Economics of the Mississippi Music Industry
Description: For the first time ever, the Mississippi Council on Economic Education (MCEE) is offering a teacher workshop at the GRAMMY Museum Mississippi on the economics of music and how to properly guide students interested in music as a career. As a general theme, “music” has broad appeal across ages, social classes, races, and other demographics. For this workshop, MCEE will leverage the appeal of music in order to both 1) help teachers teach about Mississippi’s rich musical heritage and 2) help teachers show students various ways music and economics overlap, especially as it relates to career options. We have created a series of lessons for teachers in grades 6-12 that they can use to show students various careers in music through referencing historical and modern examples. There will be four primary focus areas:
- careers related to performing music of all kinds
- careers related to technical work (studio engineers, instrument builders, music app developers, etc.)
- careers related to business and logistics (tour managers, band managers, festival coordinators, producers, etc.)
- careers that use or are related to music (music teachers, theater performers, choreographers, publicists, etc.)
For: This workshop will be most beneficial to middle and high school teachers of music, college and career readiness, and economics. Due to the advanced instruction that takes place in the elementary gifted classroom, these teachers will also benefit from the materials presented.
Where: GRAMMY Museum Mississippi; Cleveland, MS
Requirements:
- Attendance at the full workshop
- Web-connected device (e.g., computer, tablet, smartphone)
When: Nov. 11, 2023; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
What’s in it for me? Instruction on brand new lesson plans, 0.6 CEUs, lunch, $50 stipend to offset travel expenses, a tour of the GRAMMY Museum Mississippi and a good time!
Contact: 601-974-1325; mscee@millsaps.edu
Registration Deadline: Nov. 3, 2023; Noon. There is a limit on the number of teachers that the space can hold so once that number is met, you will be put on a waiting list.
This workshop is being offered in partnership with the Mississippi Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts and Foundation for Economic Education.
Danny Dollar: Make Your Own Money (Gulf Coast)
Description: The MCEE is excited to invite you and your students to participate in the newest Danny Dollar program! Through the newest Danny Dollar book in the series, Make Your Own Money: How Kids Can Earn It, Save It, Spend It, and Dream Big, your students will learn important financial literacy skills to help them learn how to make and save their own money.
Danny Dollar has inspired countless children around the world to make, save, and spend money wisely, and to dream big. Now the “King of Cha-Ching” returns to take kids on a how-to journey toward financial literacy, with tips and guidance for making money and minding their own businesses. With Danny as their money-savvy guide, readers get answers to questions like “What is money?”, “How do I make money?”, and “Why should I become an entrepreneur?” It teaches essential life skills for handling money (how to open a bank account, create a budget, invest, and donate).
For: 6-12 grade Special Education Teachers; 3rd-7th grade general education teacher teaching in Hancock, Harrison or Jackson counties
Where: Mississippi Gulf Coast; exact location TBA
Requirements:
- Attendance at the full workshop
- Web-connected device (e.g., computer, tablet, smartphone)
When: Nov. 4, 2023; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
What’s in it for me? Classroom set of “Make Your Own Money” books, FREE curriculum, 0.6 CEUs at no cost to you, lunch provided. Teachers receiving a classroom set of the books at the end of the workshop are expected to incorporate the lesson plans in their classroom during the 23-24 school year and to host an entrepreneurship fair (on a smaller scale) like the one seen here in your classroom.
Contact: 601-974-1325; mscee@millsaps.edu
Registration Deadline: Nov. 3, 2023; Noon
This project was supported, in part by grant number 2301MSSCDD, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy