Personal+Finance

Consumer Economic Links:
JumpStart Coalition @http://www.jumpstartcoalition.org This organization maintains (with the help of the National Institute for Consumer Education) a searchable database of personal finance educational materials. There's also a section that lists personal financial management guidelines and benchmarks. KidsBank.com @http://www.kidsbank.com/ KidsBank.com™ is a tutorial website brought to you by Sovereign Bank that explains the fundamentals of money and banking to children SoundMoney @http://www.soundmoney.org Visitors can listen any time (via this site) to recent broadcasts of this popular radio show on personal finance. The resources section includes listings of web sites, books, etc. related to weekly broadcasts. There's also a forum for sharing tips on saving money.

Federal Reserve Links

Dallas Federal Reserve Bank: Student Resources @http://www.dallasfed.org Find out about programs, online games and activities, and other useful links for students. Dallas Federal Reserve Bank: Teachers' Materials @http://www.dallasfed.org/ca/pfemonth.html Teaching packets, lesson plans, videos are available free of charge to high school economics teachers. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Educational Resources @http://www.bos.frb.org/education/index.htm The Boston Fed is committed to economic and personal financial education. With our publications, competitions, and online learning, we hope to engage students and adults in learning about the Federal Reserve System, consumer issues, and a wide range of economics topics. You might also enjoy this site [|New England Economic Adventure] to travel back over 400 years of New England's history to learn how growth occurs Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank @http://www.minneapolisfed.org/econed/ This site has a section on teaching economic concepts using the Internet. Information on the //Economics Challenge// and a student essay contest is also provided. New York Federal Reserve Bank @http://www.ny.frb.org/education/index.html Be sure to check out the 'Econ Explorers Club.' 5th and 6th grade students learn about inflation, money and the world of work through hands-on, community-based projects. A Federal Open Market Community simulation give students the opportunity to make decisions about monetary policy based on economic data. Richmond Federal Reserve Bank @http://www.richmondfed.org/educational_info/ Publications with classroom activities for K-12 teachers are available here. San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank @http://www.frbsf.org/education/index.html Introduce the 'Muffin Market' to your students via a download-able computer simulation, videotape and collateral materials. This site also contains numerous video clips, a treasure hunt and even an online museum. St. Louis FRED II @http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/ With the U.S. economy increasingly becoming a topic of interest, more and more individuals and organizations are finding that up-to-date financial and economic data are critical to their success. Through the FRED� database, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis provides consumers, students, economists and financial institutions around the world with economic and financial information in an easy-to-use format.

General Economic Links

Commanding Heights The Battle for the World Economy @http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/hi/ The purpose of this site is to promote better understanding of globalization, world trade and economic development, including the forces, values, events, and ideas that have shaped the present global economic system. Dr. T's EconLinks.com @http://econlinks.com/ Dr. T's EconLinks.com provide a portal to carefully screened economics, business and finance sources on the Web. EcEdWeb, Economic Education Web @http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/teach.htm This award-winning site has numerous links to sites of interest to K-12 teachers. Find curricular materials, web teaching ideas, standards, discussion lists and more. EconData @http://www.econdata.net This site lists more than 400 links to socioeconomic data sources and a top-ten list of sites. The data collections section includes tools, compendia and intermediaries to give visitors access to multiple data sources. Economagic @http://www.economagic.com/ This is a comprehensive site of free, easily available economic time series data useful for economic research -- economic forecasting, in particular. Students are given easy access to large amounts of data and can get charts of that data. Orley AmosWorld @http://www.amosweb.com/ The 500-term glossary here is a favorite among economic educators. Be sure to review Mr. Economy's 'Question of the Week' for irreverent, yet informative, responses to questions about economics. Resources for Economists on the Internet @http://www.rfe.org This guide lists the many resources on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists, as well as those interested in economics. In all, more than 700 resources are listed here and almost all are described. Whitehouse Briefing Room @http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators. It provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies. All of the information included in the Economic Statistics Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the statistical units of those agencies.

General Resource Links

CIA World Factbook Online @http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html The CIA presents information organized by country: maps, geographic data, population demographics, government descriptions, economic data, communications systems, transportation systems, military, international disputes, etc.

Stock Market Links

National SMS @http://www.nationalsms.com/ SMS stands for Stock Market Simulation. The word simulation means that the SMS is more than just a game. It is a tool that teachers can use to help instruct their students in the world of economics, finance, current events, math, social studies, and technology. The Stock Market Game ™ @http://www.smgww.org/ The Stock Market Game (SMGWW) is an electronic simulation of Wall Street trading, designed to help students and adults understand the stock market, the costs and benefits involved in decision- making, the sources and uses of capital and other related economic concepts. Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition @http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/index.html The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition gives teachers timely articles and fully developed lesson plans covering economic concepts such as decision making, cost/benefit analysis, supply and demand, and incentives.