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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois wish to congratulate Ms. Norma Schulfer on |
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| being awarded the second place 3M Innovative Economic Educator |
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| Award; and
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| WHEREAS, The 3M Innovative Economic Educator Award is |
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| sponsored by 3M and the Illinois Council on Economic Education |
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| (ICEE); the award honors innovative instruction that increases |
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| economic understanding; Ms. Schulfer received Second Place in |
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| the Secondary Division for a creative unit that dispels the |
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| myth that economics is limited to the business section in the |
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| newspaper; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Schulfer's curriculum unit, "Econ, Econ, Read |
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| All About It!", involves students exploring daily newspapers |
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| through a variety of fun activities; students gain an awareness |
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| of choices they make in simply choosing to pick up a newspaper; |
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| these choices range from what the youth reads to what he or she |
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| purchases; students learn to recognize and analyze incentives |
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| and weigh benefits of their choices against the costs; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Council on Economic Education is a |
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| unit within the division of NIU Outreach at Northern Illinois |
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| University; through eight Centers for Economic Education at |
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| universities throughout the State, ICEE provides professional |
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| development programs for Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade |
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| teachers, curriculum consulting, and student programs to |
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| enhance economic understanding; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Norma Schulfer on being named the second place |
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| winner of the 3M Economic Educator Award; and be it further
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