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Resources And Professional Development

Print and Online Resources

For information on the resources listed below, contact Nancy Hanlon Harrison by e-mail or at 815-753-0356.

Financing Your Future

A new and entertaining DVD from NCEE aimed primarily at high school students introducing major principles of personal finance in an entertaining yet challenging way.  Each video segment is accompanied by lesson plans that teach the content covered in the video.  For more information on Financing Your Future, visit www.financingyourfuture.ncee.net.

Petnomics: The Purr-fect Economics Primer

Looking for curriculum materials incorporated around a pet theme?  Consider Petonomics, the K-3 material from the Longwood University Center for Economic Education.  Examples of topics include:

• Learning about wants vs. needs for a pet iguana
• Following Dr. Seuss through a pet store to identify goods vs. services
• Learning about scarcity as the Frog family stops in to interrupt Rabbit’s story time
• See how the sheep use barter trade to purchase a gift when they find they have no money

Additional information and an order form are available by visiting the website:  http://www.longwood.edu/lcee/

Globalization 101

Need a web site with many resources for yourself, students AND parents?  Wonder how you can make Global topics come to life with real world examples and tie-ins?  Globalization 101, is dedicated to providing students with information and interdisciplinary learning opportunities on this complex phenomenon, providing you – as the teacher – all the information that you need!  The monthly newsletter is great.  Visit http://www.globalization101.org/ and be amazed!

Risky Business DVD - High School

Risky Business:  What Every Teenager Needs to Know About Living Smart is a comprehensive life skills program designed for teens, their teachers, parents and mentors.  This DVD program consists of four 15-20 minute videos each with three corresponding lesson plans that show students how sound decision making can empower people and provide greater opportunities in the future.

PBS - A wealth of resources!

Would you like to have new ways of reaching your students about personal finance topics?  Do you need additional resources to use with your classes?  PBS’ Nightly Business Report offers streaming videos; money, math, & finance games for kids; a small library of articles (with current event photos) that are accompanied by lesson plans; and other resources to use in the classroom.  All material is free, downloadable and designed for use with students.  To access the streaming videos on personal finance, visit:  http://www.pbs.org/nbr/site/research/learnmore/061120_kidscashFINLIT/
To access the page for educators – with additional resources, go to:  http://www.pbs.org/nbr/site/research/educators/ .

Conferences

"Economic Bubbles: Housing, Stocks and other Financial Manias"

Housing, Stocks and other Financial Manias” is the topic for this spring’s Illinois Association of School Economics Teachers (IASET) Conference.  The featured speakers will be Gail Jarvis Marks, personal finance columnist from the Chicago Tribune; Tom Corfman, senior real estate reporter from Crain’s Chicago Business; and a Federal Reserve economist yet to be announced.  The conference scheduled for Friday, May 4, 2007 will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.  For complete information and to register, contact Sheryl Szot Gallaher at s-gallaher@govst.edu or 708.534.4926.

2007 Annual Conference of NCEE/ NAEE/ GATE

Save the Date!  October 3-6 marks the date for the 2007 Annual Conference of the National Council on Economic Education/ National Association of Economic Educators/ Global Association of Teachers of Economics. The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Denver.  This is the largest nationwide conference focusing on K-12 economic education featuring the latest in curriculum development, professional development workshop sessions, and unique networking opportunities for economic educators at all levels. Requests for proposals and registration information is available at www.ncee.net/conference/ . The deadline for proposals is February 9.

2007 Youth Entrepreneurship Conference

Plan on attending the 2007 Youth Entrepreneurship Conference May 3-5 with your business students. Conference highlights include opportunities for high school students to network with entrepreneurs, compete in business plan and expo competitions, participate in skill building workshops and meet representatives from colleges and universities with entrepreneurship programs.  Teachers are provided the opportunity to learn new and exciting ideas to incorporate into your classroom.  Register now at www.iiee.org/home.html .