Workshops
Workshops
Content and creativity to help you teach economics and personal finance
The Georgia Council on Economic Education offers workshops that provide K-12 teachers economics and personal finance content and creative ways to teach it. For most in-person workshops, there are no registration fees, lesson materials are included, lunch is provided, and substitute reimbursement is offered.
To see an example of a Georgia Council workshop and its impact on teachers, check out this video.
Farm Fresh Webinar Series (VIRTUAL)
Grades K-5
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Start the new year with a series of four exciting, interactive webinars designed to make economics engaging and accessible for your K-5 students. Each session is packed with creative strategies and classroom-ready resources to bring economic concepts to life. Participants will receive a complimentary book featured in each webinar attended. Plus, as a special incentive, educators attending all four webinars will receive a $50 gift card, while those attending three of the four will receive a $25 gift card. Don’t miss this opportunity to enrich your teaching and earn rewards!
Audience: Grades K-5 Teachers
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Teaching Background Knowledge to Broaden Reading Skills
Grades K-5
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This engaging and practical workshop is designed to help educators integrate content area knowledge with the Science of Reading strategies being implemented in classrooms across Georgia. This workshop aims to equip teachers with the tools and techniques necessary to enhance reading skills while simultaneously delivering robust content instruction in economics.
Audience: Teachers, Grades K-5
Materials, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided
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Georgia Studies and Economics (NEW 2024)
Grade 8
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The 2024 Edition of the 8th Grade workshop features five all new lessons that incorporate various economic concepts into history, geography, and government. The lessons are interactive and utilize fresh approaches to topics like entrepreneurship, water usage in Georgia, budgeting, and more!
Audience: Teachers, Grade 8
Materials, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided
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HS Personal Finance and Economics – Case Studies, Simulations and More! (NEW 2024)
Grades 9-12
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In this highly interactive workshop, GCEE and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (at select locations) will demo lessons and strategies to help participants bring the required Personal Finance and Economics course to life. Participants receive multiple case studies, new award-winning lesson plans and other materials. A variety of personal finance and economics topics will be addressed including, but not limited to budgeting, insurance, payment systems and the role of the Federal Reserve Bank, fresh approaches to some economic fundamentals, and more!
Audience: Personal Finance, Economics, and Business Teachers, Grades 9-12
Materials, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided.
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Black History Through an Economic Lens w/ the Atlanta Fed
Grades 9-12
Friday, February 7th
8:30am - 3:00pm
Join the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Georgia Council on Economic Education for this special program for economics and history teachers that will feature active learning activities to engage students in the classroom.
Discover three lessons designed to help students understand the economics behind the Great Migration and the lasting impact of the Great Migration on society. The “Economics and the Great Migration” curriculum from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis introduces concepts such as incentives, demand, supply, discrimination, inequality, and equity through the historical lens of the Great Migration.
Other presentations and lesson demonstrations will focus on the legacy of New Deal programs that institutionalized economic discrimination and the efforts during the Civil Rights Movement to enshrine economic rights into law. This program will use a variety of primary source documents.
Audience: U.S. History and Economics Teachers, Grades 9-12
Lunch, materials, substitute reimbursement provided.
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On the Move: Migration in America, 1492–1800s (Cartersville)
Grades K-5
Thursday, February 27, 2025
9:00am-3:00pm
Join us at the Booth Western Art Museum for an engaging workshop designed for K-5 educators to explore the themes of movement and migration in American history. Through three key lenses—American Indians, Westward Expansion, and the diverse journeys of non-European populations—we will uncover how people have historically sought resources through trade, exploration, and migration. Discover hands-on activities and rich resources to bring these stories to life in your classroom. Gain new strategies for helping students connect the past with their world today. A children’s book and other materials will be provided to teachers along with all lessons demonstrated at the workshop. Time will be provided to view many of the museum’s exhibits. There is no registration fee for this workshop.
Materials, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided
Audience: Teachers, Grades K-5
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“Why the Moon?”: The Economics of Space Exploration
Grades 3-5
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In this action-packed workshop, GCEE shares another Earl and Starla tale….Earl & Starla Go to Space. In this latest economic adventure, our favorite felines discover the costs and benefits of space exploration for producers and consumers. There will be several lessons and activities shared that integrate STEM concepts and key U.S. historical milestones. Attendees will receive access to all digital lesson materials and a complimentary copy of Earl and Starla Go to Space.
Audience: Teachers, Grades 3-5
Materials, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided
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Select Topics in AP Microeconomics (Atlanta)
Grades 9-12
Friday, January 31st, 2025
8:30am - 3:00pm
GCEE, the Atlanta FED, Experienced AP Teacher/Reader Gary
Petmecky will facilitate this session on selected MICRO
topics. As always, presenters will share tips,
test-taking strategies, and materials designed to
prepare your students for success on this year’s
AP Exams. This day will cover MICRO ONLY.
We will do selected topics in AP Macro in the fall.
Audience: Teachers, Grades 9-12
Lunch, materials, and substitute reimbursement provided.
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6th and 7th Grade Economics and Social Studies
Grades 6-7
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GCEE has created a series of new teaching materials to help 6th and 7th grade teachers seamlessly weave economics into the history standards for the various world regions. This workshop will also feature lessons on broader topics like trade, standard of living, and economic systems. Participants receive digital and printed copies of materials. A portion of the workshop will also be dedicated to helping teachers find online data to apply these concepts to other standards found within the courses. A fully charged laptop or tablet is encouraged.
Audience: Teachers, Grades 6 and 7
Materials, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided
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Re-energizing your Econ Class with FTE (Suwanee)
Grades 6-12
Wednesday, February 5th
8:30am - 3:00pm
Join GCEE as we partner with the Econ Professional Learning Masters FTE (Foundation for Teaching Economics) for a day of highly interactive activities, simulations, and more that will help you bring some renewed energy to your high school class!
Audience: Economics and Personal Finance Teachers, Grades 9-12
Materials, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided
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Economics and the Civil Rights Movement for Grade 5
Grade 5
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This workshop focuses on the economics behind the Civil Rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s, particularly the Ten Demands of the March on Washington in 1963. A picture book will be provided to teachers along with all lessons that are demonstrated at the workshop. There is no registration fee for this workshop substitute reimbursement is available, and lunch is provided.
Audience: Teachers, Grade 5
Materials, lunch, substitute reimbursement provided.
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AP Economics Summer Institute (Virtual)
Grades 9-12
June 10-13, 2024
The Georgia Council’s AP Economics Summer Institute has long been
the premier summer institute for AP Economics in the Southeast.
This experience is beneficial for brand new teachers and
experienced teachers looking for a refresher! Like
many other APSI’s this year, we will be offering our
week-long institute online so internet access and a
personal device is required.
This year participants may choose to receive the newest AP
materials from CEE OR materials from Jacob Clifford.
The materials will be sent electronically and details provided
closer to the start date. The AP
Economics institute is from June 10th - June
13th. The cost is $750.00
NOTE, the registration link below will take you a different
website for registration for this event. If you have any
questions, please e-mail Chris
Cannon.
Audience: AP Econ Teachers (new and experienced), Grades 9-12
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Grade 4: Teaching Economic Decision-Making & Westward Expansion
Grade 4
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This workshop focuses on the economics at the heart of the historical events addressed in the Grade 4 Social Studies GSE. Picture books are provided to teachers along with all lessons and digital resources that are demonstrated at the workshop.
Audience: Teachers, Grade 4
Materials, lunch, and substitute reimbursement provided.