Supplement for Intro Macro

I will be teaching Introductory Macro for the first time in years. I
want the students to learn the basics (for which the textbook, problem
sets, etc.) but I also really want students to enjoy and engage macro.

 
To that end, I have two questions.
 
First, has anyone has used a supplementary book for intro marco that
would serve this purpose? I'm thinking of books like Blinder and
Yellen's The Fabulous Decade, Meyer's A Term at the Fed or Garson's
Money Makes the World Go Around.
 
Second, what do you all do to get students to enjoy and engage macro?
My basic approach has been to have students write their own FOMC memos
before each actual announcement, playrole the last such meeting of the
semester, and use current articles to make connections and discuss
policy making.
 
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
 
Wayne Grove
 
 
Wayne A. Grove
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
Le Moyne College
1419 Salt Springs Road
Syracuse, NY 13214-1399
Phone: 315.445.4262
Webpage: http://web.lemoyne.edu/~grovewa/
and
Associate Research Professor
Department of Economics
Syracuse University
Received on Wed Nov 15 2006 - 16:17:04 EST