Friday, September 23, 2011

A Brief Overview of Supply and Demand

EQ - How do supply and demand impact pricing strategies for entrepreneurs?
  1. Activator: Supply and Demand Game
  2. Vocabulary Review - Opportunity Cost and Scarcity 
  3. TPS - Focus on Economics (p. 49)
  4. Intro to the S & D curves
    1. Demand 
    2. Supply
    3. Equilibrium
    4. Surplus v. Deficit
  5. Knowledge Check (Question #1 p. 54)
EQ - How is price determined so an entrepreneur can make a profit?
  1. Activator: What do you know about price?
  2. Introduce Price Equation
  3. Vocabulary
    • Costs
    • Fixed Costs
    • Variable Costs
  4. Introduce Profit Equation
  5. Discussion Questions: 
    • How can we increase our profit?
    • How do you know how much a customer will pay? (*hint* last class)
    • How can we reduce our costs?
  6. TPS - Making the connection and answering the EQ
  7. TOD or homework  - After today's lesson, why is the outsourcing of American jobs a viable option for American companies ? (Feel free to discuss this with your family)

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