Workshop Description

Learning Through Play: Using Games to Teach Economics

Tap into student’s imagination to teach econ and personal finance through games. If you love card games, board games and online games this is the workshop for you!

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James Madison University Center for Economic Education

Sep 26, 2019
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
220 University Boulevard
220 University Boulevard
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
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Grade Level: High School, Middle School
Potential Recertification Credits: 2

Teachers will gain access to online simulations, card games, board games and in class games they can use to teach economics and personal finance.

Topics covered will include using games to teach about: partnerships and sole proprietorships, the commodity market, fiscal policy, the Federal Reserve and more!

Do not pass go, do not collect $100, go directly to this workshop if you want to capture your student’s imagination to teach econ and personal finance!


Fee: NO CHARGE


Instructor: John B. Kruggel, Associate Director
Contact Person:
John B. Kruggel, Associate Director
Center for Economic Education
James Madison University
540.568.3248
kruggejb@jmu.edu

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