Economics is Bejeweled:
Teaching Economics  with Taylor Swift Songs

Select student quotes about using music in the classroom

• “Economics, at least for me, is not the most interesting subject, but Dr. King tried her best to make it more interesting by linking the topics to pop culture and real life.”

• “ECON is not for everyone… but she really tries her best to engage everyone with the content and make sure everyone understands it as we go through it. She also relates the information to real world content, specifically to things the students would relate to and like such as relating it to famous artists like Taylor Swift which is very fun”

• “[I learned] that simple everyday activities, such as listening to songs, involve economic thoughts.”

• “I would say the most interesting thing we learned is how subtly tv and movies try to teach us about economics, or even how they can be applied to economics... And it also allows for learning econ to not be so daunting to those just now learning.”