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Fitness Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop skills and a comfort level in interpreting economic concepts through graphic analysis.
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Exchange Rate Problems

For Students 8th - 12th
In this economics learning exercise, students respond to 10 short answer and multiple choice questions about exchange rates throughout the world.
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Chapter 21: Consumer Behavior and Utility Maximization

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Who knows why consumers act the way they do? After viewing this presentation, your class will - and they will also know how to optimize consumer behavior. Prepare your young captains of industry for their place in the world of business...
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Mr. Yamada’s Tips for Success on Current Events Commentary: Macroeconomics

For Students 11th - 12th
In this economic systems worksheet, students read and follow the provided 5 tips to locate, analyze, and discuss macroeconomics current event issues. 
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Price Floors and Ceilings

For Students 9th - 12th
For this economics worksheet, students examine price floors and ceilings as they use a chart to answer 4 short answer questions regarding the topic.
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Farm Price Supports

For Students 9th - 12th
In this economics worksheet, students study two diagrams about farm price supports and equilibrium price and use them to answer 8 multi-step short answer questions.
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Microeconomics Study Guide, Section II: Elasticities

For Students 11th - 12th
In this economics worksheet, learners define elasticity, calculate ranges of elasticity, and label diagrams pertaining to the concept of elasticity.
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Market Structures and Competition

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students review concepts related to market structures and competition. Using supply and demand, they identify what factors cause them to shift and analyze business downward facing demand curves. They compare and contrast the abilities of...
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Microeconomics Summary

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders study microeconomics.  In this Economics lesson, 12th graders draw graphs on government taxes.  Students decide if these graphs are true or false.
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Market Equilibrium Writing Exercise

For Students 11th - 12th
In this economics learning exercise, 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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New Equilibrium

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this economics practice worksheet, students respond to 16 questions that require them to use their problem solving skills to identify equilibrium points.
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Economics: Elasticity of Prices

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discover the elasticity concepts of price, income, cross elasticity, and elasticity of supply. They apply this knowledge to an activity about Britain's Birmingham Northern Relief Road.
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New Equilibrium Worksheet

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

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students analyze the meaning of the business term, elasticity, and discuss the main elasticity concepts of price, income, and cross elasticity. They manipulate and demonstrate various business formulas.
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Consumer Surplus Lesson Plan: 1 X 1 Hour Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students investigate the concept of consumer surplus as it relates to economic policy and decision making. They determine the difference between the value they place on something as compared to the price that they actually pay for it...
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Elasticity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the topic of elasticity. As a class, they identify demand as being either price elastic or price inelastic when given examples. They discover the relationship between percentage changes in the quantity sold...
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Consumer Surplus

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students examine the meaning of the term consumer surplus, and apply the concept to various scenarios.
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Surpluses, Shortages, and Equilibrium

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars 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...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply Curves

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains how the concepts of supply and demand can be applied to the economy as a whole. Includes examples of an aggregate demand curve and an aggregate supply curve, and review questions at the end.
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Khan Academy: Economic Efficiency

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about consumer surplus, producer surplus, and deadweight loss. Did you know that demand and supply diagrams can help us understand more than supply and demand curves and equilibrium? They can also help us understand economic...
Activity
University of Nebraska Omaha

Ec Ed Web: Analyzing the Demand Curve

For Students 9th - 10th
Lists the determinants of demand for a product and service. The site is useful for students wishing to look further into the causes of demands. Graphs and summaries are included to aid research.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Factors Change Demand?

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about factors, besides price, that affect a quantity that is demanded. This resource is designed for students who are taking a college-level microeconomics course.
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Tutor2u

Tutor2u: Shifts in Market Demand

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an easy to understand site that presents the law of demand, changes in quantity demanded, and the factors that cause a demand curve to shift. It also discusses how inferior goods and normal goods respond to changes in demand.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 11: The Phillips Curve

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Explain the Phillips curve, noting its impact on the theories of Keynesian economics; graph a Phillips curve; Identify factors that cause the instability of the Phillips...