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Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues
Help your middle school and high school students think critically with 16 ready-made lessons about ethical issue…
Grades: 6-8, 9-12
Register for the Summer Institute
Join us for the 2024 Summer Institute, an immersive and engaging professional development experience designed for 6-12th grade economics and personal finance educators. In addition to a wealth of knowledge and resources, you can expect raffles, fun giveaways, and the chance to earn up to 18 hours of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) credits. Don't miss out on this incredible learning opportunity! Reserve your spot today and invest in your professional growth, while making a lasting impact on your students' lives.
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Grades: Higher Education, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
REGISTER FOR THE CEE CONFERENCE
Join the Council for Economic Education (CEE) for the nation's premier K-12 educator Conference for teachers who want to integrate personal finance and economics into their classrooms. This year, CEE’s 63rd Financial Literacy & Economic Education Conference will be held on September 27 -28, 2024 at the Hotel Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio. Register before June 30 to take advantage of our Early Bird price for teachers of ONLY $240 ($275 regular price) for TWO DAYS of innovative live sessions, roundtables, guest speakers, and networking.
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Grades: 6-8, 9-12
Explore Our New Teen Girl Learning Series
CEE’s program, Invest in Girls, in collaboration with Fidelity Investments, is excited to launch our new Teen Girl Learning Series. This series of videos with activities and conversation-starters are created for joint viewing by parents and teens and are designed to teach the core concepts of personal finance and spark valuable conversation. Share with your students and their parents to encourage meaningful discussion about financial education at home.
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Grades: Higher Education, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Teachers: Your Chance to Earn $1,000 Cash Award
The John Morton Excellence in the Teaching of Economics Awards honor teachers of any subject who use exemplary teaching techniques that improve their students’ economic understanding, in and out of the classroom. Annually an award of $1,000 is given to one teacher in each of the following categories: Elementary (Grades K-5), Middle/Junior High (Grades 6-8), and High School (Grades 9-12). Application deadline: Friday, June 21, 2024
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K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Fun Games and Activities
Find our most popular games and activities in this collection. These games and simulations are built mobile firs…
K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Economics and Personal Finance in Children's Literature
Children are never too young to start learning basic economic concepts such as scarcity, saving, and spending. D…
New Lesson Plans, Activities, Videos, and Games
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Willy Wonka’s Whimsical Entrepreneurship
In this lesson, students discuss the characteristics of an entrepreneur and how those characteristics apply to Willy Wonka. In groups,...
Key Concepts: Entrepreneurship
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Willy Wonka Allocates Golden Tickets
In this lesson, students review scarcity and ways to allocate scarce resources (like golden tickets), taking the perspective of the...
Key Concepts: Allocation, Scarcity
Grades 9-12
Global Income Inequality: What are the Causes and Consequences?
In this lesson, students recreate the relative income inequalities of real countries with a hands-on activity and work in jigsaw...
Key Concepts: Income Distribution, Income Inequality
Grades 9-12
Income Inequality in the U.S.: What Can Be Done?
In this lesson, students evaluate income inequality in the United States and play a short board game to understand the...
Key Concepts: Income Distribution, Income Inequality
Grades K-2, 3-5
Teach Specialization using Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle
In this economics lesson, students participate in hands-on activities that reinforces the concepts of specialists/entrepreneurs, workers, capital resources, and products.
Key Concepts: Entrepreneurship, Productive Resources, Specialization
Grades 3-5
Teach Producers and Consumers using Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle
This economics and personal finance lesson takes students through the process of producing a good to sell to a fictional...
Key Concepts: Consumers, Income, Producers
Grades K-2, 3-5
Teach Human Capital using Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle
In this economics and personal finance lesson, students will examine the human capital of Squirrel, Sloth, and Mr. Peacock and...
Key Concepts: Human Capital, Productivity, Specialization
On This Day in Economic History
July
02
1890
On this day in 1890, the Sherman Anti-Trust Act is passed. This bill was established to make sure contracts were not made between businesses or other countries that impeded open competition for American businesses. It was a direct blow to the large monopolies that existed at the time, calling for their disbandment.
