FREE WEBINAR • SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2022 • 9am - 2pm EST
The Florida Council on Economic Education is pleased to welcome Scott Niederjohn, Professor Mark Schug and Professor William Wood as they present their latest professional development webinar “Teaching Economics in American History”. This engaging workshop will demonstrate how teachers can incorporate Economics into their American History curriculum. The Economic Episodes in American History supplement text featured in the workshop highlights various moments in American history including the causes of the War of Independence and the creation of U.S. Constitution and our financial system. The virtual workshop will combine presentations, small group discussions and a teacher panel discussing how best to incorporate the lessons into classrooms. Don’t miss this opportunity to provide critical insights to your students on the economic underpinnings of our history!
Teaching Economics in
American History
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
For Educators Grades 6th -12th
Saturday, March 5, 2022
9am - 2pm
About the Book
Economic Episodes in American History, recipient of the prestigious Gold Curriculum Award from the National Association of Economic Educators, integrates an economic perspective within U.S. History. This innovative and unique textbook supplement for high schools provides a more complete understanding of U.S. history and the role economics has played, and continues to play, in shaping the American story. It is organized around the key events and eras of American history. Most importantly, no previous course in economics is required. Economic Episodes in American History provides a non-quantitative understanding of economic principles, and uses those principles to analyze the behaviors of individuals, businesses and government, for a deeper and richer understanding of American history, while also providing an effective and easy to understand introduction to economics. Each chapter can be taught independently, and in the sequence that best aligns with your U.S. History curriculum. No history of America, and no engaged citizen, is complete without an economic perspective organized around the key events and issues of American history.
Please Note:One copy of the book will be mailed out to the address provided prior to the workshop. Remaining copies will be mailed post workshop.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
9 am
Welcome: Brett Burkey, Director of Education, Florida Council on Economic Education
Overview of the Webinar: Mark Schug, Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
9:15 am
How Can Economics Illuminate History? An Introduction to the Economic Way of Thinking (Chapter 1)
10:15 am - Break
10:30 am - Concurrent Sessions (you will be asked to choose one)
The Economics of the U.S. Constitution? (Chapter 5)
How Did a Mild Recession in 1929 Become the Great Depression of the 1930s? (Chapter 20)
11:30 am
Overview of the Features of EEAH including Florida Standards
12 pm - Lunch Break
12:45 pm - Concurrent Sessions (you will be asked to choose one)
Who Desegregated Major League Baseball: Jackie Robinson or Adam Smith? (Chapter 25)
Is Free Trade Out of Date? (Chapter 31)
1:30 pm
Great Resources for Teaching Economics in American History
Reminder on how to get classroom sets
Final questions
2 pm - Adjourn
Meet the Presenters:
M. Scott Niederjohn is the Director of Concordia University Wisconsin Free Enterprise Center. A prolific scholar and writer, Scott has published more than 60 articles, monographs, reports, and curriculum materials in journals such as Applied Economics, Monthly Labor Review, Journal of Urban Affairs, Eastern Economics Journal, Journal of Private Enterprise, Social Education, and Wisconsin Interest. Scott is also the co-author of two books, Economic Episodes in American History published by Wohl Publishing and Teachers Can be Financially Fit published by Springer.
During the fall of 2013, Scott was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach at the University of Luxembourg. He serves on the Wisconsin Governor’s Council for Financial Literacy and has received the Governor’s Financial Literacy Award in 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2018. He was recognized in the December 2014 issue of Money Magazine for his work in shaping the landscape of the financial education curriculum.
Scott holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and an MBA with an applied economics concentration from Marquette University. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in Wauwatosa, Wis. with their four children.
Mark C. Schug is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and Senior Program Advisor to the Lakeland University Office for the Advancement of Free Enterprise Education. Professor Schug taught for 36 years at the middle school, high school, and university levels. A widely-recognized scholar, he has written and edited over 230 articles, books, and national curriculum materials. Professor Schug has spoken to local, state, and national groups throughout the United States and in 11 other countries. He has been the guest co-editor of 11 issues of Social Education, the flagship journal of the National Council for the Social Studies. His latest books are Teaching Economics in Troubled Times published by Routledge Press and co-edited with William C. Wood of James Madison University and Economic Episodes in American History published by Wohl Publishing and co-authored by William C. Wood, Tawni Hunt Ferrarini and M. Scott Niederjohn, now in its second edition. The same author team of Ferrarini, Niederjohn, Schug, and Wood has written Teachers Can Be Financially Fit: Economists’ Advice for Educators which will be released in 2020 from Springer Publications.
Professor Schug does consulting for several local, state, and national organizations and has served on the boards of local, state, and national non-profit organizations including the (national) Association of Private Enterprise Education, Economics Wisconsin, Business and Economics Academy of Milwaukee (BEAM), School Choice Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies. Professor Schug earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He has received six national awards for leadership, curriculum writing (two), service, and research (two) in economic education.
Mark and his wife, Io, have been married for 52 years, have two grown daughters, and four grandchildren. Mark and Io live in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
William Wood is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Economic Education at James Madison University. Wood was the recipient of teaching awards at the University of Virginia and at James Madison University, where he was the 2001–2002 Distinguished Teacher in the College of Business. Wood was named in 2002 as an inaugural winner of the Southern Economic Association’s Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award. Wood is also a past recipient of the Alpha Kappa Psi-Clifford D. Spangler award for research in risk and insurance and Best Paper award for the Journal of Private Enterprise. He is the author of four books, more than 60 scholarly articles, and national economic education materials for school and adult audiences. In 2016, Wood received the Henry H. Villard Award from the National Association of Economic Educators for career achievement in economic education research.