Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Chapter 13: Money and Banking: Defining Money by Its Functions
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Explain the various functions of money and contrast commodity money and fiat money.
![Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: What Is Money? [Pdf] Lesson Plan](http://content.lessonplanet.com/resources/thumbnails/409977/large/bwluav9tywdpy2symdiwmduymc0xmdq5ny16ejvsywouanbn.jpg?1589982800 "Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: What Is Money? [Pdf] Lesson Plan")
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: What Is Money? [Pdf]
This lesson plan is designed to help children understand the problems which arise from the bartering system so they appreciate the role money has in society.
Robert Schenk, PhD
Money Matters: The Gold Standard
This site provides a great article that explains the gold standard and why it didn't work for the United States and many other nations.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: The History of Money
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis traces the history of money up from coins in ancient times to modern paper, currency, and e-money.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ch. 13: Money and Banking: Key Terms
This is a list of key terms and definitions covered in Ch. 13: Money and Banking from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.
![Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Why Money? [Pdf] Lesson Plan](http://content.lessonplanet.com/resources/thumbnails/409976/large/bwluav9tywdpy2symdiwmduymc0xmdm5ny0xdnbua3j3lmpwzw.jpg?1589982798 "Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Why Money? [Pdf] Lesson Plan")
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Why Money? [Pdf]
Young scholars learn about barter, and the benefits of using money, as they participate in this trading simulation.
University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame: Commodity Money: Introduction
Explains what sort of commodity money were used by the early Pilgrims. The many faults and problems caused by these modes of exchange are described and analyzed.
Other
Money: Money Basics
This page provides money basics including the two kinds of money, the creation of money, reserve ratio requirements, controlling the price of credit, the Fed's reactive role, limiting bank lending, limiting money supply growth, and the...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: American Currency History
Provides an overview of the development of the nation's money. Learn about the history of US currency, the creation of the dollar, and why the First Bank of the United States was established.