MSW Video Essay Contest 2009

In support of the 2009 Money Smart Week SM Illinois - taking place April 18 through April 25, 2009 - the Department of Finance at the University of Illinois, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, presents the Video Essay Contest.		2009 The Essay Contest   for the YouTube generation View, Enjoy, and Rate
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Video Essay Topic 2009

This year the video essay must address some aspect of the current financial crisis. For example:

• "While the adults and the leaders of the free world are mortgaging your economic future, what will you do so that you can protect your financial future personally and individually?"
• "What you should know about personal debt before you get into any"
• "What you should know about a mortgage before you get one"
• "Who is Fannie Mae and why is she in so much trouble?"
• "Why the US Government should bail out the auto industry"
• "Why the US Government should not bail out the auto industry"

These topics might be of interest to language and social science classes as well as business, investments, and economics classes. For example, a Spanish class could do "What you should know about a mortgage before you get one" Spanish Speakers".

Prizes

$1,500 Bright Start Scholarship from the University of Illinois Office of Public Engagement

$500 from the Champaign Rotary The World's Greatest Rotary Club!

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The Video Essay Contest will be an annual event. The best video modules will become permanent residents on a Financial Literacy web site so than anyone and everyone can learn the lessons - or at least mini-lessons - offered by our students.