Curated OER
A Crisis of Greek Proportions
Students evaluate a short article on the economic situation in Greece. In this ESL lesson plan, students read an article as a class, then complete several activities that reinforce their reading, including a vocabulary assignment, a...
Curated OER
Expressing Likes
In this ESL likes, dislikes and indifferences worksheet, students read a set of statements in each category and complete on of their own for each.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ch. 15: How the Foreign Exchange Market Works
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Define foreign exchange market; Describe different types of investments like foreign direct investments, portfolio investments, and hedging; Explain how the appreciating...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: On the Money
In this lesson, students explore what money is and how it differs around the world. They will compare U.S. currency with play money and with foreign currency. They will then use their knowledge to design their own money.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Foundational Concept: Determinants of Currency Supply and Demand
Practice what you have learned about the things that shift the supply of a currency or the demand for a currency in the foreign exchange market.
Other
University of Exeter: Money in North American History
This resource provides information about money in North America from Wampum to electronic transfer.
Digital History
Digital History: Economic and Foreign Policy Problems
The new American nation in the Confederation Era faced a host of economic and foreign policy problems. Read about the problems and why they were so serious.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Money
An interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Money.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Make the Amount
Choose from one of the countries on the map and put coins and bills together to make the money amount shown. Some of the currencies are not in dollars and cents, but as you add a coin or bill, the money you have accumulated appears at...
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Currency Converter
The Currency Converter uses the European Central Bank foreign exchange rates to calculate the conversion of any amount of one currency into the equivalent amount of another currency.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Agent Pincher: The Case of the Ufo
Agent Pincher: The Case of the UFO--Unfamiliar Foreign Objects. That is what currency from another country may look like. Sometimes when people first try to use money from another country, they feel like they are playing with toy...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: El Dinero Y La Bandera De Espana
This plan is a research activity in which foreign language students use technology to discover the currency of a country. This research will lead to an historical scavenger hunt and end with the country's current exchange rate to that of...
The Guardian
Guardian: Greece Urges Citizens to Repatriate Money
Guardian correspondent Helena Smith discusses what is being done to alleviate Greece's economic problems. (July 24, 2011)
Mount Holyoke College
International Relations: William Howard Taft: Dollar Diplomacy
President Taft's 1912 comments on his foreign policy that substituted "dollars for bullets."
Geographypods
Geographypods: Global Interactions: Economic Interactions and Flows
This learning module examines how money travels around the world between more developed and less developed nations, and the various forms it takes. Includes slideshows, student tasks, videos, maps, charts, and case studies, including one...
Geographic
Mexico Economy Index
This homepage provides many links to information about the economy of Mexico, including Mexico during the Great Depression, the labor force, the financial system, agriculture, major industry, foreign trade, and more.
Other
Go Army
Official site of the US Army lists a variety of training opportunities including GED, the GI Bill, skill training, and money for college.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Currencies of the World
Find here a large collection of charts showing images of currency for countries around the world.
University of Nebraska Omaha
Ec Ed Web: Virtual Economics Web Companion
The Virtual Economics Web Companion for K-12 economics and social studies teachers was created by the National Council on Economic Education. A wide variety of educational materials and lesson plans can be accessed through this site....
Other
Online Chinese Tools, With Chinese English Dictionary
A great site that provides tools to assist people learning and using the Chinese language. Resources include flashcards, pinyin converter, Chinese-English dictionary, calendar converter, Chinese number and currency converter, and more.
US Census Bureau
Uscb: u.s. Trade Balance With Italy
Charts make it easy to read the yearly trade (both imports and exports) in U.S. dollars wtih Italy.
Other
World Coin
From a shop that sells U.S. and foreign coins, this page has pictures of many coin types. Choose a country from the left-hand navigation bar, then click on the thumbnail image of a camera to see pictures of coins from that country. Gold...
PBS
Pbs: The Fall of the Dollar (Lesson Plan)
A lesson that helps student understand how exchange rates are determined and how the value of a nation's currency is connected to its international trade. Students use an article from a time when the U.S. dollar was declining in relation...
Geographyiq
Geography Iq
Detailed geographical information on any country is available at this site. Within the World Map section, you can get facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, government, political system, flags, historical and...