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Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: The Payoff

For Students 9th - 10th
Help Alex and Jess make smart financial decisions within the tight three-day deadline and complete their video for the competition in this experiential game.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City: The Federal Reserve System

For Students 9th - 10th
The site maintained by the Federal Reserve District explains monetary policy, and supervisory and regulatory role of the U.S. Federal Reserve System.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: A Day in the Life of the Fomc

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Federal Open Market Committee and the nation's monetary policymakers.
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Federal Reserve Bank

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

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers learn about barter, and the benefits of using money, as they participate in this trading simulation.
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University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Central Banking in the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay gives a background to understand the controversy surrounding the creation of a central bank in the United States.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: American Currency History

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the development of the nation's money. Learn about the history of US currency, the creation of the dollar, and why the First Bank of the United States was established.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: First Bank of the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes how Alexander Hamilton established the First Bank in 1791 to handle the massive Revolutionary war debt and to create a standard form of currency.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Currency Converter

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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CNN

Cnn Money: Yardeni: Slump to Spread

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1998, economist Edward Yardeni of Deutsche Bank Securities predicted that the economic difficulties affecting Russia and Asia would soon spread to the US and Europe. In this interview from "Moneyline News Hour with Lou Dobbs," compare...
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The Federal Reserve System

Federal Reserve Board: Regulations

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides access to a detailed summary of regulations issued by the Federal Reserve Board.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Payment Cards [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A consumer primer on different types of payment cards (i.e., credit cards, debit cards, and prepaid cards), and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
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The White House

The White House: Recovery, Your Money at Work

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains to everyone what the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is meant to do, track the spending associated with the act, and provide accountability for the act.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Breaking Barriers Without Breaking the Bank

For Teachers 9th - 10th
When you see your child struggling, you want to jump in and help, but sometimes your instincts and desire aren't enough. When your child has trouble with schoolwork and a tutor is necessary, one of the biggest roadblocks to getting help...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: M2 Money Stock Seasonally Adjusted

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis provides a table showing the M2 money stock from 1959 to the present.
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Money: What It Is, How It Works: Understanding Government Debt

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses how our monetary system works and the role the government plays. Organized into the following sections: "Government Money," "Treasury Options", "Tax or Borrow?", "Rolling Over Government Debt", and "Net Financial...
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Establishment of the Fdic

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the background of the banking failures and crises in the 1920s and early 1930s which led to the passage of the Emergency Bank Act, and the eventual establishment of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to protect the...

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