University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Demand, Supply, and Markets
This site discusses in great detail the differences between demand, supply, and markets. Useful economic terminology is identified in bold.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Changes in Equilibrium Price and Quantity: The Four Step Process
Analyze some step-by-step examples of shifting supply and demand curves. This resource is designed for students who are taking a college-level microeconomics course.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Marketplace: Iraq's Supply and Demand
In this lesson, students listen to an audio file about how the growing demand for workers in Iraq in May 2004 affected the job market, and how the effects of low growth in the supply of workers shaped companies' hiring practices and...
University of Nebraska Omaha
Ecedweb: Explorations in Supply, Part Ii
In this economics tutorial, you as a producer have to determine how much of a given product you should make.
Ohio Test Prep
Ohio Test Prep: Module 8: Economics Concepts
Ohio Test Prep on fundamental concepts teaches about supply and demand, scarcity, and trade. Includes video tutorials, interactive practice and review, and assessment.
Other
The Aggregate Supply Curve
"The Aggregate Supply Curve," by Baumol, William J., and Alan S. Blinder. Economics: Principles and Policy, 7th ed. Orlando, FL: The Dryden Press, 1997, pp.628-642.
Econoclass
Econoclass: Resources for Economic Teachers
A site with resources for teachers teaching high school economics.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Serving Up Economics
This lesson plan describes how students can use a restaurant setting to study the basic concepts of economics, while they learn business, math, and even get to eat.
Other
Classroom Clues: Children's Literature for Understanding Economics
How do you teach obscure economic concepts to younger elementary students? One way is through children's literature. This site has a large variety of children's picture books that teach various economic concepts such as supply and...
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
Cyber Economics
An incredible site! This is an interactive textbook that clearly and concisely covers any topic you can think of under both microeconomics and macroeconomics. Select "Table of Contents" to begin.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Tapped Dry: How Do You Solve a Water Shortage?
Economists do not operate in a vacuum. If an economist is going to suggest that the price of a good needs to be increased, he or she needs to consider who will bear the increase in costs. Will the costs be distributed equally or will one...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Law of Demand
If the price of something goes up, people are going to buy less of it.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Babysitter Shortage in Washington, d.c.
What is responsible for the shortage of babysitters in Washington, DC? Identify the parts of the article which indicate a decrease in supply and an increase in demand.
Curated OER
Market Price: Supply & Demand
This site from Wood Green School Witney explains market price. It includes graphs related to supply and demand. The explanation deals with basic economic terms establishing equilibrium market price. The site is theoretical in nature and...
Other
Economic Glossarama: Supply
This economic glossary provides a definition of supply, and 2000 other economic terms and concepts.
Tutor2u
Tutor2u: Theory of Supply
This site provides a simple definition of market supply and the supply curve. Illustrates concept with a graph.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Macroeconomic Perspectives on Demand and Supply
Read about the differing macroeconomic perspectives of Keynes and Say.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Banking and the Expansion of the Money Supply
This lesson summary from Khan Academy is intended for young scholars who are taking the AP Macroeconomics course. In this lesson summary will review key terms and calculations related to fractional reserve banking, required reserves,...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Economics of Recycling
Students will review the legislation in Japan that requires all consumers to pay a fee for recycling large appliances.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Economics of the Family Farm
Learn about the status of farming as a career, investigate the management of a family farm, and examine one recent farm crisis in this lesson.
University of Nebraska Omaha
Ec Ed Web: Analyzing the Demand Curve
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Economics Vocabulary
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains basic economics vocabulary such as producers, consumers, and different kinds of resources; limited, unlimited, natural and human. Student assessment items are included.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: How the Ad/as Model Incorporates Growth, Unemployment, Inflation
The aggregate demand/aggregate supply, or AD/AS, model is one of the fundamental tools in economics because it provides an overall framework for bringing economic factors together in one diagram. These factors include economic growth,...