This article demonstrates how, and provides all necessary material, to utilize experiential classroom integration of an earthquake insurance policy as an engaging and immersive tool to introduce business law students to applied contract analysis and interpretation. Students also gain an understanding of insurance concepts through this exercise.…

"Shake, Rattle, & Roll" is a new program developed by The Actuarial Foundation with Scholastic, provides dynamic real-world math content designed to build student skills while showing students the relevance of math to understanding their world and planning for their future. Math skills are increasingly important for students. According to the U.S.…

The purpose of these modules is to provide an introduction to the world of probability and statistics to accelerated mathematics students at the high school level. The modules also introduce students to real world math concepts and problems that property and casualty actuaries come across in their work. They are designed to be used by teachers and…

What happens when school personnel, or family members of one's students are laid off, are out of work for months, and their unemployment insurance ends? What happens when students complain that they can't find after-school or summer jobs? When these things occur, people worry about what will happen to them and to those they care about. Students…

The author advocates the use of films to supplement textbook treatments of bank runs and panics in money and banking or general banking classes. Modern students, particularly those in developed countries, tend to be unfamiliar with potential fragilities of financial systems such as a lack of deposit insurance or other safety net mechanisms. Films…

These two issues are designed to provide secondary school educators with a greater knowledge of insurance and access to teaching materials regarding insurance and to provide students with information about insurance and insurance careers. The following feature articles are included in the newsletters: "Life Insurance: Why and When People Buy…

This Insurance Education Foundation (IEF) newsletter provides secondary educators with a greater knowledge of insurance and access to teaching materials. It also provides students with insurance career information. The newsletter is intended for secondary educators who teach insurance in any subject. Substantive articles contained in this issue…

These two issues are intended for secondary school educators who teach about insurance in any of their courses. The following substantive articles are contained in the January 1998 issue: "Teen Drivers and Automobile Insurance: New Laws Safeguard Teen Drivers" (Insurance Information Institute); "National Advisory Council of…

This kit contains a teaching guide with objectives, answers, and instructions for each activity and spirit masters color coded to correspond with the appropriate chapter in the teaching guide. Five program segments are presented: (1) introduction to insurance; (2) homeowners/renters insurance; (3) automobile and motorcycle insurance; (4) health…

This module presents a real-world context in which mathematics skills are used as part of a daily routine. The context is the insurance field, and the module aims to help students see the significance of following through various processes in trying to obtain a solution. Materials in the module, most of which are designed for the teacher to…

This guide, which is designed for use with secondary school students, contains four units of activities that teach the fundamentals of insurance within the context of a broad range of subjects, including social sciences, history, civics, government, mathematics, consumer economics, business, economics, life skills, family management, home…

This textbook is designed for common schools, normal schools, high schools, academies, and other schools. Among the topics covered are: arithmetical language, fundamental operations, prime numbers, fractions, practical measurements, percentages, ratios, and mensuration. A section providing miscellaneous problems is also included. Appendices…

This guide contains both teacher and student materials for a one-semester course in consumer education to be presented as part of an 11th or 12th grade or an adult vocational home economics program. The book is organized into six sections containing 15 units of instruction. The sections cover the following topics: management (of time, money,…

This publication is intended as a guide for teaching high school and adult education students about social insurance concepts. Goals of the project are that students: (1) understand the historical context from which social insurance programs emerged; (2) can participate fully as members of a democratic society in making informed decisions about…

This teacher guide provides materials for a high school course designed to acquaint students with the theory of the marketplace and the U.S. free enterprise system while allowing them to have hands-on activities that could lead them to starting a small business. A major portion of the content is delivered by community business resource persons…