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National Council on Economic Education
( http://www.ncee.net/
)
Contains sites that
provide a wealth of material for teaching economics, including the
presentation and development of lesson plans. Take a look at their EconEd
link page (
http://www.econedlink.org/ )
to see a host of materials including sections (see
link near top of the page) covering
:
A.
The Voluntary Standards. (http://www.economicsamerica.org/standards/index.html).
This page
describes the “standards”, and discusses the economic knowledge benchmark goals
that all students should attain by grades 4, 8, and 12. These appear to be
closely aligned with the Missouri Standards. The entire set of standards can be
downloaded as a pdf file (you must have Adobe Acrobat on your computer to
accomplish this, available under the button Site Tools).
This
page also has an ONLINE LESSONS link in the left side column. Click it, and you
will open a huge list of lessons for the various grades within K-12. Some of
these lessons are also attainable from the links described below. Try some of
the other links in the left-hand column.
B.
Various Link Buttons.
a.
Lesson button:
One
of the most useful sections for teachers. Here you are presented with a menu of
lessons.
Each
lesson covers a current topic in economics, many that the students will be
familiar with. Example: the issue of downloading music for free from Napster.com.
Each lesson gives activities for the students to pursue. Each lesson provides
the voluntary standard which is addressed, and the grade level to which the
lesson is aimed. This area is a great resource for teachers dealing with
economic issues!
b.
Current Events button:
See economic
topics which link to :
1. A
lesson section with downloadable materials for classroom lessons. Current
Example: “How Long is your Life?” This lesson includes a downloadable life
expectancy table, with a discussion about social security issues.
2. A
current events section giving economics topics in the news. Click one of
these news items statements and you go to a recent article describing and
discussing this topic.
3. An economic news section.
Hit these titles, and they link you to web articles of economic interest.
Sections 2 and 3 are quite similar.
c.
Web Links button:
This
links you to other sites that provide support to economics educators. Included
are the
links to the Federal Reserve Bank sites (more fully described below), and
several others.
d.
Data Links button:
Leads
to
another great site that takes the teacher and student to a page outlining
important
economic measures.
Several measures are cited in a box titled
“Case Studies”. Examples are GDP
and unemployment. These link the reader to an alternate web page describing
additional sites with information
on the original economic concept.
Below the Case Studies box is an array of important economic measures (e.g. the
federal debt, and the CPI,
their latest values, and dates of their last revisions. Here too you can link to
other web sites
e. CyberTeach button:
This
section contains EconEdLetter, information on basic web skills, model
lessons,
and templates for creating effective lesson plans on your own.
Vol. I Issue I, Dec. 2000 of
the
EconEdLetter is available and downloadable as a pdf
file.
f. Site
Tools button:
This link takes you to a page where
you can download various web browsers
and
other useful programs such as Quicktime, Adobe Acrobat, etc. You can also link
to the Journal
of Economic Education, and an archive of the journal’s articles. This is
probably more pertinent to
higher Ed than to K-12. Below this are other links that provide additional
materials and information for
the K-12 educators. Click on the CyberTeach links to find materials.
Below these buttons are the latest on-line lessons dealing
with current economic issues geared to
student interest.
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