CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Simple Interest
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students use simple interest to solve real-world problems. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Analysis: Simple and Compound Interest
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students solve real-world problems involving simple and compound interest. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Compound Interest
Video [2:52] and quiz on the concept of compound interest.
Other
South Western Learning: Econ News: Interest Rates in Japan a Zero
Learn about the history of Japan's economy in this brief article.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Changes in the Foreign Exchange Markets and Net Exports
Gain a better understanding of how differences in real interest rates between countries impact exchange rates and net exports in this four-problem exercise.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Car Loan Project
This lesson takes students through the process of buying a car. A great real-life application that helps introduce students to all of the nuances associated with purchasing a car, such as interest rates, loan applications, and amortization.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ch. 14: Monetary Policy and Economic Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Contrast expansionary monetary policy and contractionary monetary policy, explain how monetary policy impacts interest rates and aggregate demand, evaluate Federal Reserve...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Analysis: Simple and Compound Interest
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson provides a summary review of simple interest and exploration of continuously compounding interest. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice,...
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Simple Interest
This math site explains and defines the concept of "simple interest" and gives a formula for finding this value in terms of time and rate.
University of Nebraska Omaha
Ec Ed Web: M&m Interesting [Pdf]
This site from the University of Omaha provides a lesson plan indicated for 6-8th grades. "During this lesson, students use the economic concepts of trade-offs and opportunity costs to decide between savings accounts with simple interest...
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Economy Booster Shot
In a surprise move, the Fed cut short-term interest rates in January 2001. After more than 2 years of the Fed raising interest rates to control an enthusiastic economy, the Fed cited lower consumer confidence, tight financial markets,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Crowding Out
Practice what you have learned about the crowding out effect and the impact of budget deficits on the real interest rate in this exercise.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Changes in the Market for Loanable Funds
Practice what you have learned about how changes in the supply and demand for loanable funds can impact interest rates in this seven-problem exercise.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Aggregate Demand
Practice what you've learned about the wealth effect, interest rate effect, exchange rate effect, and the factors that shift aggregate demand (AD) in this exercise.
eFunda
Apr Calucaltor
This site is an interactive site that will calculate the APR when given the loan amount, the extra cost, the interest rate, and the number of months of the loan.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Changes in the Money Market
Practice what you have learned about how changes in the demand for money and/or the money supply affect the nominal interest rate in this seven-problem exercise.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le a Valuable Quarter
The context of this task is that a quarter was put into a bank account in 1901 and students are asked to calculate its value in 2013 at two different interest rates. Those amounts are compared to the appreciation rate of a rare and...
Other
The American Interest: China's Place in u.s. Foreign Policy
China's remarkable aggregation of national power over the past 35 years has been a source of wonderment: to economists, who have been surprised by that country's consistently high rate of growth; to political scientists, who are at a...
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Loan Calculator
Use this loan calculator to determine your monthly payment, interest rate, number of months or principal amount on a loan. Find your ideal payment by changing loan amount, interest rate and term and seeing the effect on payment amount.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Fred Economic Data
With files in many categories, FRED offers a wealth of historical US data on interest rates, business indicators, balance of payments, exchange rates, and lots more.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Time Value of Money
We've all heard the phrase "Time is money." But what do these two things actually have to do with one another? German Nande explains the math behind interest rates, revealing the equation that will allow you to calculate the future value...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How Much Does It Cost?
Students will use an online mortgage calculator to determine the cost of financing a house over various lengths of time and at various interest rates. This lesson is excellent to include in a budgeting unit.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Timing Is Everything
In the first part of the activity, students examine the incentives and opportunity costs of spending and saving in a teacher directed activity. The remainder of the activity is an interactive website. Students work through problems that...
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