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Economic educators are continually searching for new ways for students to apply economics. In this paper, the author presents a writing assignment where students are to replicate the Humans of New York photojournalism project with an emphasis on concepts learned in class. The author shares guidelines and resources for instructors to implement into their economics study abroad curriculum.
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A detailed explanation of HONY and HONYEcon is available in Acchiardo et al. (2017).
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These include and not limited to: Rockonomix, ECON Behind the Music Media Analysis, Infographonomics, Video Scrapbooking, St. Patrick’s Day/Valentine’s Day Card Poems, Halloween Costumes, Pumpkin Carving, Easter Eggs, Dismal Art Project, Know-It-All Project, Everyday ECON, ECON Selfies and ECON Memes, ECON Ads and ECON Today, and Live-Tweet an Event.
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Students are asked to apply economic concepts of a made-up character over the course of the semester. More details can be found on their website www.econjourney.com.
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Professor Charity-Joy Acchiardo uses a version of this assignment in her classes at the University of Arizona “Humans of Arizona.” Professor Acchiardo has provided approval to use some of the language in the assignment and use of the grading rubric in Table 5.1.
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Students are often creative in ways in which they find their humans and building.
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Patel, D. (2019). Assignments to Engage Students in Economics Study Abroad Programs. In: Hall, J., Lawson, K. (eds) Teaching Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20696-3_5
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