It's About Supply and Demand

Don't let the summer go to waste! Send your secondary students off to break with a summer reading requirement. This requirement is particularly well thought out and includes a few steps. To prepare for the next year of instruction,...

Why does quantity demanded decrease as prices increase? Watch this video to compare the downward sloping curve of the law of demand with the upward sloping curve of supply, as well as to review such concepts as the substitution effect,...

Highlighted with various engaging clips from the film Indiana Jones, here you'll find a video that does a wonderful job explaining the concept of demand and supply. Watch as the presenter delves into the supply and demand curves, using...

How do supply and demand curves shift based on increasing and decreasing demand/supply? Check out this video to see how one presenter explains the concept in 60 seconds or less. 

What is the difference between elastic and inelastic demands? Review these concepts, as well as cross prices, elasticity of supply, and income elasticity, with your class members after taking a look at this video.

What is the difference between the Classical and Keynesian models of economics with regard to price levels and the aggregate supply graphs?

A shopper goes to the store for that one special item only to find out it is out of stock. The seventh lesson of a 21-part economic series investigates the concept of supply in the marketplace. Scholars research the supply curve using a...

Using or considering using Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God? Then this packet is a must for your curriculum library. The examination of how Hurston combines folklore and folk language to create the voice of her...

It's all about timing ... when is the right time to raise the price or produce more if supply is low? The first lesson of a 10-part series on economics investigates the supply curve in business. Scholars watch a short video explaining...

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...