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Date	Title	Location	Description
June 9	Making a Job / Made in Indiana	IU East, Richmond	See flyer for complete details. Non-credit / No fee option http://www.econed-in.org/pdf/IUESummer08NC.pdf For credit option http://www.econed-in.org/pdf/IUEMAJ08.pdf
June 9	Mini-Society / Made in Indiana	Indiana University East, Richmond	See flyer for complete details. Non-credit / No fee option http://www.econed-in.org/pdf/IUESummer08NC.pdf For credit option http://www.econed-in.org/pdf/IUEMS08.pdf
June 9	Energy, Economics and the Environment - Gr 3-12	Ball State University, Muncie	FOR WHOM: All 3-12 teachers interested in integrating energy, economics, and the environment into the curricula. CREDIT: Three semester hours of Ball State University graduate credit, Economics 581: Workshop on Economic Education, can be earned upon successful completion of the workshop. COST: $125 application fee. Payment must accompany the application form. The general fee for three credit hours will be paid by the Center for Economic Education through a grant from the Indiana Council for Economic Education and Indiana Michigan Power. The Graduate Admissions Office may assess a fee to the accepted applicants which they will pay directly to that office. Registration will be done online from the site listed on the form accompanying Letter of Acceptance. This process must be completed prior to the first day of class. Remember - Title II and Title V “No Child Left Behind” monies may be used to cover the cost of this workshop. Check with your principal! OVERVIEW:Instructors and speakers from various companies and agencies share their expertise to integrate the topics of energy, economics, and the environment for the participants. Classroom presentations, panels and facility tours combine to present this topic so teachers can develop learning experiences for their students. See flyer for complete details and application procedure.
June 10	General Economics	Purdue University, W. Lafayette	See flyer for more details.
June 15	Taking the Eeek out of Economics Grades K-5	Indiana State University, Terre Haute	More details forthcoming. Agenda: Jure 9-13 (9-3) June 16-20 (independent work off campus) June 23 (9-3)
June 16	Economics and Ecology: Yellowstone National Park	Indiana State University (Terre Haute) & Yellowstone National Park	Additional details are forthcoming. Send Cathy Davis an e-mail if you wish to be notified when complete information is available. Tentative Agenda June 16-20 (9-3) Pre-departure workshop June 25-30 Fieldwork at Yellowstone National Park June 24 and July 1 Travel Days
June 16	Economics in Children's Literature	University of Southern Indiana, Evansville	Don't miss this opportunity to prepare your students for the upcoming Social Studies ISTEP tests in Spring 2009. And the Indiana Council will pay your tuition!The workshop is a practical, two-week, university-based in-service course for K-5 teachers. It covers the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics, the Indiana Economic Standards, and Performance Expectations which have been adopted by the Indiana Department of Education. You will receive a set of KidsEcon Posters and the new Herschel's World of Economics DVD (See www.kidseconposters.com) You will also receive the popular curriculum, Teaching Economics Using Children's Literature. June 16-June 27, 2008 TIME: 8 a.m. - Noon Monday - Friday TEACHING ECONOMICS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE UNIVERSITY 0F SOUTHERN INDIANA TUITION: FREE REGISTRATION FEE: $75 (covers the costs of books, supplies, and transportation) UNIVERSITY FEES: Students are responsible for all University Fees Trip to St. Louis will be from June 22-24 and will include the Federal Reserve Bank, Purina Corporate facilities and farm, and other sites of interest. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HOTEL COSTS. The university will make all the arrangements for hotel accommodations and travel using University vehicles.
June 18	General Economics - Grades K-12	Northview Middle School, Indianapolis	See flyer for details
June 23	Personal Finance Economics	Indiana University Southeast, New Albany	This workshop ... Will teach economics and personal finance concepts through hands on economic activities, lesson plans and concepts that are correlated with the state economic standards. Will use children’s books and stories to teach economic concepts such as scarcity, costs and benefits, decision making and more. Will explain and demonstrate the Stock Market Game, an exciting ten week learning experience for students. Benefits … Earn 3 graduate credits in less than two weeks with partial tuition scholarship Earn credits towards teacher certification Learn innovative ways to teach economics and personal finance concepts, K-12 Superior knowledge to integrate economic and personal finance concepts into the curriculum Share creative ideas with other educators Take home fully developed curriculum unit, and plenty of curriculum materials, teaching activities and program ideas. Registration deadline: June 18, 2008
July 9	International Economics - Gr. 3-12	Northview Middle School, Indianapolis	See flyer for details.
July 21	Teaching Economics Using Children's Literature - Grades K-6	Northview Middle School, Indianapolis	See flyer for details
October 7	Classrooom Business Enterprise (WIRED region) Pre-registration	Purdue University, West Lafayette	Thanks to WIRED Grant monies received from the US Department of Labor, the Indiana Council for Economic Education (ICEE), located at Purdue University, is offering the students of 50 elementary and middle school teachers in 14 Indiana counties (see Indiana WIRED website for list of 14 counties) the opportunity to develop their own classroom businesses. Teachers will learn, step-by-step, how to implement a classroom business. They also will learn how to teach Indiana standards-based economics concepts to students. Schools and Teachers Receive the Following: Intensive day of training at Purdue on October 7, 2008 Copy of the Indiana Department of Education curriculum, Economics and Entrepreneurship: Operating a Classroom Business in the Elementary and Middle School Classroom. Free set of 22 KidsEcon Posters© (see www.kidseconposters.com) Sub-Pay (up to $80) $300 worth of curriculum materials of your choice to support the project 3 CRUs or 6 Professional Growth Points
October 14	Econ Camp North - SAVE the date!	Camp Tecumseh, Brookston, In	Econ Camp trains high school teachers to improve economic literacy in Indiana, focusing on economic concepts identified in the Indiana Economics Standards. The Camp is an integral part of Indiana's contribution to the National Campaign for Economic Literacy, initiated by the National Council on Economic Education. The program begins at 4:00 p.m. on October 16 and ends at 2:45 p.m. on October 17.
October 21	Econ Camp South - SAVE the date!	Camp Carson, Princeton	We are adding a southern location for the the popular Econ Camp. Save the date and register in the fall for this great opportunity!