clips and news articles to complete graphs on how the supply curve slope works in concert with the demand for products...
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PPT
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

Those Golden Jeans - Demand Schedule

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students build a demand schedule, and analyze a supply schedule for slices of cheese pizza, and then determine the market clearing price. They analyze the market if prices are set above or below the market clearing price.
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Curated OER

In the Chips

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore how markets exist whenever buyers and sellers exchange goods and services and that market prices are determined through the buying and selling decisions made by buyers and sellers. They also study how the market...
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Curated OER

Market Basics: Demand, Supply, and Price Determination

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the concepts of supply and demand. Using the Law of Demand and Supply, they develop charts and graphic models of supply and demand. They compare and contrast the behavior of consumers and suppliers when there...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Supply, Demand, and Prices Worksheet

For Students 11th - 12th
In this economics worksheet, learners use their problem solving skills to respond to 34 questions about supply, demand and prices.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Japan's Place In The World

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct research into the history of th Japanese rise to economic power. They use a variety of sources for information and engage in a variety of in class and out of class activities.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Market Equilibrium Writing Exercise

For Students 11th - 12th
In this economics activity, students read 6 scenarios about market equilibrium and then select one of them to write about. Students draw demand and supply curves to accompany their written answers.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

New Equilibrium Worksheet

For Students 11th - 12th
In this economics practice worksheet, students respond to 20 questions where they calculate new equilibrium points and label diagrams.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Supply and Demand Worksheet

For Students 11th - 12th
In this international economics worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to respond to 25 questions about supply and demand.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Supply and Demand

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the concept of economic goods and bads, and scarce items as it relates to the factors that affect our economy. In this supply and demand instructional activity, 4th graders are introduced to vocabulary that...
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Curated OER

In the Chips

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explain how markets work and the role of prices within markets is an important key to being able to explain and predict economic behavior. In true markets, prices are determined by the interaction of buyers and sellers.
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Curated OER

Demand and Supply-It's What Economics Is About!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils engage in research that investigates the economic concept of supply and demand. They look at the problem and how it can shift periodically in an economy. Students graph different quantities and see the shift in a visual way and...