Suggested films and videos—for additional learning
Chapter bibliographies—for book reports and term papers
Suggested articles―for related reading
Interactive questionnaires and exercises—for experiential learning
Cases and teaching notes—for help in planning lectures
Key-point icons—emphasize the importance of particular concepts and each figure is broken into subfigures with explanations that can be offered at each stage
Test bank: Available in EZtest Online and Word format, includes 60 to 100 multiple-choice questions for the core theory chapters and 40 to 70 multiple-choice questions for the issues chapters. These questions test students' knowledge of key terms, key concepts, theory and graph recognition, theory and graph application, and numeracy, as well as questions about different explanations given by economists regarding particular economic phenomena.
Two sets of PowerPoint presentations: NEW narrated PowerPoint presentations may be viewed on the OLC or downloaded to an iPod. Updated PowerPoint presentations offering roughly 20 slides per chapter.
Digital Image Library: Contains all of the images in the text, providing a convenient resource instructors can use to customize class multimedia presentations.
Student Study Guide: Like the text, the Study Guide is divided into theory chapters and issues chapters, with a slightly different format for each. The theory chapters include the major points of the chapter, a chapter outline, key terms with definitions, and problems. This is followed by multiple-choice quizzes and true/false questions. The issues chapters include the major points of the chapter, a chapter outline, key terms with definitions, discussion questions, and Web-based questions. Additional material to correspond with the new “Kick it Up a Notch” section is now available. Answers to all problems are included.
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