The Center for Economic
Education was established at
The major objective is to help teachers include economics in existing elementary and secondary school curricula and to provide economic education to all southwest Virginians through: Teaching, Consultation, Research, and Materials Development.
The Center assists classroom teachers with print and video materials, teacher education, and informational resources. Our materials range from information pamphlets on specific economic subject matter to elementary school worksheets to complete K-12 curriculum programs. Resources for teaching economics through the social studies and business curriculums as well as in english, science, and math are available. Most importantly, we offer our knowledge and encouragement to teachers who are looking for a starting place to incorporate economic facts and economic reasoning into their classes.
For elementary teachers, K-3, we offer the material that introduces students to the basics of economic life: choices and decision making, economic organization, money, and more.
In the intermediate grades, students may take on a variety of topics and we have videos to accompany lessons on various economic concepts, plus lots of materials to supplement existing curriculums.
Secondary education in economics need not be limited to the economics class. We have materials on topics ranging from historical perspectives to money management, from union activity to the stock market, from environmental issues to entrepreneurship, and more.
The Center has access to many other sources of materials and is happy to work with teachers on specific projects. We offer courses regularly through
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