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Links verified 8/31/08
  1. Adventures of a Penny- discover the different types of money and how money is made
  2. Business Math and Economics - Tonya Skinner's site; lesson plans and activities
  3. Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary - the largest financial glossary on the Internet
  4. Compound Interest Calculator - select the link near the bottom of the Interactive page - there is an accompanying Teacher's Guide
  5. Currency Converter: Use the money conversion tool to convert your money into another currency.
  6. Economics Education Web - based on Nebraska Standards
  7. EconEdLink - Internet-based economic and personal finance lessons for K-12 teachers and their students
  8. Economic Lessons K-12 - online interactive lessons. Browse EconEdlink online lessons by Title, Grade, Standard, or Lesson Plan Type
  9. Economic Lessons - EcEdWeb, the Economic Education Web is your portal to economic education resources in all forms and at all levels
  10. Economic Quiz - online interactive - works in IE, not Firefox
  11. Economic System Quiz - online interactive, Quia quiz
  12. Economic Resources - from Bartley Business Information Center
  13. ECONnections - standards-based lesson plans adapted from NCEE printed materials for the Internet with interactive activities for students
  14. EduStock - (a ThinkQuest site) Edustock is an educational web page designed to teach students what the stock market is, and how it can work for them.
  15. Explorations in Economic Supply - Lesson Plan with interactive sections
  16. Federal Reserve Education - links to instructional materials and tools that can increase your understanding of the Federal Reserve, economics and financial education
  17. Financial Data Finder - maintained by Denis Shibiko Department of Finance, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University
  18. Financial Glossary - a Yahoo Finance site
  19. Gross Domestic Product or Expenditure - (1930-2005)
  20. History of Advertisement - presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.
  21. Holt Stock Report
  22. It All Adds Up - personal finance for teens who want to get a head start on their financial future by using online games and simulations
  23. Jumpstart's Reality Check - Imagine the possibilities...then take their simple test. Fill in your choices and then get ready for a reality check! Chances are you'll be surprised by how much your so called "Dream Life" is going to cost you.
  24. Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Economics - a collection of web links
  25. Mathematics and Economics - designed as support materials for a commercial product, this site has free links to lessons, web sites, and interactives
  26. Moneyopolis - A challenging math game, which requires you to demonstrate your math skills in the context of some real life money matters. Created by the national accounting firm Ernst & Young (free registration required) [not available 3/6/09 - down for maintenance]
  27. MyStocks – (a one-stop place where you can trade stocks with virtual money). The Global Stock Game is a realistic stock market simulation, where you can have fun and learn the stock market at no cost. Registration is required, but it is free.
  28. NASDAC
  29. National Council on Economic Education - interactive activities
  30. National Economics Standards - includes links to related lessons
  31. NCEE Online Lessons - use pull-down menus to search for online lessons from all of NCEE's programs (502 currently available)
  32. NYSE
  33. Practical Money Skills - Teacher Resources
  34. Products - Find out the principal products in the U.S.
  35. Receipts and Outlays of the Federal Government - (1789-2007)
  36. SEC - official site of the US Securities and Exchange Commission
  37. Secrets of Making Money - a PBS program which follows the U.S. Treasury and the Secret Service on a joint mission to stay ahead of counterfeiters and make a better, more hi-tech buck
  38. The Shrinking Value of the Dollar - This data represents changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.
  39. State Stock Market Simulations- check to see if your state has a Stock Market Simulation that your students can participate in
  40. TheMint - packed with all kinds of tips about what to do with your money (from Northwestern Mutual)
  41. Twelve Principles Calendar - a cool calendar with twelve personal finance principles for young people
    1. Lessons to go with the calendar
  42. Using the Internet to Teach Economics: An Idea Page - from Economic Education Web
  43. Virtual Economics Lessons - lesson plans with visuals
  44. Virtual Finance Library - a resource that Ohio State's Department of Finance provides to academia and investors alike
  45. Web Links from the National Council on Economic Education
  46. Where Does Your Money Go? - Can you estimate the percentage of the Federal Budget spent on the items listed?
  47. World Paper Money Homepage posted Ron Wise - over 10,000 notes, with individual front and back scans
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