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 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.

Workshop Grades 9–12

Distinguished Speaker Series with Richard Moody
Wednesday, December 7th
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Join us as we sit down (virtually) to speak with Richard Moody, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of Regions Financial Corporation to get his insights on the state of the economy and his role as Chief Economist at Regions Bank. There will be time for Q & A, and four attendees will win $50 Amazon gift cards.

Audience:  Teachers, Grades 9-12

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Workshop Grades 9–12

Strategies for teaching High School Personal Finance and Economics (IN-PERSON)
Grades 9-12
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The revisions to the high school Personal Finance and Economics course presents a great opportunity to update some classic lessons and learn some new tricks to help teach some of the new material. This workshop features a variety of lessons and resources designed to just that. New lessons and materials as well as some revamped “greatest hits” will be provided to workshop participants.

Audience:  Teachers, Grades 9-12

Materials, lunch, substitute reimbursement provided.

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Workshop Grades 6–8

6th and 7th Grade Economics and Social Studies (IN-PERSON)
Grades 6-7
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GCEE has created a series of new teaching materials to help 6th and 7th grade teachers seamlessly weave economics into the history standards for the various world regions. This workshop will also feature lessons on broader topics like trade, standard of living, and economic systems. Participants receive digital and printed copies of materials. A portion of the workshop will also be dedicated to helping teachers find online data to apply these concepts to other standards found within the courses. A fully charged laptop or tablet is encouraged.

Audience:  Teachers, Grades 6 and 7

Materials, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided

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Workshop Grades K–5

Using Picture Books to Teach the Grade 2 Economics GSE (VIRTUAL)
Grade 2
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Earl & Starla, the greatest cats in the world of economic education, learn how scarce goods and services are allocated. Teachers learn to incorporate effective reading strategies into an engaging lesson. The book is provided to teachers along with a digital copy of the lesson activities demonstrated in the webinar.

Audience:  Teachers , Grade 2

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Workshop Grades K–5 Grades 6–8 Grades 9–12

Stock Market Game Workshop (VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON)
Grades 4-12
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This workshop helps teachers learn how to help their students play the Stock Market Game and, more importantly, learn from the stock market. In the 10-week web-based stock trading simulation, students apply research and math skills, practice group decision making and analyze cause-and-effect relationships.  Participants in this workshop are expected to play the game spring semester, which begins February 6th.  For virtual times below occurring during the school day, GCEE will reimburse the school or district for a 1/2 day sub pay! Please pay attention to times as the workshop times and lengths vary.   

Audience:  Teachers, Grades 4-12

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Workshop Grades K–5

Grades 2-5: Teaching the Economics GSE with Earl & Starla (IN-PERSON)
Grades 2-5
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The Cats of Econ are ready to go! In this full-day, in-person workshop, participants will learn how to teach the economic concepts of allocation, goods & services, producers & consumers, scarcity, and more. Along with the lesson demonstrations, time and resources will be given to assemble lesson materials. Teachers will receive both Earl & Starla ​books to keep as well.

Audience:  Teachers, Grades 2-5

Materials, children’s books, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided

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Workshop Grades K–5

Using Picture Books to Teach the Kindergarten Economics GSE (VIRTUAL)
Kindergarten
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We use the beautiful children’s book, Night Job, to illustrate how people have jobs to provide themselves with income. Teachers learn to incorporate effective reading strategies into an engaging content-integrated lesson. The book is provided to teachers along with a digital copy of the lesson activities demonstrated in the webinar.

Audience:  Teachers , Kindergarten

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Workshop Grades K–5

Using Picture Books to Teach the Grade 1 Economics GSE (VIRTUAL)
Grade 4
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This virtual workshop features the clever children’s book, Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle, to show how people are both producers and consumers. Teachers learn to incorporate effective reading strategies into an engaging content-integrated lesson. The book is provided to teachers along with a digital copy of the lesson activities demonstrated in the webinar.

Audience:  Teachers , Grade 1

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Workshop Grades 6–8

Grade 8: Georgia Studies and Economics, 2022 Edition (IN-PERSON)
Grade 8
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The overall focus of this new edition of the Grade 8 workshop will be in examining key events in Georgia’s history through the lens of economic understanding. Teachers will learn how to help their students see the impact of entrepreneurship on the founding of our state and how the allocation of critical resources affected Georgia before and during the Civil War. They will also learn to teach how we became an economic superpower post-Civil War because of a shift to industrialization.

Audience:  Teachers, Grade 8

Materials, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided

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Workshop Grades K–5

Economic Way of Life of American Indians (IN-PERSON – Cartersville)
Grades 3-4
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
9:00am-3:00pm

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. 

Audience:  Teachers, Grades 3-4 

Materials, children’s books, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided

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