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Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland: Great Minds Think: A Kid's Guide to Money

For Students 3rd - 8th
Sixteen-page booklet helps the reader learn all about managing money: how to earn it, the real cost of spending it, how to plan a budget, and saving money.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the complex economic situation in Atlanta during World War II.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can investigate the consumer price index for all urban consumers. The resource includes an interactive graph and information about the index.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Monster Musical Chairs [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A lesson based on the book, Monster Musical Chairs, by Stuart J. Murphy. Students learn, through a game of musical chairs, that any supply of goods is limited and not everyone's wants will necessarily be met.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Tortilla Factory [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson accompanies a story by Gary Paulsen called Tortilla Factory, and teaches students to identify the different types of resources (human, capital, natural, etc.) that go into creating corn tortillas and other products.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: The Economics of Pro Team Sports

For Students 9th - 10th
Great interactive baseball game that combines your knowledge of economics and pro sports trivia. After completing the nine innings, you should have a better understanding of how economics is used in everyday life.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond: My Money

For Teachers K - 1st
A PDF student workbook to teach elementary students about money, including values of coins, opportunity costs, and goods and services.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Classroom Economist: What Is Money?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this edition, the Classroom Economist offers a close look at money-its definition, the problem it solves, what fiat money accomplishes, and how the Yapese used giant wheels of stone for money.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Classroom Economist: Inflation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This learning module explains key concepts regarding inflation, including inflation targeting, the consumer price index, core inflation, and more.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Classroom Economist: Gross Domestic Product

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson discusses gross domestic product (GDP): what it is, how to measure it, and what it means to a country's economy.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Human Capital

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes opportunity occupations, jobs that don't require a bachelor's degree and pay at least the national annual median wage. It identifies top opportunity occupations in six southeastern states and helps students see clearly the...
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Classroom Economist: Unemployment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson takes a look at the labor market and includes a discussion of how the labor market differs from a product market, what the different ways of looking at it are, and how to measure it.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Building a Foundation for Career Success

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Are your middle school students dreaming about their future careers? Help them build the foundation for career success with this engaging lesson.
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Texas Gateway: Ch. 14: Introduction to Monetary Policy and Bank Regulation

For Students 11th - 12th
In this chapter, you will learn about the following: The Federal Reserve banking system and central banks, bank regulation, how a central bank executes monetary policy, monetary policy and economic outcomes, and the pitfalls for monetary...
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I Civics: Banks, Credit & the Economy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the relationship between money, banks, and lending in our economy.
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Federal Reserve Education: Core Concept Cards

For Students 9th - 10th
Using Core Concept Cards is a quick way to reinforce economic and financial literacy concepts. This site offers quite a few ways to use these Core Concept Cards, including games to play with students, and interactive flash cards that...
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

For Students 9th - 10th
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis contains information about the bank, services offered by the bank, publications by the bank, information on the Federal Reserve, and much more.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: M2 Money Stock Seasonally Adjusted

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis provides a table showing the M2 money stock from 1959 to the present.
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Federal Reserve: Discount Rate

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a list of current and historical discount rates, which the Federal Reserve charges member banks for borrowing funds.
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Frb: Regulation, Market Structure, Bank Failures of the Great Depression [Pdf]

For Students 11th - 12th
A scholarly paper written for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review looks at the causes of bank failures in the Great Depression, and how these failure rates were reflected across the country. Very detailed. [pdf]
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Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Old Ideas at Work in the New Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis discusses how some old ideas at that time were helping the new way of running the economy. It also tells why a change was made. (Published June 1, 2000 )
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Eminent Domain

For Students 9th - 10th
Should the government take over private property? This article explains the controversial topic of eminent domain.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City: Do I Have What It Takes Entrepreneur? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A series of lessons which introduces the concept of entrepreneurship and its importance in today's global economy.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: The Economy and the Federal Reserve

For Students 9th - 10th
Infographic explains your role in the economy, the Fed's role in the economy, and how the Fed affects you.