C. Lucy Malakar

Fiscal policy clap back: understanding the economic role of the federal government part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Students will use their knowledge of fiscal policy and the federal budget to decide whether or not the federal budget should be balanced on an annual basis.

What caused the housing bubble of the mid 2000s? part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
After learning about the Financial Crisis of 2008, students will debate which factor contributed most to the housing bubble and subsequent financial crisis.

The price of beer and automobile fatalities: using elasticity to determine appropriate public policy part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Students will use the price elasticity of demand for beer to estimate the impact of a price increase on alcohol-impaired driving fatalities and then discuss policy options to prevent them.

Creating and interpreting a production possibilities curve part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Students will read an article about how the hurricanes of September 2017 damaged crops in Georgia and use the information provided to create a production possibilities frontier. Students will use their production ...

Understanding the Tragedy of the Commons part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Students will watch a portion of a South Park episode that illustrates the tragedy of the commons and apply the concept to a more serious situation. After viewing the video, will debate and discuss ways to prevent ...

Game theory: externalities, the prisoner's dilemma and Nash equilibrium as seen in South Park part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
After viewing a brief segment of a South Park episode, students create a game theory matrix and apply the concepts of the Prisoner's Dilemma and Nash Equilibrium.

How markets work part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Students will read an article about McDonald's move to all-day breakfast and analyze the impact this will have on the market for eggs. Students will use the information provided in the article to create a ...

We Buy Anything: an in-class activity demonstrating the Fed's response to the financial crisis of 2008 part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Economics in Two-Year Colleges:Activities
This role-playing activity engages students and underscores how quickly and dramatically the Federal Reserve System responded to the financial crisis of 2008.