EconEdLink | Current Events - 2 views
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EconEdLink provides access to the latest economics news and information. Come here to learn more about what's happening in the world of economics and access related lesson
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Lindsay Andreas on 20 Oct 09I really like this part of the website because it keeps track of current events in economics and gives you related lessons. My understanding is that economic education works best when you give the kids real-life examples. My teacher likes to bring up the healthcare package a lot and it works because the students know that this is a big issue and it puts context to things.
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A premier source of classroom tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students
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NCEE (National Council on Economic Education) likes to use real life context in their lesson plans. There are simulations, group decision/problem solving solving, etc. They believe in the education principle of learn by doing (Dewey) and I think economics needs real world context even more so than other subjects.
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I second this - this is a great resource for incorporating economics into the lesson plans-I really dig a lesson plan here on voter turn-out.