Workshops

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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 non-virtual workshops, there are no registration fees, lesson materials are included, lunch is provided, and substitute reimbursement is offered. 

We use Zoom as our virtual workshop platform. To get the most out of your virtual professional learning experience, please refer to our GCEE Technology Guide for Virtual Programs.

All virtual workshops listed here are available to all Georgia K-12 educators, but registration priority is given to specific school system teachers when indicated in the workshop descriptions.

To see an example of a Georgia Council workshop and its impact on teachers, check out this video.

To access previously recorded virtual workshops, click here.  NOTE:  Not all GCEE workshops are recorded.

Click the link below for the master list of Fall 2021 workshops (Updated 10/28).

Workshop Grades 9–12 Grades 6–8

Intro to the Stock Market: Dividend Investing (VIRTUAL)
Grades 9-12
Wednesday, December 1st
4:30pm

Do people still invest for dividends? How long do you have to hold a stock to get dividends? What are the rules companies must follow in paying them? Get the answers to these questions and many more in Dr. Jason Beck’s guide to dividend investing. This workshop is appropriate for teachers and students playing the Stock Market Game wondering how dividends may affect their strategy.

Audience:  Teachers, Grades 6-12

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Workshop Grades 9–12

Something from Nothing: A Lesson in Cryptocurrency (VIRTUAL)
Grades 9-12
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What is cryptocurrency? How does it get value? Why does it seem like everyone is talking about? Why does it need to be mined? You can help your students answer these questions and others by running this simple simulation with them. Join GCEE for a demo of the simulation and some background to get you started.

Audience:  Teachers, Grades 9-12

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Workshop Grades K–5

Using Picture Books to Teach the Grades K-2 Economics GSE (IN-PERSON – Savannah)
Grades K-2
Friday, December 3, 2021
8:30am-3:30pm

This workshop uses four unique children’s books to help kindergarten through second grade teachers incorporate effective literacy strategies into creative and engaging content-integrated lessons. The books are provided to teachers along with all lessons demonstrated at the workshop. Time will be provided to prepare lesson materials for immediate classroom use. There is no registration fee for this workshop, substitute reimbursement is available, and lunch is provided.

Audience:  Teachers , Grades K-2

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Workshop Grades K–5

Economic Way of Life of American Indians (IN-PERSON – Cartersville)
Grades 3-4
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
8:30am-3:30pm

GCEE is proud to partner with the Booth Museum in Cartersville, Georgia to offer this extraordinary in-person workshop. We will provide third and fourth grade teachers creative and engaging content-integrated, standards-based lessons about historical and economic principles related to American Indian life prior to the 1900s. A children’s book and other materials are provided to teachers along with all lessons demonstrated at the workshop. Time will be provided to prepare lesson materials for immediate classroom use as well as view many of the museum’s exhibits. There is no registration fee for this workshop, substitute reimbursement is available, and lunch is provided. 

(This workshop is limited to 20 participants.)

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