Workshop Description

e-Conference Session: Teaching Inquiry-Based Economics Using the C3 Framework

This session demonstrates how students can investigate interesting questions by gathering evidence: “What makes money, money?” “Would increasing the minimum wage reduce poverty?” “Should we tax robots?” Based on lessons in the National Council for the Social Studies’ flagship book, Teaching the C3 Framework, with insights from the authors.

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Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Economic Education

Oct 02, 2020
6:10 pm - 6:55 pm
Grade Level: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, High School, Kindergarten, Middle School
Potential Recertification Credits: 1

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This session demonstrates how students can interrogate interesting questions using evidence and sources: “What makes money, money?” “Would increasing the minimum wage reduce poverty?” “Should we tax robots?” Based on lessons in the National Council for the Social Studies’ flagship book, Teaching the C3 Framework, with insights from the authors.

Teachers will:

  • Leave with lesson plans about teaching inquiry-based economics that they can use right away.
  • Participate in evidence-based economic inquiry during the session.

To view this presentation and others like it, register for the Financial Literacy and Economic Education Conference sponsored by the Council for Economic Education. It’s designed just for teachers, and is guaranteed to provide you with lots of teaching resources.

Additional presenters from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware.


Fee: NO CHARGE

Optional College Credit Fee: Though this session has no fee from VCEE, there is a registration fee for the conference. To view this session you must register for the CEE conference. Details and registration here: www.councilforeconed.org/events/conference/


Instructor: Stephen Day
Contact Person:
Stephen Day
Center for Economic Education
Virginia Commonwealth University
(804) 828-1628
shday@vcu.edu

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