Conferences and Workshops

Spice up your classroom instruction with the free lesson plans, videos, DVDs and publications that you’ll receive at these summer sessions. All teachers are welcome, but classroom applications are geared to grades 4-12. Continental breakfast and lunch daily, compliments of the St. Louis Fed.

Teachers’ choice: Attend one, two or all three sessions. Take for graduate credit or non-credit.

Session 1: June 9, 10 and 11 — The Global Market: Why Does It Matter?

• Who gains? Who loses?
• Immigration—Distinguishing fact from fiction

Session 1 Agenda

Session 2: June 12, 13 and 16 — Making Sense of Money and Banking

• What’s the difference between a stock and a bond?
• What really caused the Great Depression?

Session 2 Agenda

Session 3: June 17, 18 and 19 — Technology: Tools for Teaching Social Studies and Personal Finance

• Hands-on use of innovative practices
• Meet the Fed’s family of data resources

Session 3 Agenda

Full Agenda for all three sessions.

Sponsored by:

• The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• The Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education, University of Missouri-St. Louis
• The Office of Economic Education and Business Research, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Location:

The Hampton Inn-Gateway Arch
333 Washington Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63102

Credit and Registration:

Registration is required through either SIUE or UMSL for both graduate credit and non-credit enrollment. One hour of graduate credit will be awarded to educators for completing each session for which they are registered. For non-credit sessions, a fee is required in place of tuition. For teachers outside the metropolitan area a limited number of travel stipends are available from the university staff listed below. There is no prerequisite, and a textbook is not required.

To register for ECON 500B-501 through SIUE, contact Mary Anne Pettit at 618-650-2583, or e-mail mpettit@siue.edu.

To register for ECON 5055 through UMSL, contact Barbara Flowers at 314-516-5561, or e-mail bflowers@umsl.edu. Ask about scholarships for practicing teachers in Missouri.

To reserve a hotel room for those attending from out of town, contact the Hampton Inn-Gateway Arch, and ask for the Federal Reserve rate. For more information, contact Mary Suiter, manager of economic education at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, at 314-444-4662, or 1-800-333-0810, ext. 44-4662, or e-mail mary.c.suiter@stls.frb.org.

There’s no attendance limit per school; so, get a friend to join you in these sessions. Former Making Sense of Money and Banking summer course participants are welcome!

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