Unit 2: Microeconomics

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HOW TO USE

Lessons build on one another and are designed to be used sequentially but individual lessons can be pulled out and integrated into an existing curriculum. If you plan to use one of the lessons in isolation, we recommend you review the Unit Overview documents to ensure students have the necessary prior knowledge.

Unit 1: Foundations of Economics Overview

Unit 2: Microeconomics Overview

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LESSON PLANS

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2.1 Coffee Market

2.2 Law of Demand

2.3 Introduction to Firms

2.4 Law of Supply

2.5 Shifts in Demand

2.6 Shifts in Supply

2.7 Review To Date

2.8 Looking Back and Ahead

2.9 An Economic Story*

2.10 Introduction to Market Failure

2.11 Public Goods

2.12 Externalities

2.13 Market Structures

2.14 Government Interference or Intervention?

2.15 Labor Markets

2.16 Exploring the Minimum Wage

2.17 Income Inequality

2.18 Connections Across Units: Part 1

2.19 Connections Across Units: Part 2

2.20 Economics in Plain Sight*

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