Teaching Economics and Personal Finance Using Children's Literature Interactive Lesson Demos -- Free Lesson Plans
This workshop for elementary teachers will utilize popular children's books to teach standards such as trade/barter, opportunity cost, entrepreneurship, saving, history, segregation, character education, income, goods and services, risk and reward, and human resources.
Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Margaree King Mitchell
Arthur's Pet Business by Marc Brown
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Light breakfast and lunch will be provided. A $100 stipend will be provided to teachers who attend the full day. Attending teachers will also receive a certificate for 7 hours of profesional development and access to lesson plans and digital resourced.