Supply and Demand Teacher Resources

Research supply and demand with your young economists. In this lesson, learners build knowledge on how to earn, spend, and save money through a role-play activity. They practice "buying" things with play money.

Economic supply and demand based on comparative data is the topic of this work packet. Intended for learners in grades twelve or higher, this set of exercises will challenges them to use their data analysis skills in a real-world...

A good study guide can really help a learner do his/her best on a big exam. This guide provides economics honors students with 28 scenarios and questions related to an advanced understanding of supply and demand. 

Put economics skills into practice with a series of scenarios and related tasks. The plan is built around centers and differentiation, and each activity includes three slightly different tasks for students to complete based on a shape...

A lesson on supply and demand provides four activities to help high school academics understand economic concepts such as taxes, supply, and demand. Young historians also participate in a group discussion following the activities to...

Let's all Hula Hoop! Scholars research the supply and demand side of toy fads in the United States. They analyze video clips and news articles to complete graphs on how the supply curve slope works in concert with the demand for products...

Watch an Instructional Television (ITV) video and participate in a simulation to explore supply and demand and how those two forces affect price.

A hands-on simulation perfect for an economics lesson, young learners investigate the availability of different sources of natural energy (coal, natural gas, oil, solar, and nuclear) and how this availability affects their cost. Simulate...

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. 

After considering the role that gasoline plays in our lives and our dependence on it as a society, learners participate in a reading activity discussing why the price of oil is increasing. They will then simulate being members of a...

What do strawberries, gasoline, and human kidneys have in common? Explore the concept of supply and demand, and the varying degrees of demand for particular items in the free market, with an informative video from Crash Course economics.

Now that your scholars have some career aspirations, it's time to explore the demand for these professionals based on labor projections. They explore the Law of Supply and Demand in a guided discussion, outlined here. There are some...

Seventh graders define terms supply and demand, identify what happens when demand exceeds supply and vice versa, explain how supply and demand affect choices, explain how supply and demand affect prices, and apply concepts in a simulated...

Students define economic terms, list three conditions that must be present in order for demand to exist, define law of supply and demand, differentiate between buyer's and seller's markets, examine concept of elasticity, view tutorial on...

For this economics worksheet, students answer six questions about supply and demand by using the provided word bank.                                  

In this supply and demand activity, students read about supply and demand and the impact these can have on a new business. They then answer the 9 questions in the packet. The answers are at the end of the packet.

For about the first six minutes Sal reviews the hypothetical global trade scenario from the last video in detail, changing a few numbers to make for a cleaner example. He continues the scenario to demonstrate how the natural ups and...

Delve deeper into currency exchange theory using Sal's hypothetical global trade scenario involving the Chinese Yuan and the US dollar. He references goods manufactured and sold in the countries using supply and demand principles,...

Investigate the wonders of supply and demand curves. Learners create and graph supply and demand curves, and as a class, discuss the properties of the curves. They investigate how price affects the quantity demanded and supplied and...

Providing four supply and demand charts for your students' interpretation, Part A of this activity quizzes their comprehension skills with six questions below. In Part B, students analyze additional charts and choose whether or not the...

In this economics lesson, students examine the principle of supply and demand related to the oil market as they identify factors that cause curves and shifts and determine equilibrium. Upper graders read an informational article and use...