American History Teachers' Collaborative
Focus Workshop
Money, Materialism, Monopolies and Millionaires
Part I
Saturday,
April 17th, 2010
Agenda
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Welcome and breakfast
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| 8:30 – 10:30 | Dr. Mark Leff, "Toxic Assets: The 'American Way' of Finance between Two Gilded Ages" To download the PPT, click here. |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 – 11:30 | Session 1: Small group discussion with Dr. Leff OR Time in the computer lab to review economics resources |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Lunch |
| 12:15 - 1:00 | Session 2: Switch rooms |
| 1:00 - 1:15 | Break |
| 1:15 - 2:00 | Review of resources |
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| 2:00 - 2:15 | Break |
| 2:15 - 3:00 | Kathy Barbour, "How has the Constitution Shaped the Economic System in the United States?" or Alexis Jones, "A Lesson in Bartering Using Children's Literature" |
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| 3:00 - 3:15 | Break |
| 3:15 - 4:00 | Documentary clip from The Ascent of Money |
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Closing remarks and evaluations |