[LM_NET] Gen and Sec: The True Cost of Christmas

[Katherine Mayberry <kmayberry@YAHOO.COM>]

  Some of you might like to view this site from PNC Bank. It would be especially 
useful for economics teachers. Mine plans to project the presentation for his 
students between testing. You do need flash enabled in your browser. 
  There are links for teachers and students that are fun and informative.
  BTW- one of my sons worked on this in prior years. :-) Now some of his colleagues 
are working on it. 
  They would really appreciate any suggestions or comments about how useful it 
might be for educators. They pushed the project with the bank since teachers wrote 
in asking them to keep doing it after the first time. They are looking for 
“negatives” or improvements, I’m sure that they would appreciate any positive 
comments as well!
  Below is the info the bank posts and the links:
The True Cost of the 12 Days of Christmas
  How much do you spend on your true love's Christmas present? Well, if you wanted 
to give the gifts of the yuletide classic The 12 Days of Christmas, it would cost 
you $72,608.02. Yes, you read that correctly, over $72,000.
  Apparently, love can be very costly.
  Since 1984, PNC Advisors has been calculating the cost of Christmas. Each year, 
the PNC Christmas Price Index provides an interesting perspective on the events and 
news that helped shape the economy during the year. For a historical look at PNC’s 
Index, please visit our new website at
http://www.pncchristmaspriceindex.com/. 
  The site contains interactive activities, annual results and trends, a Flash 
presentation, MP3 download, and much more, for trend-watchers, educators and 
children.
  To view this year's flash presentation of the Christmas Price Index, visit our 
site or simply click on the link below:
  http://www.pncchristmaspriceindex.com/presentation.htm
  Katherine Mayberry,
  Teacher-Librarian
  Travelers Rest High School
  115 Wilhelm Winter Street
  Travelers Rest SC 29690
  (864)834-6461
  kmayberr@greenville.k12.sc.us
  http://tinyurl.com/4j545


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