http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 18 May 2013 01:34:16 PDT Sat, 18 May 2013 01:34:16 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=81339 This Bized site provides a lesson plan to develop student understanding of markets and competition. Lesson objectives are provided as well as PowerPoint slides, a mind map, and an activity sheet that includes key issue questions and links to other resources. This Bized site provides a lesson plan for an investigation to analyze a major business in terms of its current strategic position and to make some judgments about future strategy. Lesson objectives are provided as well as PowerPoint slides, a mind map, and an activity sheet that includes key issue questions and links to other resources. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=81317 This Bized site provides a lesson plan to enhance student understanding of how government policy influences business activity. Lesson objectives are provided as well as PowerPoint slides, a mind map, and an activity sheet that includes key issue questions and links to other resources. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=88071 These six exercises were developed by the Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE) which was established to improve economic education in the U.S. The web site is oriented toward high school students, but can be used for first year Economics classes. Users are permitted to copy the information for classroom use. The six exercises involve the concepts of: Demand, Exchange, Transaction costs, Supply, Marginal analysis, and Market clearing price . The problems involve the student applying concepts learned in the classroom to current news events. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=81320 This Bized site provides a lesson plan for to enhance student understanding of how regulation influences business activity. Lesson objectives are provided as well as PowerPoint slides, a mind map, and an activity sheet that includes key issue questions and links to other resources.