Workshops
Workshops
Content and creativity to help you teach economics and personal finance
The Georgia Council on Economic Education offers workshops that provide K-12 teachers economics and personal finance content and creative ways to teach it. For most in-person workshops, there are no registration fees, lesson materials are included, lunch is provided, and substitute reimbursement is offered.
To see an example of a Georgia Council workshop and its impact on teachers, check out this video.
AP Business with Personal Finance: What Teachers Need to Know (VIRTUAL)
Grades 9-12
Wednesday, October 1st
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Thinking about offering AP Business with Personal Finance? Wondering how it actually works in the classroom? This webinar goes beyond the framework to share real, on-the-ground insights from Alex Lamon, a teacher currently piloting the course. We’ll walk through the course design, talk through student experience and pacing, and answer common questions about credit, prerequisites, and GCEE’s summer institute. Come curious—leave confident.
Audience: Econ and Business Teachers, Admin, Curriculum Coordinators, Grades 9-12
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Mission Meets Margin: Profit, Purpose and Personal Impact
Grades 6-12
Thursday, March 26th
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Join FEE and GCEE for a Dinner & Discourse conversation hosted at Café Momentum Atlanta, a nonprofit restaurant with a powerful model for transforming lives through work, training, and hospitality. This evening explores a core economic question: can the drive to earn profits generate social good—and if so, why do nonprofits still matter?
We’ll compare how different organizations make decisions, including small and large firms, nonprofit organizations, and other institutions, and how their goals, rules, and constraints shape the incentives, benefits, and costs faced by workers, customers, and communities. Participants will examine entrepreneurship as the process of combining resources in new ways, the role of profit as a reward for risk-taking, and how ethical or social aims can influence decisions even inside profit-seeking firms. Expect a thoughtful, respectful dialogue that challenges assumptions about “profit vs. purpose” and highlights what Café Momentum uniquely reveals about markets, mission, and human flourishing.
Audience: Teachers, Grades 6-12
Dinner and materials provided.
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SprOUT & ABOUT Webinar Series (VIRTUAL)
Grades K-5
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Join GCEE and very special guest co-host, Lauren Goble, this spring for SprOUT & ABOUT, a four-part webinar series exploring the economics behind some of Georgia’s most iconic resources: Vidalia onions, blueberries, lumber, and peaches. Each session blends seasonal charm with fun facts, expert insights, engaging GPB Education resources, and classroom-ready activities that bring production, trade, markets, and consumer behavior to life for K–5 students. Participants from Georgia will receive a complimentary book featured in each webinar they attend. Plus, as a special incentive, Georgia educators attending all four webinars will receive a $50 Amazon gift card, while those attending three of the four will receive a $25 Amazon gift card. Grow your toolkit, spark student curiosity, and SprOUT & ABOUT with us this spring!
*All books and gift cards will be sent in May after the final session.
Audience: Grades K-5 Teachers
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America 250: The Economic History of US for Grade 3
Grade 3
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
8:30am - 3:00pm
Follow America’s early story—from Native American cultures to exploration and colonial communities—through an economic lens. Teachers will explore how people used available resources, made choices, and traded to get what they wanted, shaping daily life and early economic growth. Expect practical, classroom-ready activities that connect history content to economic thinking in simple, kid-friendly ways.
Audience: Teachers, Grade 3
Materials, lunch, substitute reimbursement provided.
America 250: The Economic History of US for Grade 4
Grade 4
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
8:30am - 3:00pm
Trace the nation’s growing pains and growing economy—from the French and Indian War through Reconstruction—by focusing on the choices people and groups made with limited resources. Teachers will examine how trade, work, and incentives influenced decisions, and how those decisions helped shape communities and the direction of American growth. You’ll leave with engaging strategies and ready-to-use resources designed for upper-elementary learners.
Audience: Teachers, Grade 4
Materials, lunch, substitute reimbursement provided.
America 250: The Economic History of US for Grade 5
Grade 5
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
8:30am - 3:00pm
Explore America’s transformation—from the late 1800s through modern times—by highlighting how innovation, work, competition, and changing markets shaped everyday life. Teachers will connect big historical moments to the economic forces underneath them, building student understanding of how economic growth and change influence communities over time. This session includes interactive, classroom-ready activities that make complex ideas approachable and engaging.
Audience: Teachers, Grade 5
Materials, lunch, substitute reimbursement provided.
AP Economics Summer Institute (Virtual)
Grades 9-12
June 15-19, 2026
The Georgia Council’s AP Economics Summer Institute has long been
the premier summer institute for AP Economics in the Southeast.
This experience is beneficial for brand new teachers and
experienced teachers looking for a refresher! Like
many other APSI’s this year, we will be offering our
week-long institute online so internet access and a
personal device is required.
This year participants may choose to receive the newest AP
materials from CEE OR materials from Jacob Clifford.
The materials will be sent electronically and details provided
closer to the start date. The AP
Economics institute is from June 15th - June
19th. The cost is $750.00
NOTE, the registration link below will take you a different
website for registration for this event. If you have any
questions, please e-mail Chris
Cannon.
Audience: AP Econ Teachers (new and experienced), Grades 9-12
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Risk, Reward and Real Life – Practical Strategies for teaching Econ and Personal Finance (NEW 2026)
Grades 9-12
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Risk, Reward, and Real Life is a brand-new 2026 workshop developed in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta that brings personal finance, economic decision-making, and real-world relevance together in one powerful experience for high school teachers.
You’ll dive into engaging, classroom-ready lessons on topics today’s students confront every day—problem gambling, interpreting economic “vital signs,” understanding insurance and credit, and evaluating the claims of social-media “finfluencers.” Along the way, you’ll gain strategies that help students recognize risk, weigh reward, and make informed choices in a world where economic decisions are everywhere.
Audience: Personal Finance, Economics, and Business Teachers, Grades 9-12
Materials, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided.
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Economics and Literacy for Grades 6 and 7
Grades 6-7
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In this brand-new 2026 workshop—developed in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta—economic literacy meets reading literacy! Economics and Literacy for Grades 6 and 7 is an engaging, interdisciplinary experience designed for middle school teachers who want to build stronger readers and stronger economic thinkers.
You’ll explore fresh, ready-to-teach lessons that weave together economic systems (taught through the world of the Sneetches), the importance of background knowledge in reading, global trade “hurdles,” geographic economics, and more. Along the way, you’ll discover practical strategies to boost students’ economic, financial, and reading literacy using activities they’ll love—and materials you can use the very next day.
Audience: Teachers, Grades 6 and 7
Materials, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided
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Crossroads: Where Economics, History, and Music Meet
Grades 9-12
Thursday, April 16th
Atlanta (Federal Reserve)
In this workshop, supply and demand meets historical sight and sound! Crossroads is an immersive, interdisciplinary workshop for high school economics and U.S. history teachers who want to spark deeper connections through the power of music.
You’ll get dynamic resources to help you teach topics like Civil Rights, the Great Migration, fiscal policy, budgeting, unemployment, economic inequality and many more using Library of Congress primary sources and fresh, ready-to-teach lessons developed by the Georgia Council on Economic Education (GCEE).
At select locations, feature presenters from TeachRock will take the stage to share innovative, arts-based teaching strategies from their nationally recognized curriculum. Their partnership is central to the Crossroads experience, and all participants will walk away with curated TeachRock resources tailored to economics and U.S. history classrooms.
Teachers will leave with new classroom-ready lessons, teaching tools, and ideas for making their content sing—literally. Additionally, four lucky teachers at each location will walk away with a $100.00 stipend for classroom supplies (via random drawing)!
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Full STEAM Ahead: Teaching Economics in the Grades 3-5 Classroom
Grades 3-5
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This hands-on workshop will show Grades 3–5 teachers how to seamlessly weave together STEAM, ELA, historical, and economic concepts using thoughtfully designed lessons that are meaningful, memorable, and standards-aligned. Participants will explore high-interest children’s books, tackle engaging challenges, and leave with a collection of ready-to-use resources they can easily implement and adapt. Every attendee will receive two children’s books and a toolkit of classroom-ready materials to support integrated instruction from day one.
Materials, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided
Audience: Teachers, Grades 3-5
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Georgia Studies and Economics (2024 Edition)
Grade 8
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The latest edition of the 8th Grade workshop features five all new lessons that incorporate various economic concepts into history, geography, and government. The lessons are interactive and utilize fresh approaches to topics like entrepreneurship, water usage in Georgia, budgeting, and more!
Audience: Teachers, Grade 8
Materials, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided
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Economic Education Institute for High School Teachers
Grades 9-12
July 13 - 16 , 2026
In this innovative summer institute sponsored by Georgia Pacific, participants will spend three virtual days learning more about economic concepts including opportunity cost, specialization, free enterprise, monetary and fiscal policy, entrepreneurship, and international trade. The institute will be varied, fast-paced and interactive. The program will feature a variety of guest speakers and lesson plan demonstrations conducted by award-winning master teachers. All materials used for lesson demonstrations will be provided to teachers so you can use them in your classroom immediately.
A $250 stipend is provided for completing the program.
Applicants must teach at a high school within a Georgia Pacific Community. Click the link below to learn more and apply.
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Grade 4: Teaching Economic Decision-Making & Westward Expansion
Grade 4
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This workshop focuses on the economics at the heart of the historical events addressed in the Grade 4 Social Studies GSE. Picture books are provided to teachers along with all lessons and digital resources that are demonstrated at the workshop.
Audience: Teachers, Grade 4
Materials, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided.