In addition to the workbook, which is built in, Economics has a supplemental package to help students and instructors as they use the text.

Instructor’s Manual

This provides instructors with ideas on how to use the text, includes a description of the text’s special features, a chapter-by-chapter discussion of material new to the
eighth edition, and a rundown of chapter coverage to help them decide what they can skip. Also found here are the answers to the workbook questions and questions
for thought and discussion at the end of each chapter of the text, as well as chapter worksheets and worksheet solutions.

Mark Maier, who has used the text for several editions, took over the instructor’s manual in the sixth edition, and has added sections on learning objectives, ideas for use in class, and homework questions and projects (including scores of very useful websites) for each chapter. The Instructor’s Manual now provides a rich source of interesting ideas of classroom activities and discussions involving concepts and issues included in the text.

Test Bank (Micro and Macro Versions)

The test bank now includes over 9,000 multiple-choice questions, fill-in questions, and problems. Jim Watson, another long-time user of the text, took over the testbank
for the sixth edition, and has kept it current, culling outdated questions and adding new ones.

Computerized Testing

The Micro and Macro test banks are available in computerized versions for PCs. Developed by EZ Test, this state of the art software has the capability to create multiple
tests, “scramble,” and produce high-quality graphs. Teaching Transparencies The most important graphs and tables from the text are reproduced as two-color transparencies. Use of these acetates will aid the instructor’s classroom presentations and the students’ understanding.

Videos

A selection of videos is available to adopters, including both tutorial lessons and programs that combine historical footage, documentary sequences, interviews, and analysis to illustrate economic theory. There is also a 15-minute video that explains how to get the most out of the book. This may be played during the first day of class.
A series of DVDs produced by Paul Solman, business and economics correspondent for the Lehrer News Hour and WGBH Boston, cover the core topics in economics.

Web Site

Some of the text’s unique qualities are incorporated in a dynamic new website. Its remedial nature, with attention toward helping students further overcome math anxiety
and graphing diffi culties, will take on a self-help orientation for needy students. The quizzing practice offers questions not found in the Workbook or the Test Bank and serves to reinforce the material covered in every chapter. Instructors will fi nd material from the IM and PowerPoints. Several sections, of interest to both instructors
and students, provide useful and thought-provoking material and broaden understanding of the scope of economics. Deborah Figart of Richard Stockton College (NJ) was very helpful in providing Learning Tips and Teaching Tips.