The authors highlight two first-grade teachers who teach in New York City. Using a read-aloud, they explore differences between equity and equality and then engage children in a real-world scenario that engages concepts of fairness when allocating resources to disparate groups of people. 

AP economics courses are a positive-sum game students gain important skills and learn to determine the most advantageous combination of costs and benefits.

High school ethnic studies courses that address the perspectives and experiences of people of color are increasingly in demand. The author describes the thematic, inquiry-based approach she developed that reflects her school’s diversity.

Fair Trade Campaigns has developed a series of lesson plans to help educators bring the concept of Fair Trade into their middle and high school classrooms. There are four distinct lessons, covering four subject areas in relation to Fair Trade:- Changing the Rules of the Global Economy: An Introduction to Fair Trade - Gender Equity and Fair Trade - Child Labor and Fair Trade - Environmental Sustainability and Fair Trade Each lesson includes several activities, which can be completed individually or as a full, sequential lesson. The lessons come with an accompanying Educator’s Guide which…

Muslim American Identities, Past and Present: A 2017 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Seminar for K-12 School Teachers, will be held July 9-28, 2017, in Indianapolis, Indiana. What does it mean to be both Muslim and American? Participants will read compelling texts and conduct engaging field trips while studying the diverse facets of Muslim American identity, both as grounded in the past, and as experienced in the present. As NEH Summer Scholars, participants will reflect on and discuss thirty primary source documents and two major academic monographs; visit two mosques; and…

In the Mix is the Emmy-Award-winning PBS documentary series for school classrooms, middle grades through college. Several programs deal with diversity and dispel stereotypes, topics that are so important now in American society.   In the Mix is glad to offer NCSS members a discount on any DVD title ($40 instead of $70) + $8 shipping per order) in a package that includes performance rights and discussion guides. Some relevant program topics include: “dealing with differences”; racism”; “teen Immigrants”; and “media literacy.”   The latest catalog is online at www.castleworks.com, and excerpts…

The current economic crisis is primarily a story about unintended consequences and what happens when the incentive structure is damaged by unsound institutions and policies.

The highlighted award-winning EdTech tools can engage students while also advancing their understanding of economic reasoning and financial decision making.

The authors outline the basic ideas behind the stock market along with its ties to consumer economics and how world events impact us all. They argue that this approach is an engaging way to teach elementary students (in grades 4–6) economic responsibility, and they detail some basic steps needed to get started.