where the class stops taking notes and starts playing for keeps.
the stock market game
economics · runs every spring Every student manages a live (paper) portfolio for the length of the unit. Daily standings, real market data, and a leaderboard nobody stops checking. Past champions are remembered. Past crashes are, too.
behavioral econ lab
economics · ongoing Auctions, ultimatum games, and framing experiments — run on the class itself. We generate the data, then figure out why we all fell for it.
mock trial
law · end of year A full trial with attorneys, witnesses, and a jury. Real rules of evidence, real objections, real verdict. The gavel is not decorative.
constitutional convention
us history · fall semester Delegates, factions, and compromises — the room where it happened, recreated. Sectional interests included at no extra charge.