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Recent Presentations

Types of Presentations

  • Key note speech
  • Half-day workshop
  • One-day workshop
  • Two-day workshop
  • Other arrangements can be negotiated


Topics

Mark offers speeches and workshops on several economic education topics including the following.

Current Topics in Economic Education and Personal Finance
  • What Are the Causes of the Crash of 08 and the Recession of 09?
  • Teachers Can Be Millionaires Too!
  • How to Survive the Recession of 09
  • What Is the President Saying? Economic Statistics Every Teacher Should Know
  • A National Survey of High School Economics Teachers: Are Economics Teachers the Same as other Social Studies Teachers?
Teaching Economics in U.S. History
  • How economic reasoning improves the teaching in American history
  • Why did the colonists fight when they were safe, prosperous and free?
  • Why did the American colonies -- settlements without gold, silver or spices - become economically successful?
  • How did the Constitution Establish the Rules of a Market System?
  • Was the Free Land Offered by the Homestead Act a Good Deal for farmers?
  • The Leaders of Big Business: Were They Industrial Entrepreneurs or Robber Barons?
  • Why Did a Mild Recession in 1929 Lead to the Great Depression? Lessons for Today.
  • The economics of racial discrimination.
  • Did Free Trade after World War II Kill American Jobs?
  • And More
Teaching High School Economics
  • Mystery nations: Why Are Some Nations Rich While Others Are Poor?
  • Basics of a Market Economy
  • Investing in Human Capital
  • The Big Oil Game
  • Why do Nations trade?
  • Cool Tools for Teaching High School Economics
  • Latest Research on High School Economics
  • And More
Personal Finance
  • Three Rules for Building Wealth for the Long Term
  • The Economics of Going to School
  • How to Spend Less Than You Receive
  • Connecting to Financial Institutions
  • Managing Your Credit
  • A Roof Over Your Head
  • And more
Elementary and Middle School
  • Economic Thinking of Children and Adolescents
  • Economics is Kid's Stuff
  • Economic Concepts for Kids
  • Integrating Economics Throughout Grades K-8
  • Research on Teaching Children Economics and Personal Finance

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What Teachers Are Saying...

"Like the enthusiasm; Great statistics!"

"Fun yet educational"

"Love the method of involving audience with the mystery nations -- makes me think!"

"Dr. Schug is extremely knowledgeable and an expert at explaining concepts in ways for me to easily understand -- we are lucky to have him!"

"Great interaction! Dr. Schug really makes all of this interesting -- wish I could take him home!"

"Cool activity - the game really helped to explain the topic."

"Very, very, very informative!"

"Dr. Schug helped me to look at a lot of things a lot differently than what I have in the past -- great presentation!"

"Marvelous and intelligent professor"

"It's been a long day and Dr. Schug was just as good as he was on the morning of day one!"