The Market Economy | Consumers & Producers Lesson Plan | iCivics - Free Printable

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A. Review: Match each scenario to the correct market structure.

Market Structures:
- Perfect Competition
- Monopolistic Competition
- Oligopoly
- Monopoly

Scenarios:
1. Mary goes to the store and buys a new backpack.
2. Tyler mows lawns and does yard work for $30 per hour.
3. Ben Scaife & sons are the only TV repair shop in town.
4. Liam spends $10 on lemonade and an ice cream cone at a stand that has no competition.
5. At a company-wide meeting, the CEO says, “We’ve got to beat our competitors.”
6. If you could make 50% more at another job, would you stay?
7. Liz is making a cake and her friend says, “You’re not allowed to sell this.”

> You're supposed to match these scenarios to one of the four market structures.

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B. Hottest! For each example, circle all of the following that apply:

1. Adam is thinking of getting more computers.
- He will increase supply → ✔
- He will decrease supply → ✘
- He will increase demand → ✘
- He will decrease demand → ✘

2. There is a shortage of making cakes.
- Price increases → ✔
- Price decreases → ✘
- Quantity demanded increases → ✔
- Quantity supplied decreases → ✔

3. The price of a computer drops from $1000 to $800.
- Demand increases → ✘
- Demand decreases → ✘
- Quantity demanded increases → ✔
- Quantity demanded decreases → ✘

4. Andy's house caught fire and he lost his baking supplies.
- Supply increases → ✘
- Supply decreases → ✔
- Demand increases → ✘
- Demand decreases → ✘

5. So, the market is adjusting to a new equilibrium after a change in supply.
- The quantity demanded increases → ✔
- The quantity supplied increases → ✔
- The price increases → ✔
- The price decreases → ✘

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C. A Circular Flow – Draw a circular flow diagram showing how money flows between households and businesses.

This part asks you to draw a diagram showing:
- Households providing labor/resources
- Businesses producing goods/services
- Money flowing in both directions

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Let me now help you solve and explain each section properly.

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## ✔ Section A: Matching Scenarios to Market Structures

Let’s go through each one.

1. Mary buys a backpack at a store.
→ Many stores sell backpacks; similar products, free entry/exit → Monopolistic Competition
*(Not perfect competition because products aren’t identical — backpacks vary by brand/design)*

2. Tyler mows lawns and does yard work for $30/hour.
→ He’s an individual offering a service; many others can do the same → Perfect Competition
*(Assuming there are many lawn mowers, low barriers to entry, no product differentiation)*

3. Ben Scaife & Sons are the only TV repair shop in town.
→ Only one provider → Monopoly

4. Liam buys lemonade and ice cream from a stand with no competition.
→ One seller, no close substitutes → Monopoly

5. CEO says “we’ve got to beat our competitors”
→ Implies few large firms competing → Oligopoly

6. Would you stay if you could earn 50% more elsewhere?
→ This relates to labor mobility and opportunity cost, but not a market structure.
→ Probably meant to be matched to Perfect Competition (labor market) — workers can move freely → Perfect Competition (in labor market)

7. “You’re not allowed to sell this cake.”
→ Not a market transaction → No market involved, but perhaps refers to non-market activity.
→ Could be None of the above, but if forced to pick, maybe Monopoly (if it’s about control over selling)?
→ Actually, best fit: Not applicable — but if we assume it's about restrictions on trade, it might relate to monopoly or government regulation.
→ But likely intended as Monopolistic Competition or perfect competition depending on context.
→ Wait — better interpretation: This is a non-market transaction, so perhaps none of the listed types. But since the question says "circle all that apply", and this isn’t a market, maybe it doesn’t fit.
→ Possibly no match, or if the cake was being sold, then Monopolistic Competition (small business).
→ Best answer: Monopolistic Competition (assuming it’s a small bakery-type setup).

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✔ Correct Answers for Section A:

| Scenario | Market Structure |
|--------|------------------|
| 1 | Monopolistic Competition |
| 2 | Perfect Competition |
| 3 | Monopoly |
| 4 | Monopoly |
| 5 | Oligopoly |
| 6 | Perfect Competition (labor market) |
| 7 | Monopolistic Competition (or possibly None, but likely Monopolistic Competition) |

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## ✔ Section B: Hottest! (Supply/Demand Concepts)

1. Adam thinks of buying more computers.
→ He wants to buy more → Increases demand
→ But the statement says “he is thinking of getting more computers” — this means he plans to consume more, so demand increases
→ Answer: Increase in demand ✔

2. Shortage of making cakes
→ Shortage = quantity demanded > quantity supplied
→ So:
- Price tends to increase (to eliminate shortage) → ✔
- Quantity demanded increases due to higher prices? No — actually, quantity demanded decreases when price rises.
But wait: shortage occurs when price is below equilibrium → so quantity demanded is high, quantity supplied is low
→ So:
- Quantity demanded increases → ✘ (it’s already high)
- Quantity supplied decreases → ✔
- Price increases → ✔
→ So: Price increases, Quantity supplied decreases → ✔✔

3. Price of computer drops from $1000 to $800
→ Lower price → people buy more → quantity demanded increases
→ This is movement along the demand curve, not a shift
→ So: Quantity demanded increases ✔
→ Not demand itself increasing (that would be a shift)
→ Answer: Quantity demanded increases ✔

4. Andy’s house burned down → lost baking supplies
→ Can’t produce as much → supply decreases
→ So: Supply decreases ✔

5. Market adjusting after supply change
→ Supply changes → new equilibrium
→ If supply decreases, then:
- Quantity demanded decreases (at new higher price)
- Quantity supplied decreases (because less produced)
- Price increases
→ So:
- Quantity demanded increases → ✘
- Quantity supplied increases → ✘
- Price increases → ✔
→ But the question says: “after a change in supply” — could be increase or decrease
→ But usually, “adjusting” implies a shift.
→ Likely: Supply decreased → so price increases, quantity traded decreases
→ So:
- Quantity demanded decreases → not increases
- Quantity supplied decreases → yes
- Price increases → yes
→ So: Quantity supplied increases → ✘
→ Price increases → ✔
→ But “quantity demanded increases” → ✘
→ So only price increases is correct?

Wait — let’s clarify:

When supply decreases:
- Supply curve shifts left
- New equilibrium: higher price, lower quantity
- At higher price, quantity demanded decreases (along the demand curve)
- Quantity supplied decreases (but at higher price, suppliers want to sell more — but they *can't* due to fewer resources)

So:
- Quantity demanded decreases → ✔ (but not listed as option?)
- Quantity supplied decreases → ✔
- Price increases → ✔

But the options say:
- The quantity demanded increases → ✘
- The quantity supplied increases → ✘
- The price increases → ✔
- The price decreases → ✘

So only price increases is correct.

But wait — the original says: “the market is adjusting to a new equilibrium after a change in supply”

So if supply increased, then:
- Price ↓, quantity ↑
- Quantity demanded ↑
- Quantity supplied ↑

But the question says “a change in supply” — ambiguous.

But in most contexts, especially with fires or disasters, it’s decrease in supply.

But look at the answer choices:
- “Quantity demanded increases” → only true if price falls
- “Quantity supplied increases” → only if supply increases
- “Price increases” → if supply decreases

So unless specified, we assume supply decreased.

But the question says “adjusting to a new equilibrium”, which happens regardless.

But the only consistent choice is:
→ Price increases → ✔
→ But “quantity demanded increases” is false
→ “quantity supplied increases” is false
→ So only price increases is correct

But wait — the original says:
> “So, the market is adjusting to a new equilibrium after a change in supply in the market. Right now the market is moving toward the new equilibrium.”

So it’s moving toward new equilibrium.

But the question is asking: what happens?

So if supply decreased, then:
- Price ↑
- Quantity demanded ↓
- Quantity supplied ↓

So only price increases is correct.

But the answer key may expect quantity demanded increases if supply increased.

But the scenario before says “Andy’s house burned” — that suggests supply decreased.

So likely: Only price increases is correct.

But the list includes:
- The quantity demanded increases → ✘
- The quantity supplied increases → ✘
- The price increases → ✔
- The price decreases → ✘

So only price increases should be circled.

But maybe the question assumes supply increased?

No — previous question was about Andy losing supplies.

So likely supply decreased.

So answer: Price increases ✔

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## ✔ Section C: Circular Flow Diagram

You’re asked to draw a circular flow diagram.

Here’s how to draw it:

Components:

- Households (on one side)
- Firms/Businesses (on the other)
- Markets for Goods and Services (between them)
- Factor Markets (labor, capital, land, entrepreneurship)

Arrows:

1. From households to firms: Labor, land, capital → factors of production
2. From firms to households: Payments (wages, rent, interest, profits) → income
3. From households to firms: Spending on goods/services → consumption
4. From firms to households: Goods and services → output

Flow of Money:

- Money flows from households to firms when buying goods
- Money flows from firms to households as wages, rent, etc.

Flow of Resources:

- Resources (labor, etc.) flow from households to firms
- Goods/services flow from firms to households

So the diagram is a circle with two loops:
- Real flow (resources and goods)
- Money flow (income and spending)

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## ✔ Final Summary:

A. Market Structures:

1. Monopolistic Competition
2. Perfect Competition
3. Monopoly
4. Monopoly
5. Oligopoly
6. Perfect Competition
7. Monopolistic Competition

B. Hottest!

1. Increase in demand
2. Price increases, Quantity supplied decreases
3. Quantity demanded increases
4. Supply decreases
5. Price increases

C. Circular Flow:

Draw two circles:
- Outer loop: Households ↔ Firms
- Inner loop: Money flows (spending and income)
- Arrows show:
- Households → Firms: Labor, land, capital
- Firms → Households: Wages, rent, profit
- Households → Firms: Spending
- Firms → Households: Goods and services

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