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Grade12, Economics Std. 10.1: Contrasting the effectiveness of bartering and money exchange in an economic system 10.2: Explaining the creation of money through the multiplier effect

Lesson Plans: Money is What Money Does. Students will define and explain the functions of money; describe the characteristics that are needed to enable money to carry out these functions effectively. Banking Services. Provide students with practice in comparing and evaluating various banking services including checking and savings accounts, ATM/check cashing cards, and online banking. Perform the tasks associated with maintaining checking and savings accounts. Reflections on Pine Gulch. Students learn basic banking principles through the use of a narrative. It provides an interesting approach to showing how banks "create" money, what reserves are, and what a "run" on a bank.

Resources: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Currency Converter History of US Currency Money Skills for Life Federal Reserve Board Free resources for teachers Alabama Virtual Library Economics America A nationwide, comprehensive program for economic education in America's schools. EcEdweb. The mission of EcEdWeb, the Economic Education Website, is to provide support for economic education in all forms and at all levels. AmosWEB. Outstanding online economics resource. All resources ,except the E-tutor, are available free of charge. ECONlinks Site developed to provide easy access to basic economic and financial information for students in economics and business courses. The list of links is purposely not encyclopedic, but contains a variety of resources that you will find useful in your courses. Schools of Economic Thinking
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