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Economics Institute: Economics 203, Spring 2024
Offered By: Virginia Commonwealth University
Jan 15, 2019 - May 09, 2024
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:00-3:15
This is an undergraduate course at VCU which prepares future elementary school teachers to teach K-5 economics content to their students.
Online Entrepreneurship Institute for Middle & High School Teachers
Offered By: Virginia Tech
Feb 19, 2024 - May 17, 2024, 12:00 am
Prepare students for the new Innovation & Gig Economy!
Bluey-economics: Using a Children’s TV Show to Teach What Matters
Offered By: Virginia Commonwealth University
James Madison University
May 01, 2024, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Everyone enjoys the kids’ TV show Bluey because it reflects our own lives so vividly. In this free, one-hour webinar, we share ways to teach economics and personal finance using Bluey. We provide links to video clips from Bluey that we align with discussion questions and standards. We also include a classroom-tested active-learning lesson plan about the episode entitled “Markets.”
Mini-Economy At Home: Money Skills for Kids
Offered By: Virginia Commonwealth University
May 14, 2024, 7:45 pm - 8:45 pm
Have you ever thought about running a mini-economy at home? Kids can learn so much from having a household job, earning play money, saving, and making choices about what to buy at the house store, and even starting a business. In this online session, we get an overview from one educator who is running a successful at-home economy with his four young kids.
“What Can We Do About Pollution?” Presentation at CTREE
Offered By: Virginia Commonwealth University
May 29, 2024, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
In this lesson, we focus the effects of people’s choices on other people and the physical environment. This includes all forms of pollution, including carbon emissions. By analyzing the outcomes of various approaches to solving environmental problems, students will consider solutions to the question “what can society do if someone’s behavior is putting a burden on others?”
Economics Institute (Online & In-person)
Offered By: Virginia Commonwealth University
Jun 12, 2024 - Jun 13, 2024
Wednesday, June 12, 8:00-5:00 || Thursday, June 13, 8:00-5:00 || Online component, June 10-21,
Join us for two days of in-person active learning and two weeks of asynchronous learning. Free curriculum, delicious food, and wonderful new colleagues are a part of this comprehensive course on teaching economics.