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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Circular Flow

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how resources, goods and services, and payments flow through the economy using the economic model of circular flow.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Price Stability

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights the goal of price stability and features price level measures and terminology.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Maximum Employment

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights the goal of maximum employment and features labor market measures and terminology.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Trade: Why Do Nations Trade?

For Students 9th - 10th
Basics from key terminology to why we trade are featured alongside introductions to foundational concepts such as production possibilities frontiers, absolute and comparative advantage, trade barriers, and free trade versus protectionism.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Arts and Economics

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights the vital role the arts play in our economy using key economic concepts like gross domestic product and employment. Incorporating data from a variety of primary sources, this infographic strives to capture the economic...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Why Prepare for the Unexpected?

For Students 9th - 10th
Identifies the steps students need to take when developing their own plans for being financially prepared for emergencies.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Why Is Good Credit Important?

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduces students to the relationships among credit history, credit report, and credit score and shows how essential maintaining a good credit history is to financial stability.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Economics U$a: 21st Century Edition

For Students 9th - 10th
A micro and macroeconomics course for 21st century learners. 28 half-hour videos sessions with text and guides regarding markets, firms, supply and demand, perfect competition and inelastic demand, economic efficiency, monopolies,...
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Other

Bloomberg.com: Fed Commits $800 Billion More to Unfreeze Lending

For Students 9th - 10th
The Federal Reserve announced that it is committing up to $800 billion to help unfreeze credit for homebuyers, consumers and small businesses. Specific details are included within the article.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: The Market Shaker

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS NewsHour's Jim Lehrer discusses the power of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and his influence upon the world market with other financial experts. Includes links on the right to other Greenspan-related NewsHours.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Interview With Betty Friedan

For Students 9th - 10th
An interview with Betty Friedan with a general introduction to her writings; discusses her thoughts on economic issues facing women.
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iCivics

I Civics: State Power: Got a Reservation?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discover that states have their own governments and powers separate from the federal government. They learn what those powers are, how they're different from the federal government's powers, and that state governments also give...
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Curated OER

Federal Reserve Districts in United States

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from the Federal Reserve Board provides a map of the 12 Federal Reserve Districts with addresses, phone numbers, and links to the following Federal Reserve Banks: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta,...
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Curated OER

Photo of the Federal Reserve Board Building

For Students 9th - 10th
This Federal Reserve Board site page gives a short description of the Federal Reserve System and what it does. Related links.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Focus on Economic Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the May 1, 2013, press release by the Federal Reserve System's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on the current Federal Reserve monetary policy actions and goals, and specifically, the federal fund's rate...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Doug Levinson: What Gives a Dollar Bill Its Value?

For Students 9th - 10th
The value of money is determined by how much (or how little) of it is in circulation. But who makes that decision, and how does their choice affect the economy at large? Doug Levinson takes a trip into the United States Federal Reserve,...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: What Does the Fed Do?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This collection of lesson materials focuses on how the Federal Reserve System works. Students will learn how banking systems work and what a fractional reserve banking system is.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Multipliers and the Mystery of the Magic Money

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about the purpose of the reserve requirement, how money is "created" in the economy through fractional reserves, and how the Federal Reserve uses the reserve requirement and loans to correct economic instability.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Monetary Policy: Foundational Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you ready to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve? Practice your skills applying monetary policy here!
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Econoclass

Econoclass: Money Creation Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This classroom activity enables students to better understand the role of the Federal Reserve and the control of the money supply. The game takes approximately 50 minutes.
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Texas Education Agency

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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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: How Rising or Falling Interest Rates Might Affect You

For Students 9th - 10th
Content brought to you by our partner, Better Money Habits. Explains interest rates as related to personal finance by actions of the Federal Reserve Bank.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Why Money? [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about barter, and the benefits of using money, as they participate in this trading simulation.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Currency

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of several features on the United States paper currency. Shows enlarged areas of U.S. currency to aide in learning.