Founders and Finance

Workshop Information:  In this workshop, we discuss the early American banking and monetary system from the perspective of three highly influential Founders – Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. We share materials (including three 6-minute animated videos) and standards-based lessons with teachers that they can use in their classes. In the lessons, students analyze primary and secondary source – and they learn basic lessons in economics and personal finance. The videos and lessons represent a year-long collaborate effort between economists, historians, and creative artists. All materials were developed through the Lighting the Way Grant from the Suntrust Foundation, now Truist Foundation and are available to teachers at no cost.

Speaker Information: Susan Reilly is a Professor of Economics at Florida State College at Jacksonville. She received a B.S. in Economics from the University of Central Florida and an M.A. & PhD in Economics from American University. She is trained in Labor Economics, Comparative Economic Systems, and Economic Development. Her recent peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations include American Economic History and Economic Education. She has served as the Director for the Center on Economic Education since 2014. An active member of the National Association of Economic Education, she served on the NAEE Executive Committee from 2016-2019, currently serving as the NAEE Professional Development Committee Chair.

This workshop is designed with high school economics teachers in mind but all are welcome to participate.

*This workshop is part of the Econ in the Real World series.

**This workshop counts towards the I Love Econ program.

Once registered, you will receive information to access the virtual workshop via a separate email the day of the event.