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America's Credit History...Initially credit cards were meant to build consumer loyalty but they quickly became the banks' most profitable product. Watch a very short CBS video on the hostory of credit cards.

New Ayiti The Cost of Life is an educational game designed to teach students about the cost of living and the struggles to improve life in rural Haiti. (Ayiti is the Haitian Creole word for Haiti). In the game students have to help the "Guinard Family" improve their lives in terms of finances, health care, education, and general happiness. The game plays out over a timeline of four years and sixteen seasons. Each season brings a new challenge.

BizEd is a great resource for economics lessons and virtual field trips... BizEd is a UK based website so some of the lessons and activities have to be manipulated a little bit for use in US classrooms, but the overall value of activities is fantastic. Some of the highlights for teachers are frequently updated lesson plans, a comprehensive glossary of terms, slide shows available for download, and fantastic virtual field trips.

Bloomberg.com...where the pros go for their financial news and updates, and it's open to us regular folk, too. Track stocks, read breaking news, and use Bloomberg's investment tools and calculators to aid your financial decision making.
Consumer Jungle - Everybody knows it’s a jungle out there. Credit cards, car loans, even your own checkbook - for the unguided consumer, the pitfalls abound. You never know who could be trying to monkey with your money.
EconEdLink - Centered on curriculum standards and the essential principals of economics, EconEdLink provides a premier source of classroom-tested, internet-based economic lesson materials: Lots of lesson plans, webquests and lists of standards.
Economic Connections - Taking the EEK!!! Out of Economics...Educational services promoting economic and personal finance literacy

Extra Money...Money Over Time, Making Money and Designing Dollars, Paying for College, Get A Job!, etc.

Financial Literacy for Students ...Being financially-savvy is crucial to making the kind of smart money decisions key to ensuring quality of life. Help your students get up to speed on this important life skill with regularly updated K-12 lessons and other resources
Fool’s School - managing your own money can actually be fun. The Motley Fool has tools to help you along the way: The 13 Steps to Investing Foolishly What Does It Take To Invest Like a Fool? Learn about the stock market, bonds, etc.

The International Monetary Fund has some good resources that can help you help your students gain an understanding of global economics. On the IMF education page you can find resources for middle school students and high school students. If you're in need of a good visual representation of the World's economic outlook, check out the IMF's Data Mapper. The IMF Data Mapper allows you to see the current, past, and predicted distribution of wealth around the world. Use the slider tabs on the IMF Data Mapper to change the map's display.

Make Your Own Money...What IS money? Where does it come from? How does it get its value? How does it reflect what the community values, conceptually and artistically? Does anyone or any group have enough of it? This webquest will make you start thinking about money as more than just a way to get things, but as a way to make things.

Monetary Mania is a game in which students can test their knowledge of economic theories. Beyond the games, teachers will find complete sets of lesson plans for teaching lesson economics to middle school and high school students.

New York Federal Reserve Bank - The Federal Reserve Bank in Lower Manhattan.
the mint - Teaches students about government spending, Are you a spender or a saver? Take our Money quiz and find out. Plus learn all about credit cards. Thinking about college? Discover the financial rewards of finishing school. Great ideas for helping students

Say It Visually that explains the 2008 US financial crisis. Say It Visually produces videos in a simple and clear, animated style similar to Common Craft.
The Stock Market Game - An online educational program that stimulates learning about economics, finance, and the American economic system.

Welker’s Wikinomics...Give your students a treat!!! Highly engaging!!! Gives the "rap" on economics!