To be totally honest, I am struggling to find a way to incorporate this activity into the classes I currently teach (AP Microeconomics - a course I'm still learning myself and one where I basically need to re-teach the content to myself before I can teach it to others). We do econ-related current events, and I tell students that the 'always approved' sites are the NYT, the WSJ, and the WaPo. But I don't know if I have the time to do more than a daily current event, because the pace of the course is so quick and I'm learning it myself (two days ahead of the students on most days, if I'm lucky).
Yes that does seem difficult. But with a little tweaking you may be able to find a topic that is about economics but also has implications of causing another problem or disruption in society which creates bad social discourse. Maybe how one country is portrayed economically.
Hi,
Could you perhaps use North Korea as a platform with the way Kim Jon Un treats his people and their economic status? You might compare them to South Korea. I like Upfront Magazine put out by the New York Times and Scholastic. They have great articles, resources, and activities. You could have the students find the misinformation piece.