Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Prices Are Changing
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Market Equilibrium
The actual price you see in the world is a balancing act between supply and demand.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Summary Table of Market Equilibrium
Chart that shows what happens to equilibrium price and quantity when both supply and demand remain constant or shift.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Supply and Demand, Lessons From Toy Fads.
The concepts of supply and demand and related terms are taught through stories about the toy fads of Hula Hoops and Silly Bandz. In 1958, Wham-O, Inc. began marketing the Hula Hoop in the United States and sales of the Hula Hoops...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Prices and Equilibrium
Through a series of resources, students use the concept of demand and supply to explain how free market prices and quantities are established, define equilibrium, and understand the idea of shortage and surplus.
The Environmental Literacy Council
Environmental Literacy Council: Supply and Demand: How Markets Work
An article on supply and demand and how markets work. Related links for teachers.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Shifts in Aggregate Supply
If either the aggregate supply or aggregate demand curve shifts in the aggregate demand/aggregate supply-AD/A-model, the original equilibrium in the AD/AS diagram will shift to a new equilibrium. Increases and decreased in the price of...
Robert Schenk, PhD
Saint Joseph's College: Supply and Demand Buyer Equilibrium
Summarizes buyer equilibrium. Then click Next button at the bottom to learn about seller equilibrium as well as shortages & surpluses.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Henry Ford and the Model T: A Case Study in Productivity (Part 3)
Henry Ford's use of mass production strategies to manufacture the Model T revolutionized industrial manufacturing. This 3-part learning unit provides students with the story of Henry Ford and the Model T from an economics perspective....