Hello, PEN-Lers: I am teaching an introductory economics class that normally meets once a week for several hours but has one class session -- get this! -- that meets from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on one Saturday! Needless to say, I am concerned that six hours of my lecturing might violate some state or federal standard governing air pollution. ;) Therefore, I am looking for one or two class activities to liven up this session. We will be into the macro. section of the class, although the activity could pertain either to micro. or macro. (or both). One thing that I had thought of was to play one of those federal budgeting games, but I was concerned that they might dwell too much on balancing the budget and too little on thinking critically about government borrowing. I am open to showing a video, especially if it covers a general subject related to macro. If people wish, they may communicate their suggestions directly to me, and I will produce a synthesized version of all the suggestions and post them to PEN-L. Also, please note that I have a new e-mail address: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". My partner and I have just relocated to the Bay Area, where I am teaching courses at the UC-Berkeley Extension Program, Holy Names College, and Mills College. Best wishes, Steven Zahniser [EMAIL PROTECTED]
