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Spring 2011

Cumberland County—1/20, 2/3, 2/10. Economics in Civics and Government—A must-have for principals who want to improve their school’s NCLB scores in Civics and Economics.  Get your new C&E teachers some training and ready-to-use resources! Each workshop participant will receive a free copy of the “Economics in Civics and Government” curriculum, which retails at $60.

To register, contact Cris Higginbotham at crishigginbotham@ccs.k12.nc.us.

Cumberland County—1/20, 2/3, 2/10. Focus: Understanding Economics in U.S. History—This resource uses a unique mystery-solving approach to teach U.S. economic history to your high school students.  These activity-based lessons give you a new, refreshing way to meet your U.S. History content goals, and infuse eye-opening economics material at the same time.

Each lesson plan is arranged chronologically and covers key economic and historical events, so you can easily integrate the lesson plans into your curriculum as you move through your U.S. History textbook. It's the best way to engage all your students in U.S. economic history, regardless of their interest or learning levels. All participants receive a free copy of the Focus: Understanding Economics in U.S. History publication, which retails at $60.

To register, contact Cris Higginbotham at crishigginbotham@ccs.k12.nc.us.

Cumberland County – 2/22. Middle School Geography: Focus on Economics—The perfect resource for middle school teachers who want to reach their geography goals, while adding a broader view of the world through economics.  Each participant of the workshop will receive a free copy of Middle School Geography: Focus on Economics, which retails at $35.

To register, contact Cris Higginbotham at crishigginbotham@ccs.k12.nc.us.

The NC Council Social Studies Conference – 2/24, 2/25.

The North Carolina Council on Economic Education—Your contact for everything you need pertaining to economics, personal finance and entrepreneurship education.

The Master of Arts in Economics and Entrepreneurship Education—An innovative program through the University of Delaware for training future leaders in economic, personal finance and entrepreneurship education.

The Stock Market Game—The SMG has been a favorite in classrooms since 1970, but it has only recently been shown conclusively to raise test scores in economics, personal finance, and even math—across grade level, race, gender or ability lines.

What Personal Finance Is About—A must-have resource for anyone teaching personal financial literacy. Serves as a starting-point, organizer, and mini-textbook for personal finance. Attendees receive a free copy.

Financial Fitness for Life—This comprehensive personal finance curriculum has available versions for any age level, K-12.  It is developmentally appropriate, moving from the concrete to the abstract, as well as fun, challenging and rewarding.  Furthermore, since it includes parent books, it reaches the whole family.  Available in Spanish. Attendees receive a free copy.

Teaching Financial Literacy—A New Online Training System for Teachers. This is part of an initiative from DPI and the NCCEE for universal mastery of personal finance concepts and teaching materials for NC teachers.  These online modules focus on helping teachers round out their skill set while connecting them with various resources for the teaching of personal finance in their classrooms.  And CEUs are available!

Spring 2011 Stock Market Game™ Workshop Webinars

Introduction to the Stock Market Game. The primary purpose is to provide an active, motivating device for teaching fundamental economic concepts. The program is inter-disciplinary and includes standards based lessons and concepts in the areas of mathematics, social studies, economics, language arts, technology, and business.

Student teams, consisting of 3 to 5 members each, will manage a hypothetical $100,000 portfolio -- investing in common and preferred stocks traded on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ exchanges, including Initial Public Offerings and Mutual Funds.

Teams will compete for both regional and statewide honors in the following divisions: elementary, middle, high school, college and adult divisions. Awards will be given in the following categories: Portfolio Value & InvestWrite™ Competitions.

Getting Started with the SMG - February 24th, 2011 4:00 p.m.- 5:30 p.m. Register

Maximizing the SMG Experience:

Session 1:  “Investing 101: The Economy and You” – Tuesday, January 25, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.  This session is designed for teachers who would like basic training with investor education.  Not only is it a “how to” guide for SMG, but it also serves as a roadmap for a person trying to find his or her way in the world economy.

Session 2: “Team Research: How an SMG group Works”  - Tuesday, February 1, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.  Session 2 gives tips to teachers for how to organize groups, how much lab time to use, how to structure time for the SMG (there are more ways than one!), and how to direct the students toward meaningful financial research.

Session 3: “Best Practices Part I: Making the Most of the SMG” -  Tuesday, February 9, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.  This session will seek to pass on the experience of veteran SMG teachers to those new to the game.  Participants will get tips for streamlining the use of the game in their classrooms—how to get the most from your minute.

Session 4: “Tips for Winning” -  Tuesday, February 15, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.   The info you need to keep your edge on the competition!

Fall 2010

Getting Started With the SMG   

This session includes:

• How to sign up for the SMG

• How to create a team

• How to use and navigate the website

• How to use the teacher resource center

• How to monitor your students’ progress

September 2, 2010 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.            

September 9, 2010 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.                   

September 16, 2010 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.            

Sessions and Registration:

Session 1:  “Investing 101: The Economy and You”  September 7, 2010 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.   

Session 1:  “Investing 101: The Economy and You”  September 14, 2010 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.   

                This session is designed for teachers who would like basic training with investor education.  Not only is it a “how to” guide for SMG, but it also serves as a roadmap for a person trying to find his or her way in the world economy.

Summer 2010 Workshops

The following workshops and materials are made available to teachers through funding from the internationally active Council for Economic Education through funding from the United States Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the North Carolina Council on Economic Education, and the Centers for Economic Education at East Carolina, Fayetteville State, and NC A&T State Universities.  Additional materials, funding and in-kind contributions have been provided by the Wachovia Foundation, RBC Bank, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Charlotte Branch. The Hands On Banking materials and workshops were made possible through funding from Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Stock Market Game Wokshops

Be sure to visit the NCCEE booth at the NCCSS Conference and attend NCCEE presented sessions for making economic education relevant and easy to teach.  February 24-26, 2010.