The Maine Council for the Social Studies
Annual Conference

Social Studies on the Front Burner:
Blending Economics into K-12 Curriculum

The Maine Council for the Social Studies, in collaboration with the Council for Economic Education and the Maine Credit Union League, is offering two regional conferences involving Economics and how to incorporate this subject into K-12 curriculum. The registration cost is only $35.00 per person and includes lunch and all materials.

Conference workshops will be offered for elementary, middle, and high school teachers. Also offered will be technology workshops for the K-12 grade span.

As a special incentive to attend the conference, all registrants will receive a FREE Virtual Economics CD.

Virtual Economics retails for $100 but will be included in conference packets for all attendees as part of the $35 conference registration fee.

A grant from the Council for Economic Education through the US Dept. of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement, and contributions from the Maine Credit Union League and Maine Council for the Social Studies have made this offer possible.

Virtual Economics is a one-stop resource for teaching K-12 economics and personal finance, and includes 1,200 print-and web-based lesson plans, interactive multimedia video clips and a 500+term glossary.

For more information about Virtual Economics, visit http://store.councilforeconed.org/virtualeconomics.html. For a video tour, go to http://ve.councilforeconed.org/features/demo.php

Register online here
or...
Click here to download the registration form.
Click here to view the workshop descriptions.  

Preview the Portland Agenda
Preview the Hermon Agenda

Directions to USM Abromson Center, Portland:
http://usm.maine.edu/conferences/abromson/directions.html

Directions to Morgan Hill Event Center, Hermon:
http://www.morganhilleventcenter.com/?area=directions

Conference Workshops:

Morning