Deficits & Surpluses TRASHKETBALL Economics Game - No Prep Review Activity

Let’s score points with Trashketball™!

3 or more teams race to answer each question!!

Trashketball™ is a No Prep Economics game where students take shots to score points based on how quickly they answered the questions, but only if they are correct!

The game is playable with the whole class together, or you can play it in small groups. There are 20 questions and answers are included.

This version is:
School Level: High School
Subject: Economics
Unit: Fiscal & Monetary Policy
Mini-Unit: Federal Budget & Debt
Topic: Deficits & Surpluses
Topic Description: Explain why deficits and surpluses occur and how they affect government finances.

It is a digital resource. No printouts are required. All questions and answers use text and mathematical notation (formulas), and there are no diagrams, maps, charts, graphics, or visual aids.

While we provide a correct answer for every question, teachers should consider that students may provide a different answer that is correct and use their discretion.

How It Works

• The game runs in Google Slides, and you can replace the questions and answers if you like.
• Make 3 or more teams, and set up a trash can, and up to 3 shooting positions.
• The closest shooting position is worth 1 point, middle is 2 points, and the furthest away is 3.
• Start the first question.
• The teams race to answer the questions correctly on a piece of paper. When done, they hold up the answer they wrote on a piece of paper.
• Yes, it is chaos, and so much fun!
• Once all teams have answered, check the answer, which is provided on the next slide.
• If correct, the first team to answer gets 3 shots, 2nd gets 2, and the rest get 1 shot, from any position they want.
• Each shot that goes in is worth the points determined from that position.
• Add up the points and keep score on the board.
• The team with the most points at the end is the winner.
• Questions vary in difficulty and the answer is provided after each question.

The Game Will Run On

• iPads that run Google Slides (free app)
• Smartboards
• Projectors
• Desktop computers
• Laptop computers
• Any device that runs Google Slides

This game can be played together as a class using a smartboard or projector, or it can be played by individuals and small groups on iPads or computers that run Google Slides.

No additional licenses are required for the students in your class!

All of the images and colors are included just as you see them. Each user needs to purchase their own license, and the files may not be shared or sold to anyone, but you are free to make as many versions as you like for your own use.

The game will also work great on PowerPoint if you want to export it.

Please contact me through the Contact Page to report any typos, errors, unrendered LaTeX code, or technical issues so I can fix them right away.