Be Money Wi$e National Financial Literacy Poster Contest sponsored by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC)

The contest is a great way to get young students thinking about how to manage money effectively and offers them a creative outlet to demonstrate their knowledge. Finally, it offers the opportunity for local and national recognition for student artwork and rewards winners with US savings bonds and other prizes.

All school-aged children in grades 3-12 are eligible to enter with local and national winners to be chosen from each of three grade categories.

To become involved, teachers, parents, and/or students can visit the Web site www.MoneyWisePosterContest.org, where they can find more detailed information, including contest rules, entry forms, and where to submit poster entries.

The submission deadline for poster entries is in February 2010

History Day Cash Awards – provided by the San Diego Center for Economic Education and the EconEd Foundation

What student wouldn’t be interested in a CASH AWARD for their History Day project?

There is no better History Day theme, Innovation in History, that allows your students to more easily integrate economic concepts into their projects (exhibits and posters only). And when your students do so, they can apply for CASH AWARDS being given by the San Diego Center for Economic Education (SDCEE) and the EconEd Foundation (EconEd).

Each year SDCEE and EconEd board members attend the countywide competition interviewing students and judging entries. Cash awards are provided to students who identify economics concepts within their project and are able to articulate how economics plays a role in their topic.

Cash prizes are:

1st Place Senior Exhibit: $250
1st Place Junior Exhibit: $150
1st Place Posters: $50

To apply for the Economics Award students should complete the online registration form. (http://tinyurl.com/historydayeconomics)

And don’t forget to have students mark that they are applying for the award on their official History Day application submitted to the San Diego County Office of Education. Mark the box “Outstanding Research, Analysis and Presentation of Economics.”

Uncomfortable with economics or want help in assisting your students in applying for for this award? Representatives from the San Diego Center for Economic Education are more than willing to visit your school classroom or provide a mini-workshop on identifying/integrating economics into a History Day project (exhibits and posters only). If interested, contact Kim Gibbs at 619-522-0638 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

PBS Frontline: A Secret History of the Credit Card

Frontline and the New York Time dig into the credit card industry to reveal its history and methodology.  While its regulation remains a political hot point, there is no doubt that credit cards can often lead to financial ruin when not used responsibly.

The Frontline website provides teacher resources, a discussion forum, and the full documentary.  Click here to access it.

The Council for Economic Education is seeking writers for its upcoming publication, Teaching Financial Crises: A Resource for High School Teachers.

Can you:

• Write solid lessons for secondary school teachers?
• Explain complex concepts related to financial crises in a way that would be understood by high school students?
• Maintain an objective approach to sometimes controversial issues?
• Give and take constructive criticism well?
• Work closely with others?
• Keep to deadlines?

If interested, READ MORE.