Economics Baseball

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The Story of “Economics Baseball”

You are in the World Series and the series is tied 3-3. To help your team win Game 7, you must answer economic questions to get hits and score enough runs to beat the opposition.

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The goal of the game is to answer Government trivia questions to get hits and score runs. To play the game you have to answer questions at particular levels of difficulty to get different types of hits to score runs for your team. If you don’t want to attempt a trivia question, you can click on a chance card and see what happens during your at bat. To keep up with who is on base, students can either set up a baseball diamond in the classroom where each student can move forward from base to base, or the teacher can keep track of the field on a chalkboard. In addition, teams can hit back-to-back homeruns by answering baseball trivia questions. To win the game you have to score more runs than the other team.

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Game PreparationGame board: All you need is a cleared out space in your classroom and a make-believe baseball diamond. You can also keep track by drawing a baseball diamond on a chalkboard to keep track of who is on base where.

Trivia Cards: Print out questions for the trivia cards that relate to your next American Government exam.

Bonus Question Cards: Click on the bonus ball to answer individual baseball trivia questions for back-to-back homeruns only after a homerun question is answered correctly.

Scoreboard: Someone should keep score by making a scoreboard on a chalkboard or dry-erase board.

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Educational ObjectivesAudience

9-12 students

Subject Area ObjectivesStudents will be able to….Standard: Assesses the development of the relationship between the three branches of government, including executive vs. legislative power shifts and struggles and impact of the line-item veto and judicial activism. Standard: Describes the uniqueness of American federalism. Standard: Describes the development and nature of public opinion in America. Standard: Acquires and processes information by using thought processes (recall, translation, interpretation, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation).

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Chance Card 1

Struck out looking. That’s what happens when you’re afraid of the ball.

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Chance Card 2

Up in your kitchen. Hit by pitch, take your base. Don’t even think about charging the mound.

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Balk. Any runners on base can take an extra base.

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You struck out swinging on a wild pitch and made it to first. Good hustle.

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You got robbed of a homerun. Don’t worry, be happy.

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Ball four. Take your base.

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Liner up the middle. Base hit.

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Too bad, you struck out!

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Chance Card 9Reached on an error. The third baseman overthrew the ball.

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Chance Card 10Stolen base for any runner on base, but you struck out. Should’ve tried to answer a question.

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Chance Card 11

Ground rule double.

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Chance Card 12

Deep fly to the warning track but caught. You’re out!

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Trivia Cards (Single)

Single Question 1A change in consumption resulting in a change in

real income is known as……

Single Question 2

Goods that consumers demand more of when their income increases…..

Single Question 3

Table that lists the quantity of a good that all consumers in a market will buy at each different price….

Question # 4

Graphic representation of a demand schedule…..

Question # 5

Two goods that are bought and used together…..

Question #6

Goods that consumers demand less of when their income increases…..

Question #7

Table that lists the quantity of a good a person will buy at each different price…..

Question #8

Demand that is very sensitive to a change in price

Question #9

Consumers buy more of a good when its price decreases and less when its price increases

Question #10

Measure of how consumers react to a change in price

Question #11

Reaction to an increase in a good's price by consuming more of other goods…..

Question #12

Demand that is not very sensitive to a change in price…..

Question # 13

Goods used in place in of one another…..

Question #14

Desire to own something and the ability to pay for it…..

Question #15

Law that states producers will offer more of a good or service at higher prices…..

Trivia Cards (Double)

Double Question 1

With elasticity of demand, the higher the measure then the more responsive consumers will be to a change in______.....

Double Question 2An Elasticity of 1.0 of greater…..

Double Question #3

The determinants of demand are also called…..

Question #4

The introduction of the cellular telephone has reduced pay phone usage. What type of demand shifter is this?

Question #5

The housing market in Las Vegas is booming, and home prices have been rising faster than almost any other city in the U.S. over the past five years. What type of demand shifter is this?

Question #6

Although major airlines lowered ticket prices as much as 50% in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, many flights are still undersold. What type of demand shifter is this?

Question #7

What happens to the quantity demanded when the price rises?

Question #8

What happens to the quantity demanded when the price of an item falls?

Question #9

When the demand curve shifts to the right what is this called?

Question #10

When the demand curve shifts to the left what is this called?

Trivia Cards (Triple)

Triple Question 1

What is the formula for calculating elasticity?

Triple Question 2

What is the formula for calculating percentage change in quantity demanded?

Question #3

How can income affect a consumer’s demand for a good?

Question #4

What protections does OSHA give to people in the United States?

Question #5

What is consumer sovereignty?

Question #6

The interaction between buyers and sellers combined with self-interest, competition, supply and demand without a central plan is called what?

Trivia Cards (Homerun)

Homerun Question 1You own a pizza shop and you need to determine if you raise

your prices what effect it would have on the consumer. If your current price per slice is 1.50, what effect would an increase have on elasticity if your raised your prices to 2.50? You must calculate to determine if the price change would be elastic, inelastic or unitary.

Homerun Question 2You own a pizza shop and you need to determine if you raise

your prices what effect it would have on the consumer. If your current price per slice is .50, what effect would an increase have on elasticity if your raised your prices to 1.50? You must calculate to determine if the price change would be elastic, inelastic or unitary.

Homerun Question 3

How can a change in population cause a change in the type of clothing that is in demand?

Homerun Question 3 Answer

What is a change in the age of the population will change the type of clothing that is in the greatest demand, because people of different ages demand different types of clothing. For example, a population that has a large percentage of teenagers will probably want jeans, whereas a population that has large percentage of 30- to 40-year-olds is likely to want clothes for work.

Homerun Question 4

How do you create demand?

Homerun Question 5

What is the formula for calculating percentage change?

Homerun 5 Answer

Original Number – New Number

Original Number

Homerun Question 6

When movie rentals were $2.95, Sara rented ten movies a month. The price of a rental increased by fifty cents and Sara decided to rent two fewer movies a month. When the price increased by one more dollar, Sarah decided to cut the number of movies she rented in half. What is her quantity demanded by month at the current price?

Homerun 6 Answer

Four movies

Bonus Baseball Trivia

Bonus 1

What term describes a desire to own something and the ability to pay for it?

Bonus 2

What is the definition of competition according to an economist?

Bonus 3

What is the self motivating force in the marketplace?

Bonus 4

What is the self regulating force in the marketplace?

Bonus 5

Give an example of a good or service that may change in elasticity over time rather than immediately, and discuss why this happens

Bonus 5 Answer

Electricity or gas are good examples--if they become more expense, or if people try to conserve them, they buy appliances that use less of them, but they generally do this when their old appliance wears out (over time) rather than right away.

Bonus 6

What does unitary elastic mean?

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WRONG!!! Add another out to your total

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Nice hit

Singled through the hole.

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Double

Line drive down the left field line.

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Triple

Liner down the right field line.

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Homerun

Back back back back back

GONE!!!

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Bonus

Homerun!!!!!!!

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