Basic Economics
K-5 teachers
This program prepares K-5 teachers for the new Social Studies
academic standards developed in 2005 by the State Department
of Education. Teachers will learn basic economic concepts
and participate in lesson demonstrations such as His
Barter is Worse Than His Bite, To Market To Market, and Supply
and Demand at the Gold Rush.
Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum: Making Economics Fun for the Diverse
Learner
economics teachers
Whether you’re a new economics teacher or a seasoned
veteran, teachers will enjoy learning how SCCEE’s activity-based
lessons can be used to teach economics to ALL students…and
boost their confidence in the subject matter. Learn how to
use games, role plays and other hands-on activities that
make economic concepts relevant to a young person’s life.
Financial Fitness for Life
K-5 teachers
Young children are hands-on learners and teachers will learn
to use concrete experiences and stories about children like
themselves to teach personal finance and economic concepts.
Even the youngest students understand how their decisions
are important. The curriculum, available in English and Spanish,
includes a student workout book, teacher’s guide, parent
guide, test examiner’s manual, and CD-Rom containing
the entire K-12 curriculum to reproduce the activities.
Financial Fitness for Life
middle and high school teachers
Teachers learn to “coach” their students to become
skilled consumers, savers and investors. Middle-grades materials
engage students in abstract thinking and give them some adult
tasks. High-school lessons appeal to teens’ growing sense
of autonomy as they begin to take responsibility for their
lives. The curriculum, available in English and Spanish, includes
a student workout book, teacher’s guide, parent guide,
test examiner’s manual, and CD-Rom containing the entire
K-12 curriculum to reproduce the activities.
Financial Fitness Institute
This two-day “workout” prepares teachers to become
their students’ personal financial fitness trainers.
The agenda covers financial topics such as credit and debt
collections, financial planning, banking basics, wealth building,
taxes, consumer fraud, media literacy and more.
Huffing and Puffing Through Economics: Using Children’s
Literature to Teach Economics
K-5 teachers
This program gives teachers a better understanding of economic
concepts, the skills to identify the concepts in literature,
and the knowledge of how economics can be used to make history
and other subjects come alive in the classroom.
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Learning, Earning and Investing:
A Comprehensive Investor Education Curriculum
teachers of grades 4-12
This program introduces students, and their teachers, to the world of investing,
the benefits and strategies for investing in the long term. Lessons cover basics
such as the language of financial markets, reading the financial pages, and stocks,
bonds and mutual funds. This is a multi-faceted curriculum including a print
book and companion website with interactive games, downloadable PowerPoint
visuals, glossary and assessments.
Stock Market Game Advisor Training
teachers of grades
4-12
This program shows teachers how to help their students learn from the market.
In the 10-week stock trading Game, students apply research and math skills,
practice group decision making, and analyze cause-and-effect relationships.
Wide World of Trade
middle school teachers
This workshop teaches the basics of international trade and finance and provides
insight into how the world of international trade works. Teachers learn to
use The Wide World of Trade, a set of 11 lessons that show middle school
students the interdependence of economies around the globe.
The Economics Classroom
teachers of high school economics
This video workshop from Annenberg/CPB gives a solid foundation for teaching
high school economics. The one-hour sessions teach basic economic concepts
and theory, review national standards, provide lesson plans and demonstrate
classroom strategies. The videos include footage of real classrooms and are
supplemented by a print guide and website. The series is offered through ITV
for one hour recertification or 20 credit renewal points.
Virtual Economics™
K-12 teachers
Virtual Economics™ is designed to be used by K-12 teachers as a refresher
in basic economic concepts as well as a comprehensive library of economic lessons.
This CD-Rom includes links to over 30,000 pages of the best instructional materials
for economics and financial literacy and a correlation to South Carolina’s
new Social Studies academic standards.
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