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The Market Phenomenon. How is the market economic system and the circular flow model linked?. Objectives. Understand and explain a market and its role in the market economic system Understand the “circular flow” of the market system by creating a graphic organizer of the flow
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The Market Phenomenon How is the market economic system and the circular flow model linked?
Objectives • Understand and explain a market and its role in the market economic system • Understand the “circular flow” of the market system by creating a graphic organizer of the flow • Compose a narrative of the “circular flow”
Times Square, N.Y.C. • “district was a mecca for family-oriented tourism and entertainment…”
ChandniChowk, Delhi“…might actually be possible to get anything in ChandniChowk: from made-to-order wedding dresses to exotic fruits to refurbished secondhand shoes.”
Marrakech, Morocco • Largest market place in Africa
Hong Kong • One of Asia’s largest markets • Serves the largest population in the world • What factors did you see???
4 Points of the “Circular Flow” • All dependant on market activity to drive system…exchange goods/services • Buyers and sellers to meet and exchange product • Factor Market • Business • Product Market • Individuals • No specific order…all components critical
Specifics… • Factor markets: • Where individuals earn an income • 4 factors of production (C.E.L.L.) are bought and sold • You/your parents work place • Product market: • Use income to acquire good/services here • $ returns to businesses (factor markets) • This creates an infinite cycle where wages are exchanged and go on to create more and more goods/services
Watch… • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfz1bwK5C4o • How are individuals and businesses (firms) linked in the market system?
Act… • Create a graphic organizer of the “circular flow” • Compose a brief narrative of the “flow”
Intro… • Exchange your narrative with someone near you • Come up and grab a red, blue (or black) pen, and a highlighter • Read your partners narrative and identify the 4 pieces of the circular flow model • Red for business • Blue for individual • Yellow for product market • Circle for factor market
“FLOW” Activity • Moving around the school to 2 different locations in order to highlight the “circular flow” of the market economy • Complete the sheet as you move • Find the posted explanation of each location’s relation to the “circular flow” and read it to your group • 25 MINUTES TO COMPLETE!!
Intro: Mock-market interaction • Grab a sheet from the front and get into groups • Read the directions and get started Objective: • Understand the two types of markets • Understand how individuals and businesses are both buyers and sellers
Reflection Questions • With a partner grab a white board, marker and eraser • I will give out 1 point for the best answer to each question…winning pair will receive a prize • Ready to begin?
Question #1 • How does the market economic system and the “circular flow” overlap?
Question #2 • How does your paycheck fit into our larger market economy?
Question #3 • During the “Circular Flow” of Conestoga activity, your physical movement around the school was the equivalent of what in the real world?
Question #4 • Where is the governments role in our market’s “circular flow”? Answer and give a specific example.
Question #5 • How could a labor strike effect our community here in Berwyn?
Question #6 • On a scale of 1-10, how important is freedom in a market economy?
Question #7 • Which of the 4 pieces of the “circular flow” is the most crucial to the system?
Question #8 • Explain the role a website like E-bay or Amazon plays in the “circular flow.”
Question #9 • Command Example… • Why does a market system overcome the command system’s shortcomings?
Question #10 • Why is it important to understand the “circular flow” of our economy?