Join us October 3-5 in beautiful Baltimore, MD!
Our Session:
Common Core, Common Good: Economics and Service Learning
Students always ask, “How does this apply to real life?” Integrated
English, news, math, history, and economics lessons in service learning are
great answers to this! From exploring
demographic data on poverty and raising money for kid’s coats, to hosting a Civil War luncheon where
“prices” of desserts reflect inflation on both sides of the conflict, to opening
a hot chocolate café, join us for a Common Core Standards- supported journey
through economics-based service learning!
With a combined teaching career of almost 20 years, Kelley
Baryenbruch and Sarah Scovell Muraski have developed integrated courses for the
middle school level that focus on economics and the Common Core Standards for
English, math and social studies through the lens of service learning that have
met with great student success.
Sarah and Kelley have shared the delivery of Intro to
Economics, an elective that focuses on economic literacy and the place of the
consumer in history and in the local and global markets. Students are
fascinated by how things like earthquakes and centuries-old slave revolts
impact modern economies or how much goes into developing sustainable
fundraising. It always amazes students to
see how they as consumers function and influence things even at the age of
fourteen. By including service learning in this study, financial and historical
literacy and diversity are partners in creating good citizens of the
students—not only making them aware, but teaching them how to make connections,
create blogs, and even start small non-profit businesses at school to support
their efforts.
Join Kelley and Sarah as they share lessons, handouts, resources,
and great stories about their adventures with students and the community at
large that help “(spare) change the world”!
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