Crash Course
Progressive Presidents
Discover the motivations and policies of progressive presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. The video discusses how the presidents handled the domestic...
Crash Course
Reader, it's Jane Eyre
Who is Currer Bell? The narrator his course on Jane Eyre with an overview of Charlotte Bronte’s life, her writings under the Currer Bell pseudonym, and a brief summary of the plot of the novel. He approaches the story as a mix of the...
Crash Course
If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart Part I
"See other human beings as human beings." China Achebe’s message is echoed in a two-part video course that focuses on Things Fall Apart, Achebe’s novel about colonial Nigeria. The narrator's focus in Part 1 is on Okonkwo, the...
Crash Course
A Long and Difficult Journey, or The Odyssey
The narrator begins his presentation on The Odyssey with background information about Homer, the Trojan Wars, the oral tradition, epic poetry, and plot summaries of The Illiad and The Odyssey. And all in under four minutes. The narrator...
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Fate, Family, and Oedipus Rex
"Alas, how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise." Is knowing a good thing? This course in the history of Greek drama uses Oedipus Rex as an exemplar. The narrator measures Sophocles’ play...
Jacob Clifford
Total Revenue Test and Elasticity Review
When prices go up in an elastic demand curve, what happens to total revenue? Your young economists will learn about this concept as they watch an engaging and informative speaker illustrate what happens through drawing different...
Jacob Clifford
Excise Tax Practice
How do consumers and producers both pay part of an excise tax, and how does the tax shift prices and quantity? This economics teacher demonstrates how to use a graph in order to answer these questions, as well as how to calculate tax per...
Jacob Clifford
Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns
Before delving into the concept of cost curves in your class, discuss the relationship between inputs and outputs and the law of diminishing marginal returns. Here, an instructor uses data and graphs representing friends mowing...
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The Impossible Trinity
Governments work to maintain stable exchange rates, control interest rates, and let money freely flow in and out of the country. But can this happen all at once in countries when considering the international effects? Use this video to...
Jacob Clifford
Multiplier Effect, MPC, and MPS
Introduce the multiplier effect to your class members and help them understand the difference between the marginal propensity to consume and save.
Jacob Clifford
Graphing Practice
Help your class members make sense of the different graphs in economics, from aggregate demand and supply to the phillips curve, production possibilities curve, and business cycle.
Jacob Clifford
Classical vs. Keynesian Aggregate Supply
What is the difference between the Classical and Keynesian models of economics with regard to price levels and the aggregate supply graphs?
Jacob Clifford
The Phillips Curve (Short and Long Run)
How does one graph the Phillips curve? Here you'll find a great instructional video on how to use information and concepts from a basic aggregate supply and demand curve in order to draw the short run and long run Phillips curve.
Jacob Clifford
Inflationary and Recessionary Gaps with Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Where does the long run aggregate supply curve in graphs of an inflationary and recessionary gap? Check out this video for instruction on this process, as well as to learn about the motivations behind monetary and fiscal policy in...
Jacob Clifford
Long-Run Aggregate Supply
What happens in the long run when aggregate demand increases? Find out how wages, aggregate supply, and the long-run aggregate supply graph are affected by following along with this economics instructor in his instructional video.
Jacob Clifford
Intro - Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, and Fiscal Policy
Similar to the value of reading a table of contents before delving into a complex textbook, check out this video introduction to a unit of economic concepts, including aggregate demand and supply and fiscal policy.
Jacob Clifford
Business Cycle Unit Summary
Experience the ebb and flow of the economy with a video reviewing the fundamental concepts of the business cycle. Here you'll find an explanation of how unemployment, GDP growth, and inflation are all present in a basic graph of the...
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EconMovies 3: Monsters Inc (Production Possibilities Curve)
Delve into the production possibilities curve and capital goods through the lens of this engaging presenter and the story of Monsters Inc. The video clip uses plot points and scenes from the film in order to illustrate the concept of...
Jacob Clifford
Government Price Controls (Floors and Ceilings)
How do price ceilings result in shortages in the United States economy? Watch as an instructor uses graphs to illustrate this concept, as well as how price floors result in surpluses; all in less than 60 seconds!
Jacob Clifford
Double Shifts in Supply and Demand
What happens if demand goes up and supply goes down at the same time? Review double shifts with this video, where an instructor explains and illustrates the economic concept "in 60 seconds or less."
Jacob Clifford
Supply and Demand
Here is a quick video in which a dynamic presenter illustrates the concept of shortage and surplus in 60 seconds!
Jacob Clifford
Shifting Supply and Demand
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.
Jacob Clifford
Comparative Advantage: Econ Concepts in 60 Seconds
Walk your learners step-by-step through the process of creating a comparative advantage chart with a sample problem involving the production of cars and rice on a production possibilities curve.
Jacob Clifford
Production Possibilities Curve and Opportunity Cost
What happens when the resources used as part of a production possibilities curve are not easily adaptable to produce both goods? Watch as an economics instructor uses an example of an economy producing pizzas and robots in...