Federal Reserve Bank
American Currency: Demand and Interest Bearing Notes: Financing the Union
Brief overview of demand notes of the Union, commonly called "greenbacks." Gives a historical context for the notes and has many pictures of what they looked like. Includes an activity looking at Union soldier wages.
Read Works
Read Works: Money Matters
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about paper money as it cycles through the economy. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Money: Money Basics
This page provides money basics including the two kinds of money, the creation of money, reserve ratio requirements, controlling the price of credit, the Fed's reactive role, limiting bank lending, limiting money supply growth, and the...
Other
Money: What It Is, How It Works: Understanding Government Debt
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...
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: The Great Depression Begins 1929
An overview of the Great Depression and its causes.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1909
A map from 1909 of Central America showing political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, railroads, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, coastal features, banks or reefs, and the islands of Jamaica...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1912
A black and white map from 1912 of Central America showing political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, railroads, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, coastal features, banks or reefs, and the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1914
A map from 1914 of Central America showing political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, railroads, steamship routes with distances between major ports given in nautical miles, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems...