New Lesson Plans Help Teach Economic History of United States
High school students combine key events and economic reasoning to solve historical mysteries.
New York, NY (PRWEB) June 29, 2006
The National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) announced today the release of the new Focus: Understanding Economics in U. S. History publication (http://store. ncee. net/focus-ushistory. html). With 39 supplemental lesson plans that complement any history textbook, high school teachers now have a new way to seamlessly integrate economics into U. S. history courses.
“Economics is not a stand-alone subject: it is a crucial component of the K-12 curriculum, including U. S. history,” said Robert Duvall, NCEE president and CEO. “These lesson plans allow teachers and students alike to analyze how economics has influenced our past, and how it will impact our future. After using these lessons, students will have a deeper appreciation of American history.”
Teachers use “mysteries” that challenge their students to explore economics in American history. In the role of detectives, students investigate key historic periods and analyze the economic forces that influenced those events. In order to enhance their thinking and reasoning skills, teachers introduce their students to the principles of Economic Reasoning, which gives them a logical framework for approaching problems.
Teachers have a number of resources at their fingertips, including comprehensive lesson plans, background instructional content, student readings, assessments (both multiple choice and essays), and reproducible visuals and activities.
There is also an introductory essay by Douglass C. North, a well-known historian and 1993 Nobel Prize winner in economics. The essay provides an overview of teaching economics in U. S. history courses, and acts as an instructional primer for high school teachers.
Each of the lessons is correlated to the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics and cover concepts like goods and services, productivity, supply and demand, and opportunity cost. All lessons were developed by an expert in economic education, reviewed by a prominent economic historian, and tested in the classroom with high school students.
About Focus: Understanding Economics in U. S. History
To learn more about Focus: Understanding Economics in U. S. History or to place an order, visit http://store. ncee. net/focus-ushistory. html
About the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE)
The NCEE (http://www. ncee. net) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to improving economic and financial literacy. Both directly and through its unique nationwide network of state Councils and more than 200 university based Centers for Economic Education, NCEE’s programs reach more than 150,000 K-12 teachers and over 15 million students in more than 70,000 schools each year.
Contacts:
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