Grade 6-8, 9-12, Higher Education
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Teaching Economics While Cultivating Civil Dialogue: Series (Lecture-Based): Capitalism vs. Socialism

Time: 60 mins,
Presenter: Cheryl Ayers
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Objective

In this webinar teachers will:

  • Understand how to use research-based economic reasoning skills to critically inquire, analyze, discuss, and debate economic topics to develop evidence-based opinions.
  • Identify controversial issues and culturally responsive teaching best-practices that cultivate civility toward opposing viewpoints while increasing student engagement.

Standards

State Standards

Concepts

Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, Barriers to Trade, Comparative Advantage, Competition, Consumers, Cost/Benefit Analysis, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Demand, Division of Labor/Specialization, Economic Systems, Employment and Unemployment, Entrepreneurs, Financial Investments, GDP, Government Failures, Human Capital, Incentives, Market Structure, Markets and Prices, Opportunity Cost, Price Ceilings and Floors, Producers, Productivity, Profit, Property Rights, Supply, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence

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Description

The first in a series of two webinars, this lecture-based professional development reviews essential concepts, theories, best practices, activities, and lessons on how teachers can successfully teach economic topics using evidence-based opinions and civil dialogue instructional strategies. Research-based controversial issues and culturally responsive instructional strategies for teaching economics will be modeled by the presenters using current events articles, cost-benefit analysis, PACED decision-making, and the economic way of thinking six economic principles. Background knowledge, current events articles, student-friendly PPT slides, lessons, handouts, classroom-ready activity sheets, and research studies included.

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