Two For One Teacher Workshop: Economics and Personal Finance
1. Teaching Economics in American History and Civics
2. Teachers Can Be Financially Fit
The Florida Council on Economic Education and Concordia University Wisconsin are pleased to welcome Professor Scott Niederjohn and Professor Mark Schug as they present their latest professional development workshop. This engaging workshop will demonstrate how teachers can incorporate Economics into their American History and Civics and American Government curriculum. The Economic Episodes in American History supplement 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 Economic Episodes in Civics and American Government supplement helps teachers apply the economic way of thinking to traditional civics content. The workshop will combine presentations, small group discussions and a teacher activity discussing how best to incorporate the lessons into classrooms. As an added bonus the presenters will also include content from their Teachers Can Be Financially Fit: Economists Advice for Teachers book designed to give you more financial literacy confidence to benefit your lives and pass on to your students. Don’t miss this opportunity to provide critical insights to your students on the the economic way of thinking in other social studies disciplines.
Please Note: This Workshop Has Reached Capacity
All Registrations as of Feb 11th Will Be Placed on a Waitlist.
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FREE TEACHER WORKSHOP
Friday, March 28, 2025
Florida Power & Light Co -
James Robo Campus
4300 Kyoto Gardens Drive
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
Room, A1320E
8:00 am - 4:15 pm
Breakfast & Lunch Provided
Attendance is limited to 25 participants. A confirmation email will be sent after registration is complete. Overflow registries will be placed on a waitlist and notified of changes.
ONE CLASS SET OF
EACH BOOK
(21 copies each)
+ $300 CASH STIPEND PROVIDED
Books & check will be mailed to the address provided on the registration form post event. Attendee must participate in full workshop to qualify.
+ 1 COPY
Teachers Can Be Financially Fit
AGENDA
8:00
Breakfast
8:30
Welcome: Suzanne Constanza, Executive Director, Florida Council on Economic Education
Overview of the Workshop: Professor Scott Niederjohn, Concordia University Wisconsin
8:45
How Can Economics Illuminate American History, Civics, and Government?
(EEAH and EECAG Chapter 1)
9:45
Break
10:00
The Economic Principles in the U.S. Constitution
(EEAH Chapter and EECAG Chapter 2)
11:00
Why Did the Colonies Succeed Economically Without Finding Gold or Silver? Is Economic Freedom the First Liberty?
(EEAH Chapter 2 and EECAG Chapter 3)
12:00
Lunch Break
12:30
Features of EEAH and EECAG
1:00
Pick-A-Chapter: Exploring EEAH and EECAG for Your Classroom
1:30
The Financial Lives of Teachers and an Overview of Teachers Can Be Financially Fit: Economists Advice to Educators.
2:00
Break
2:15
The Teachers Can Be Millionaires Too Game
3:00
Who Desegregated Major League Baseball: Jackie Robinson or Adam Smith? Why Did Rosa Parks Succeed Years after Homer Plessy Failed?
(EEAH 25 and EECAG Chapter 5)
4:00
Questions
4:15
Adjourn
Meet the Presenters:
Scott Niederjohn is Professor of Economics and Director of the Free Enterprise Center at Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon. Scott is a widely known scholar in the areas of economic education and public policy analysis. He has published more than eighty journal articles, book chapters, monographs, reports and curricular materials. Scott is also the co-author of three books: Economic Episodes in American History, Second Edition (Wohl Publishing), Teachers Can Be Financially Fit: Economists' Advice for Educators (Springer) and Economic Episodes in Civics and American Government (Wohl Publishing).
Scott 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. During the fall of 2013, He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach at the University of Luxembourg. He serves on the boards of the Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) and The Menard Family Midwest Initiative for Economic Engagement and Research. Scott was recognized in the December 2014 issue of Money Magazine for his work in shaping the landscape of financial education curriculum.
Scott earned undergraduate and master’s degrees from Marquette University and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He is married to Stephanie. They reside in Wauwatosa, WI with their four children.
Read more about Scott on his website: www.ScottNiederjohn.com
Mark C. Schug is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and President of Mark Schug Consulting Services. Mark 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. He 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 14 issues of Social Education, the flagship journal of the National Council for the Social Studies. His latest books are 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 wrote Teachers Can Be Financially Fit: Economists’ Advice for Educators which was published in 2021 by Springer Nature. Mark is co-author of Economic Episodes in Civics and American Government with Niederjohn, Signa Thomas, and Wood (Wohl Publishing).
Mark 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), St. Andrew Lutheran Church, School Choice Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies. Mark earned a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He has received seven national awards for leadership, writing (three), service, and research (two) in economic education.
Mark and his wife Io have been married for 55 years, have two grown daughters, and four grandchildren. They live in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Read more about Mark on his website: www.MarkSchug.com