Curriculum Development
DIRECTOR and WRITER
Mark offers expertise in developing, implementing, and assessing economic and financial education curriculum. He has co-authored and/or directed over 20 national curriculum projects published by the Council on Economic Education including Capstone: Exemplary Lesson for High School Economics, Learning, Earning, and Investing for a New Generation, and Focus: Understanding Economics in U.S. History.
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Mark edited 35 issues of The Senior Economist for the National Council on Economic Education from 1986-1996. The Senior Economist featured articles by such prominent economists as William Baumol, Gary S. Becker, Alan Blinder, Milton Friedman, Douglass C. North, Alice M. Rivlin, and Jeffrey Sachs.
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Most recently, Mark has written three new lesson plans for the Liberty Fund’s Adam Smith Works:
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Is It Smith? Facts and Myths about the Life of Adam Smith
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An Evening with the Wise Guys: Adam Smith, Benjamin Franklin and David Hume
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Ghost Story: Newly Elected President Elizabeth Montgomery Faces an Economic Crisis