Objective
In this webinar, teachers will be able to:
- Hear from leading economics scholars about their current events resources and instructional practices for successfully teaching current events in real-time with minimal teacher preparation and maximum student engagement.
- Receive free lessons, subscriptions, and other resources to contextualize secondary subjects for real-world learning, including economics.
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Description
Teachers are super busy and do not have a lot of time to keep up with current events to use in the classroom the next day. Yet, current events are an important and effective way to contextualize secondary subjects for real-world learning, including economics. This webinar features three presenters who share free resources and strategies for successfully teaching current events in real-time with minimal teacher preparation and maximum student engagement. Mr. Joel Miller will present the timely “Monday Morning Economist” newsletter and accompanying Foundation on Economic Education (FEE) teacher resources that easily integrate current events and pop culture into economics lessons. Ms. Ariel Slonim will share Marginal Revolution University’s (MRU) “Econ in the News” subscription that combs through the news to find relevant current events for teaching economics on a regular basis as well as how to structure related productive student discussions. Dr. Cheryl Ayers will share her research-based, economic-way-of-thinking instructional strategies and tools for making any current event more accessible to students. Join us to enhance your teaching toolkit!