Plans for the 2023 Arkansas Economics Challenge are underway! Want to participate in this year’s challenge? Here is everything you’ll need to know!
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Use these resources to guide your students through discussions on America’s founding documents.
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At Personal Finance Day, teachers got tons of free resources, learned about student competitions, and met with expert speakers who are available for classroom discussions.
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The Trade Game is an easy to learn, fun to play, engaging classroom activity that fits easily into any social studies curriculum and is readily adjusted to classes of all sizes and ages.
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This curriculum includes a variety of audio, visual, and written materials to guide students through the process of building credit, how to navigate lending markets, and how to plan for large purchases.
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Arkansas teachers can share stories and learning experiences from the classroom.
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Through the lesson, videos, readings, and activities, learners see how sweatshop conditions compare to the other options people in developing countries have and be invited to think about how having more “bad” options can be better than having less.
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This curriculum explores an alternate way of thinking about the “cost” of any object: the effort that is “hidden” underneath a dollar bill. Learners explore historical trends in productivity, how wealth is created in modern economies, and how to technology increases in quality and decreases in price over time.
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Econ Challenge 2022 sign ups are live! Students can participate in a variety of competition categories to compete for top prizes and a chance to move forward to later stages of the competition.
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For the past sixty years, the American Lawyers Alliance has been active in its support of public education, citizenship awareness and various service programs.
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Regardless of content area, students can use these activities to practice making determinations about the quality of news sources and learn to recognize and identify a variety of media messaging.
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While we reflect on the past, on Dr. King’s history, work, and words, we can also be encouraged that his legacy lives on.
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In 2021, the Arkansas Center for Research in Economics provided a variety of educational opportunities to Arkansas educators and students. See some highlights from the past year and sign up to stay updated in the new year!
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When setting up experiments, economists have to ask specific questions and avoid selection and observational biases. This challenge is often present when attempting to measure the effectiveness of something like a government program or policy change. How can economists confidently claim that certain effects are linked to a specific cause? This year’s Nobel Laureates’ work with natural experiments provide examples of best-practice research methods that work to answer important questions.
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Use these engaging videos to help your students see the economics connections in everything around them.
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It’s Economic Education month! Learn how to find the economics in everything, no matter where you look!
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Cafe Friday is a school based enterprise that students with learning disabilities in grades 9 through 12 operate every Friday to cook, serve, and deliver $5 economically friendly meals to teachers throughout the entire Ozark Public Schools campuses
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How can you use the science of learning to make your classroom more engaging? These strategies help students retain information and apply learning.
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