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New! Great Depression Curriculum

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has developed a new curriculum for teaching about the Great Depression. The curriculum includes six stand-alone lessons that allow teachers to pick and choose those lessons most appropriate for their students. The lessons include simulations, group work, role play and other active strategies to engage students.

If you teach history, economics or government, this curriculum is perfect for you. We are offering workshops throughout the District.

Oct. 25, 2007
Regional Professional Development Center
Rolla, Mo.
9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Register at: http://campus.umr.edu/rpdc/

Nov. 9, 2007
Little Rock Branch
Little Rock, Ark.
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Register at: www.stlouisfed.org/education/conferences.html

Nov. 27, 2007
Regional Professional Development Center
Cape Girardeau, Mo.
9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Register at: www4.semo.edu/rpdc/

Jan. 17, 2008
Memphis Branch
Memphis, Tenn.
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Register at: www.stlouisfed.org/education/conferences.html

Feb. 6, 2008
Hilton Garden Hotel
Chesterfield, Mo.
8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Register at: www.stlouisfed.org/education/conferences.html

Real-World Economics

Are you looking for ways to bring real-world economics into your classroom? Consider these opportunities for fun and prizes by entering your high school students in one or both of these two programs:

You can enter a team of five students in the Fed Challenge, a monetary policy competition in which students take part in a mock Federal Open Market Committee forum. A workshop for teachers, teams and coaches will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at each of these Eighth District cities.

Oct. 16, 2007 – Little Rock, Ark.
Oct. 17, 2007 – Fayetteville, Ark.
Nov. 14, 2007 – St. Louis
Dec. 5, 2007 – Memphis, Tenn.
(Louisville workshops will be arranged at high school sites upon request.)

Invite your students to enter the Hot Topics in the News essay contest and earn prizes and recognition. Essays are due:

Dec. 14, 2007 – St. Louis
Jan. 11, 2008 – Little Rock, Ark.
Feb. 15, 2008 – Memphis, Tenn.
April 4, 2008 – Louisville, Ky.

For more information about either of these programs, go to www.stlouisfed.org/education.

Federal Reserve Resources

Tips and Tools

Do you have a great idea for using a Federal Reserve publication in your classroom, or do you need a great idea for using a Federal Reserve publication in your classroom? If so, visit www.stlouisfed.org/education/resourcetools. At this site, you can add a tip or tool that you want to share, and you can access tips and tools other educators have shared.

Economic Summit for Secondary Teachers

Nov. 12, 2007
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

This is a program for middle- and high-school educators who want to learn about current economic issues and ways to integrate these issues into classroom instruction.

For more information, contact Julie Kerr at Julie.A.Kerr@stls.frb.org.

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