Arizona Financial
Literacy and Economic
Education Conference

Enlighten, Engage, Empower

Saturday, October 19th, 2024
8:00am - 3:30pm

Conference Agenda

Conference Sessions

Elementary Sessions: 

Money Monsters: Teaching the Building Blocks of Financial Capability
Dollars and Sense: Building Financial Skills in Young Learners
Effective Strategies for Teaching Arizona’s Economic Social Studies Standards for Elementary Educators
Engaging Young Minds: Elementary Economic Education Programs

Secondary Sessions: 

Transforming Financial Knowledge into Financial Behaviors
Tragedy of the Commons: A Systems Thinking Approach to an Economic Concept
Engaging Vocabulary Instruction for the Economics Classroom
Creating Young Entrepreneurs Through Shark Tank
The Economics of Stadium Building: Who Wins? Who Loses?

Math Connections Sessions:

Smart Money Moves: Teaching Financial Decision-making to Middle School Students
Dollars and Sense: Building Financial Skills in Young Learners
Making Math Real for Students Through Economic and Financial Connections

K-12 Sessions: 

Economics 2.0: Tailoring Education for Every Student
My Classroom Economy
Food Truck Wars: Cross-Curricular Entrepreneurial Engagement for Elementary & Middle School
Empowering Student Choice through School Participatory Budgeting 

Advanced Placement Sessions: 

Play to Learn: Appreciate Forex Rates with a Board Game
Understanding Unemployment Through Inductive Reasoning
Mastering Engagement: Innovative Tools for Deep Learning in the Advanced Placement Micro and Macroeconomics Classroom
Micro-transactions & Microeconomics: How Video Games Make Money