2015
UIC CENTER FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION
Free Workshops - Professional Development Credits
ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL
LITERACY PROGRAMS
ECONOMICS IS FOR LIFE!
NEW topics for 2015!
New Workshop Schedule—Two three-day workshops
Entrepreneurship & Creativity
Module 1: July 14, 15, 16
Freakonomics & Fun
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CREDITS
FREE WORKSHOPS, CURRICULUM, &
at UIC’s Center for Economic Education
July 14,15,16 and 21,22,23, 2015
ECONOMICS IS FOR LIFE!
2015-2016
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL
LITERACY PROGRAMS
Phone: 312-413-3599
http://cee.econ.uic.edu
UIC Center for Economic Education
601 S. Morgan St. (mc 144)
University Hall, Room 723
Chicago, IL 60607
Module 2: July 21, 22, 23
18 recertification credits available per module
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS
How to Teach the Stock Market Game, Grades 4-12
- Sept. 24 & 30, 2015 ; Jan. 13 & 21, 2016
Free K-12 Curriculum Library Flash Drive—VE 4.5
- Sept. 22, Oct. 22, Nov. 17, & Dec. 2, 2015
Economics Poster Contest, Grades 1-8
- Entries post-marked by 12/31/15
UIC-CEE STAFF
Helen Roberts, Director, (312) 355-0378, [email protected]
Joy L. Joyce, Visiting Lecturer, [email protected]
Erin Yucus, Assistant Director, (312) 413-0468, [email protected]
Phone: (312) 413-3599 http://cee.econ.uic.edu
EconomicsAmerica programs presented by:
UIC Center for Economic Education, Econ Illinois &
the Council for Economic Education
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To Register for Workshops:
Call: 312-413-3599, or Email: [email protected]
To Register for Workshops:
Call: 312-413-3599, or Email: [email protected]
UIC—CEE OFFERS:
FREE WORKSHOPS, LESSON PLANS,
AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CREDIT
• Hands-on, interactive teaching
strategies for differentiation and
increase student learning in all
grades across the curriculum
•
Lessons meet Common Core
Standards and IL State Learning
Goals; Workshops earn CPDUs
WHO SHOULD COME?
• K-12 teachers of reading, math,
economics, history, social studies,
business, consumer economics,
and others who want to teach
economics and personal finance
in an engaging way
•
Special education teachers and
counselors
•
Reading and math directors,
administrators, principals, and
others in similar positions
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REGISTRATION FORM
NAME
BENEFITS FOR YOU
•
Learn from award-winning university professors and guest speakers with national and local experience in economics and financial
literacy in the public and private
sectors
•
Get materials, lesson plans, and
teaching strategies that engage
your students
•
Network with other educators,
share ideas and have FUN
18 FREE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CREDITS
FOR EACH ECON IS FOR LIFE! MODULE
Attend one or both modules based on your schedule and interests.
The weeks are independent of each other and b oth weeks include
material for elementary through high school students, making it easy
to differentiate instruction. Sessions will meet in the Center for Economic Education on the UIC campus.
TO REGISTER for Economics is for Life! Modules:
To register for any of these modules for free professional development credits,
MAIL registration form to :
UIC Center for Economics Education,
601 S. Morgan St. (mc 144), Room 723, Chicago, IL 60607;
CALL: 312-413-3599 or EMAIL: [email protected]
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ENROLL ME IN :
ECONOMICS IS FOR LIFE! Check module(s) you plan to attend.
Module 1—Entrepreneurship & Creativity— July 14,15,16
Module 2—Freakonomics & Fun — July 21,22,23
STOCK MARKET GAME WORKSHOP
Check workshop you plan to attend.
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015
4:30pm—7:30pm
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015
4:30pm—7:30pm
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016
4:30pm—7:30pm
Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016
4:30pm—7:30pm
VIRTUAL ECONOMICS 4.5 WORKSHOP
Check workshop you plan to attend.
Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2015
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015
4:30pm—5:30pm
4:30pm—5:30pm
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015
4:30pm—5:30pm
4:30pm—5:30pm
SEND TO:
Address:
UIC Center for Economic Education
601 S. Morgan St. (mc 144) Room 723
Chicago, IL 60607
Call: 312-413-3599 or Email:[email protected]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Call: 312-413-3599
Web: http://cee.econ.uic.edu
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To Register for Workshops:
Call: 312-413-3599, or Email: [email protected]
“A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words”
Economics Poster Contest
Grades 1-8
Deadline: December 31, 2015
• Stimulate interest in the fundamentals
of our economic system.
• Help your students learn about the
economy and have fun doing it.
• Give your students an opportunity to
creatively demonstrate their understanding of the economy.
PRIZES:
Twenty-four Chicago Regional
Award Winners will each receive a
certificate of award, cash prize, and
recognition at our Awards Reception. (All 24 Regional Award Winners will be automatically entered
into the state level of competition).
Honorable Mention winners will
each receive a certificate of award.
Guest artists may recognize additional
posters for special artistic merit awards.
Chicago Regional Award Winners and
recipients will be announced and notified in late February 2016.
Winners’ awards will be presented at
a reception in the Spring of 2016.
ECONOMICS IS FOR LIFE! MODULE 1
July 14, 15, 16, (9a– 3:30p)
Academic Directors:
Dr. Helen Roberts and Joy Joyce
STUDENTS:
Goods & Services: Grades 1-2
Producers & Consumers: Grades 1-2
Opportunity Costs: Grades 3-5
Productive Resources: Grades 3-5
Scarcity: Grades 6-8
Specialization: Grades 6-8
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Entrepreneurship
& Creativity
TEACHERS:
Illustrate in poster form one of the
following concepts :
To Register for Workshops:
Call: 312-413-3599, or Email: [email protected]
See last year’s winners on our
website! http://cee.econ.uic.edu
TO PARTICIPATE:
FREE! 18 Professional
Development Credits
Please visit our website
http://cee.econ.uic.edu
to print an official entry form or call
312-413-3599 to request an entry form
through the mail.
The entry form includes:
•All 6 concept definitions
•Poster instructions, and
•Contest rules
Entries must be
postmarked by:
Dec. 31, 2015
Mail Entry Form and Posters to:
UIC-CEE
601 S. Morgan St. (mc 144), Room 723
Chicago, IL 60607
Questions?
CALL: UIC-CEE at 312-413-3599
EMAIL: [email protected]
Funding for this program comes from Econ Illinois
Module 1 pairs creativity--dreaming up new uses for common objects with entrepreneurship--investigating interest in potential customers, calculating cost-effective ways to produce, applying financial literacy concepts and working collaboratively. Active learning
lessons combine art, social studies, language arts, and mathematics for all grade levels.
The module works on many levels. It addresses the state standards in economics/social studies. It highlights creative and critical
problem solving and thinking, teamwork, collaboration, and communication skills. Attendees will also have the opportunity to receive
training and a flash drive for Virtual Economics 4.5 if eligible.
Enrollment Deadline: July 13, 2015
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To Register for Workshops:
Call: 312-413-3599, or Email: [email protected]
ECONOMICS IS FOR LIFE! MODULE 2
Freakonomics & Fun
July 21, 22, 23, (9a– 3:30p)
Academic Directors:
Dr. Helen Roberts and Joy Joyce
FREE! 18 Professional
Development Credits
To Register for Workshops:
Call: 312-413-3599, or Email: [email protected]
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VIRTUAL ECONOMICS 4.5 K-12 CURRICULUM LIBRARY
VE 4.5 is the newest version of an excellent library of
economics lessons for K-12 across the curriculum: math,
science, social sciences, language arts, ethics, and links to
online resources. This resource gives you access to
instruction for all learning levels. VE 4.5 includes 81
publications and thousands of lessons. Most have been
aligned to the Common Core Standards and support the
CPS Frameworks for Social Science Content and
Personal Finance.
Workshop Dates:
Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2015
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015
1 Workshop Includes:
1 Professional Development
Credit & 1 free copy of curriculum
library on USB flash drive.
All workshops held from 4:30—5:30pm
If multiple teachers from your school are interested in VE 4.5, we can come to you!
HOW TO PLAY THE STOCK MARKET GAME GRADES 4-12
Module 2 introduces the popular Freakonomics books, podcasts
and pulls back the screen on how to do it. The secret is
economic reasoning! We will solve economic mysteries, both
contemporary and historical. Engaging simulations, active
learning, and life skills combine for fun for all grade levels and
adapt to a wide range of subject areas
Topics include: How Much Does Your Name Matter for Your
Success in Life? Why Do US Students Do Less Well
Academically Than Students from Other Countries, Even Though
We Spend More Per Person? Why Shouldn't Derrick Rose Mow
His Own Lawn? Why Grow Rice in the California Desert? And
many more! Attendees will also have the opportunity to receive
training and a flash drive for Virtual Economics 4.5 if eligible.
Enrollment Deadline: July 20, 2015
Prepare your students for the world of
investing! Teams start with a virtual
$100,000 and invest in real stocks. In
building a portfolio, students research and
evaluate bonds, mutual funds and stocks,
and make decisions based on what
they’ve learned.
Teams develop speaking and listening
skills while practicing leadership, organization, negotiation, and cooperation as
they compete for the top spot. The Stock
Market Game teaches and reinforces
these essential skills and concepts, and
prepares students to meet Common Core
Standards:
- Math, language arts, & social studies
- Critical thinking, Decision Making
- Speaking & Listening
- Argumentative Writing
- Cooperation and communication
- Independent research
- Saving, investing, and economics
Students who participate in the program
gain confidence and build self-esteem.
They have fun — and learn more effectively as they see how their classroom
lessons apply to the real world.
Why do SMG Program
participants excel?
Because engagement
stimulates learning!
1 Workshop Includes:
3 Professional Development Credits,
dinner refreshments, and 1 free copy of
curriculum being used.
Workshop Dates:
Fall Session
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015: 4:30—7:30pm
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015: 4:30—7:30pm
Spring Session
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016: 4:30—7:30pm
Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016: 4:30—7:30pm
Information on funding and game rules can be found at www.stockmarketgame.org