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12/5/2012
Euro Challenge 2013 Teacher Orientation

The Euro Challenge brings global studies to life in your classroom. Students studied the euro and focus on economic conditions in one euro area country. Learn the latest tools and techniques to prepare your team to take the Euro Challenge!
Monday, 11/05/12
9:30 AM
Arrival and Registration
10:00 AM
Welcome and Group Activity
Cindy Ivanac-Lillig, Economic Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
10:30 AM
Nuts and Bolts of Euro Challenge Competition and Web Resources
Sebnem Ozkan, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana
Cindy Ivanac-Lillig, Economic Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
11:00 AM
From Europe to Euro
Valerie Rouxel-Laxton, Head of Economic and Financial Affairs, Delegation of the European Union to the United States of America (Via Satellite)
11:45 AM
Lunch
Best Practices from Educators
12:45 PM
The Euro Crisis
Ophelia Eglene, Middlebury College and Author
1:30 PM
Economics Lite for Euro Challenge
Cindy Ivanac-Lillig, Economic Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
2:15 PM
Wrap Up
2:30 PM
Optional Tour of the Money Museum
Tour concludes at 3:00 p.m.