The official CPI and bias part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
This activity aims for students to gain insights about the problems in measuring a price index.

How do imports affect GDP? part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Imports are perhaps the most misunderstood portion of the GDP identity (Y=C+I+G+NX). This exercise uses real data to have students explore this issue and learn the nuance behind the numbers.

Game Theory Simulation Exercise: Pricing Prisoner's Dilemma part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Student teams act as firms and make strategic pricing decisions. Each firms' profits depend on all of the teams' decisions.

The Tax Game: What are fair and effective tax rates? part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Based on an online simulation teams choose from five tax regimes that each collect the same tax revenue but do so with different tax rates. Teams predict the impact of their tax choices and then, based on the ...

Examples of Price Discrimination part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
This application draws on student experiences as consumers in markets to elicit examples of price discrimination. The unusual reporting format provides a change of pace from the usual ABCDE format at the ...

US China Trade War - An Application of the AD/AS Model part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
In this activity, students will analyze some of the events in the US China Trade War in 2018 using the AD/AS model and discuss the implications of tariffs.

Price Elasticity of Demand part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Teams are given a list of goods and asked to identify what they think are the most elastic and least elastic.

Supply and Demand in the Context of Uber Surge Pricing part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
In this activity, students are asked to determine whether it is better to drive for Uber during busy times and in busy locations when and where surge pricing is in operation or instead to avoid these locations and ...

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 ...

Identifying Market Structure in the Fast Food Industry part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Team-Based Learning:Activities
Students use data to determine whether the fast food industry more closely resembles a monopoly, monopolistic competition, or oligopoly, then decide whether regulation is warranted.