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On-Demand Webinar

On Demand Thursdays: Demand, Supply and Market Equilibrium: Using COVID19 and Current Events to Engage Students

Time: 60 mins,
Presenter: Tawni Ferrarini
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Objective

Teachers will be able to:

  • Use educational technology, or EdTech, tools to demonstrate how markets work.
  • Demonstrate how current COVID19 related events have impacted markets, influenced prices, and affected business and consumer incentives.

Standards

State Standards

Concepts

Businesses and Households, Markets and Prices

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In this personal finance webinar, we will discuss what is happening to buyers and sellers in a shared, unexpected economic climate.

Description

We will go over how to have students assume different roles and create simulations to illustrate how price changes impact markets, production and consumption during unexpected crises. 

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