ECON 2214
 Module 1 - Lesson Plan 1

 Principles of Economics:
 Micro

 Demand and Supply

 

 

Administration and Preview Class Activities Summary - Course Objectives Your Homework Love for Econ...

 

 

Administration and Preview

 

Purchase your Text and Study Guide.
Look over the Syllabus and the 15-Module Calendar.
Begin reading the chapter on Demand and Supply.
Begin to complete the study guide on Demand and Supply.

 

 

Class Activities

 

 

 4.1   Distinguish between quantity demanded and demand and explain what determines demand.

 

 4.2   Distinguish between quantity supplied and supply and explain what determines supply.

 

 

 

Summary - Course Objectives

 

 

 4.1   Distinguish between quantity demanded and demand and explain what determines demand.

A.  Other things remaining the same, the quantity demanded increases as the price falls and decreases as the price rises - the law of demand.

B.  Changes in the price of a relate good, income, expectation about future prices and income, the number of buyers, and preferences change demand.

 

 4.2   Distinguish between quantity supplied and supply and explain what determines supply.

A.  Other things remaining the same, the quantity supplied increases as the price rises and decreases as the price falls - the law of supply.

B.  Changes in the price of a related good, prices of resources and other inputs, expectation about future prices and profits, number of sellers, and productivity change supply.

 

 

 

Your Homework

 

 

Complete all portions of the textbook and study guide relating to   Checkpoint 4.1 and 4.2 on Demand and Supply. 

Take the optional post-study bonus point quizzes on Demand and Supply on Saturday following Module 1.

Take the optional pre-study bonus point quizzes on Government Influences on Markets on Sunday preceding Module 2.

Then read and study Demand and Supply course objectives 4.3 in your textbook and study guide
before attending
the next class session.

 

 

 

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