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For more information, see the contest guidelines at www.frbatlanta.org/about.cfm
or contact your local Federal Reserve Bank
office representative:
Georgia
Atlanta office
Jess Palazzolo
1000 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
[email protected]
404-498-8747
Florida
Jacksonville office
Sarah Arteaga
P. O. Box 929
Jacksonville, FL 32231-0044
[email protected]
904-632-1132
Louisiana and
Mississippi
New Orleans office
Claire Loup
525 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70130
[email protected]
504-593-3259
Tennessee
Nashville office
Jackie Morgan
301 Eighth Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37203
[email protected]
615-251-7239
Public Affairs
1000 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309-4470
Miami office
Lon Lazzeri
9100 NW 36 Street
Miami, FL 33178
[email protected]
305-471-6477
Entry deadline: February 1, 2008
2007–2008
Lesson Plan of
the Year Contest
Local Contacts
Alabama
Birmingham office
Julie Kornegay
524 Liberty Parkway
Birmingham, AL 35242
[email protected]
205-968-6728
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
A contest challenging middle
school and high school educators
in the Sixth Federal Reserve
District to submit the best lesson
plans featuring Federal Reserve
publications, Web sites, and/or
multimedia materials.
Win up to $2,500 in savings bonds
SHOW US
YOUR PLAN
Who Can Participate?
The contest is open to middle school
and high school educators in the
Sixth Federal Reserve District. To see
if your school is in the district, and for
other restrictions, check the guidelines
at www.frbatlanta.org/about.cfm,
or contact your local office representative (see the list of local contacts
in this brochure).
For More Information
About the Contest
The objective is to develop a lesson plan that
features Federal Reserve publications, Web sites,
and/or multimedia materials. Possible topics
include Federal Reserve purposes and functions,
the history and structure of the Federal Reserve,
economics, and personal finance. You can also
develop lesson plans for interdisciplinary areas
such as mathematics, language arts, social
studies, and business. A wide variety of Federal
Reserve resources are available online at
www.federalreserveeducation.org to help you.
Entry deadline is February 1, 2008.
Winners will be notified in March 2008.
First place – $1,000 savings bond
Second place – $800 savings bond
Third place – $600 savings bond
Fourth place – $400 savings bond
Fifth place – $200 savings bond
Finalists will be recognized at either an event at
their local Reserve Bank office, at an educator
conference, or at their school.
District Awards
The first-place winners will then compete for
the top prize and will be invited to an awards
ceremony at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
headquarters.
Local Awards
Up to five finalists from each Sixth District office
(Atlanta, Birmingham, Jacksonville, Miami,
Nashville, and New Orleans) will receive the
following:
Savings bonds will be awarded to the district
finalists as follows:
First place – $1,500 savings bond
Second place – $1,000 savings bond
Third place – $750 savings bond
Honorable mention (3) – $250 savings bond
Eligibility is available to teachers and educators
teaching or employed by a school system in a county
listed. Also eligible are pre-service educators attending a
university in a county listed. To see the complete contest
guidelines and to find out how to submit your lesson
plan, go to www.frbatlanta.org/about.cfm. You can
also contact your local office representative for more
information.