How to Use the OpenStax Community Hub
(View Complete Item Description)Tips and guidelines to help you create resources that align with OpenStax titles
Material Type: Lesson
All resources in OpenStax Principles of Economics 2e
Video Assignment (Perfect Competition)
(View Complete Item Description)Video assignment related the economic concept of Perfect Competition using a CBS - 60 Minutes segment.
Material Type: Assessment, Homework/Assignment, Teaching/Learning Strategy
Simple and Compound Interest
(View Complete Item Description)This resource can serve as a teaching module, student self-study material, or evaluation of understanding. It explains and evaluates the concepts and calculations regarding simple and compound interest. It was developed by Martha Donnelly of Lone Star College.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson
Supply and Demand Experiment
(View Complete Item Description)This interactive and collaborative activity asks students to estimate the demand of a product (pizza) based on different prices. Instructors can upload the materials to their own Google drives and run the experiment repeatedly to generate new data and demonstrate trends. This resource was developed by Birjees Ashraf, Sophie Haci, Renee Edwards, and Charles Hackner.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Price Elasticity of Demand Experiment
(View Complete Item Description)This interactive and collaborative activity asks students to first react to price changes and then analyze the results. Instructors can upload the materials to their own Google drives and run the experiment repeatedly to generate new data and demonstrate trends. This resource was developed by Birjees Ashraf, Sophie Haci, Renee Edwards, and Charles Hackner.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Principles of Economics
(View Complete Item Description)Principles of Economics covers scope and sequence requirements for a two-semester introductory economics course. The authors take a balanced approach to micro- and macroeconomics, to both Keynesian and classical views, and to the theory and application of economics concepts. The text also includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way.
Material Type: Textbook
Economics In-Class Activities
(View Complete Item Description)This set of three activities were written by Sophie Haci and Rachel Polukuri of Houston Community College. They cover demand change, minimum wage, and opportunity cost.
Material Type: Activity/Lab