Department of Economics

Indiana State University Center for Economic     Education's          

The Center for Economic Education

The primary purposes of economic education are to provide
individuals with the knowledge and skills they need to make
personal economic decisions and to participate in the
process of social decision making. Competent economic
decision making depends on an understanding of economic
 principles and how the American economy operates.     BACK

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

 

The workshop introduces basic economic concepts to
 K-6 teachers and helps them to integrate these concepts
into their current curriculum.  Introducing economics into
the elementary curriculum will help all students develop
 economic ways of thinking and problem solving skills
that they can use in their lives as consumers, savers,
members of the workforce, responsible citizens,
and effective participants in the global economy.

The workshop will be organized around both K-6
Indiana Academic Standards and the National Content 
Standards in Economics.  Economic concepts will
be introduce using grade specific economic curriculum
and lesson plans developed by the National and Indiana
Councils on Economic Education and the Indiana Dept.
of Education.  Participants will have access to a wealth
of course materials and will develop their own curriculum
units for teaching economic concepts in the classroom.

Topics

Playdough Economics

Indiana History

The Mini-Economy

Teaching Economics through Children's Literature

Economic Mysteries

Energy, Economics through Folktales

Seas, Trees, and Economics

Financial Fitness for Life

Adventures in Economics & US History

For further information please e-mail cdavis50@isugw.indstate.edu at
 the Center for Economic Education at 812-237-2159 or Lauren Rowe at 812-237-2160

 

Classroom Mini-Economy

The Classroom Mini-Economy developed by the Indiana Department
of Education and adopted by the National Council on Economic
Education is a hands-on form of instruction that prepares students
to function in today's rapidly changing  and independent society.
By organizing heir own economy, students learn economic concepts,
money management, and decision-making skills. Students also experience
 entrepreneurship and real life by operating their own classroom businesses.

The curriculum shows teachers how to implement the mini-economy in
their classrooms with an advanced section dedicated to middle school
classes.  It also includes an Economic Primer for Teachers, Reproducible
Mini-Economy Aids, and Student Worksheets.

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