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Announcing a new Web site for educators teaching the 14 new
Personal Finance Passport Standards!

 

Visit www.moneyisok.org today! 

Brought to you by the Oklahoma Council on Economic Education, Tinker Federal Credit Union and Hester Designs. 

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Two new self-paced study CDs!

Middle School World Geography: Focus on Economics

For more information about the curriculum and to see a sample lesson, go to http://store.councilforeconed.org/middleschoolgeography.html. To pre-order your free copy of the self-paced CD and curriculum, go to our workshop registration page and complete the form. The first 40 classroom teachers who complete
and return course information included on the self-paced CD also will receive a $25 stipend.

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Solving Ethical Dilemmas

Looking for ways to increase critical thinking and student engagement?  Try integrating ethical discussions on science, health care, greed and international trade into your courses. 
The lessons in this curriculum illustrate how ethical choices
impact decision-making in business, government and personal lives.   The lessons in this curriculum actively involve the students in simulations, group decision making, problem solving, classroom demonstrations and role playing. The lessons encourage students to think critically about a variety of ethical dilemmas.

The first 25 classroom teachers who complete and return course information included on the self-paced CD also will receive a $25 stipend. To pre-order your free copy of the self-paced CD and curriculum, go to our workshop registration page and complete the form. For more information about the
free curriculum and to see a sample lesson, go to http://store.councilforeconed.org/ethical-foundations-of-economics.html.

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A Word on the Economy:  Why Is the Country Facing a Financial Crisis?

Need a little help understanding and explaining current events in financial markets to your students? Check out this easy-to-understand presentation on the current economic situation developed by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank and posted on their education resources Web page.

http://stlouisfed.org/education/

An independent blog about what happened to the global economy and what we can do about it.

Baseline Scenario Blog

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State Department of Education Posts Passport to Personal Financial Literacy Lessons! The new PASSPORT FINANCIAL LITERACY lessons are posted on the State Department Web site!  Go to:   Introductory materials: http://sde.state.ok.us/Curriculum/PFLP/pdf/Welcome.pdf   Student Materials: http://sde.state.ok.us/Curriculum/PFLP/Student.html.   Teacher Guides and Slide Presentations: http://sde.state.ok.us/Curriculum/PFLP/Teacher.html   Glossary: http://sde.state.ok.us/Curriculum/PFLP/pdf/Glossary.pdf   Student Cumulative Record: http://sde.state.ok.us/Curriculum/PFLP/pdf/CumRecord.pdf.   Assessments: The 14 Standard Assessments are available on the SDE Web site through the password-protected, School District Reporting Site (SDRS). This site has limited and leveled access permissions. The access information is to be obtained from the local District Logon Administrator who is different for each district.

"It Just Adds Up," the award-winning weekly series developed by the Oklahoma Council on Economic Education and published in partnership with JPMorgan Chase and The Oklahoman for a ten-week period during the Fall and Spring, has won the Excellence in Financial Literacy Award for Books/Curriculum for Children in the General category from the Institute for Financial Literacy.  Additionally, the series received second place honors in the National Newspaper Association's Best of Newspaper in Education "Best Ideas" for Daily and Non-Daily Division.  Click here.

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 Did You Know

Teens surveyed by Teenage Research Unlimited reported spending 98% of their money, rather than saving it.		Children’s spending has roughly doubled every ten years for the past three decades, and tripled in the 1990s.
High School graduates stand to earn over $1 million in adulthood-without adjusting for inflation.		55% of college students acquire their first credit card during their first year of college, and 83% of college students have at least one credit card.
Graduating students have an average of $20,402 in combined education loan and credit card balances.		Gambling researchers say that of the estimated 8 million compulsive gamblers in America, fully 1 million are teenagers.

For more "Did You Know?" facts, click on this link.

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Download lessons here.

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