The successful Thrift Teacher Institute of last summer will be offered again this year!  For five days in July (July 14-18), teachers of all grades and disciplines may join together at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to learn about thrift.  We will explore its historical roots and contemporary applications in ways that integrate the subject into lessons in history, civics, family & consumer science, financial literacy, and language arts. 

Do you use family history in your classroom as a way of personalizing history lessons?  Or do you, the teacher, want to create your own family tree outside of the classroom?  Either way, HSP has many resources for you.

Do you teach financial literacy or the history of early 20th century reform movements?  Do you work with your students on skills for the 21st workplace like work ethic and stewardship? Have you included the idea and history of thrift in those lessons, or would like to?  Then enter our Teaching Thrift Curriculum Development Contest by May 15 and win cash prizes.