Curated OER
Markets in Action
Have your class apply concepts from lectures and use from simple examples to discuss more complex problems that have been reported in the news. This is a lecture driven lesson with a lot of interesting information.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Price Controls
Lesson uses power point notes and related videos to help students understand ways that the government tries to control prices in an economic system, and what the expected results are.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Price Ceiling
Provides a thorough description of a price ceiling, along with graphs to explain this concept.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Marketplace: Price Increase or Price Gouging?
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.
Other
South Western Learning: Econ News: The Market System Study Guide
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.
Council for Economic Education
Econedlink: Demand
This video teaches the concept of Demand. Demand refers to a relationship between price and the quantity of a good or service that consumers demand. The website contains an interactive quiz and links for related lesson plans.
Council for Economic Education
Econedlink: Markets and Prices
This video teaches the concept of Markets and Prices. A market refers to a group of buyers and sellers for a given good or service. The price is the amount of money needed to buy a particular good or service. The website contains an...
Council for Economic Education
Econedlink: Supply
This video teaches the concept of Supply. Supply refers to a relationship between price and the quantity of a good or service that firms are willing to produce. The website contains an interactive quiz and links for related lesson plans.
Council for Economic Education
Econedlink: Price Ceilings and Floors Video and Quiz
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...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ap Macroeconomics: Price Ceilings and Price Floors
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Price Ceilings and Price Floors
This article discusses how quantity demanded react to artificial constraints on price.