"The Fed Today"
Lesson Plans Six lessons that can be used in conjunction with the free Fed Today video.
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Money and Banking.
By utilizing the Internet, the students will search for up-to-date information describing the different types of money that are used in the United States and in different countries.

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.
 

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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