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WorksheetsEcon for Teachers Syllabus
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 7mins
What are the goals of the class?
Teach economics for your personal well being
Teach financial literacy for you and your students
Teach how to teach English
Teach how to teach economics in the elementary class
How comfortable are you with your knowledge of economics on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the BEST?
1 - minimal understanding
2 - emerging understanding
3 - I understand some things
4 - I understand most things
5 - I've got it! I know my econ!
Participation in this course will help you to:
Learn to invest in stocks.
Develop teaching ideas appropriate for integrating economics and financial literacy into the middle and elementary schools
Appreciate the role of economic education in preparing young people to live in our modern world.
Understand economics concepts and their relevance to your daily life.
Become familiar with methods and materials for teaching economic concepts to elementary students.
We have a flipped class. This means that you will do most of your preparation individually so we can do activities in class. Which of these is NOT important?
Regular attendance - contact me with issues.
Completion of weekly mastery learning exams.
Completion of weekly Connect and Assess assignments.
Reading of weekly news articles.
Weekly social media assignments.
How will you organize the economic activities you are learning?
Livebinder - electronic notebook
Quizizz
One Pagers
Kahoot
How will you learn financial literacy?
A selected book on the topic.
Lessons to use in elementary classes.
Children's books on the topic.
Financial topic discussions.
Videos or children's games.
Exams will be given . . .
Once a week
Three times a semester
Every other week
As a mid-term and final
When is the Connect and Assess due?
Monday evening
Sunday evening
Friday evening
Saturday evening
When is the weekly econ exam/s due?
Sunday evening at midnight
Monday evening at midnight
Friday evening at midnight
Wednesday evening at midnight
How we learn to teach elementary students economics will
change as the semester unfolds.
definitely be taught in an elementary class.
involve the creation of an economics activity for use with elementary students.
You should have your camera on for all class activities and discussions.
True
False
