After establishing what money is and the functions of money this essay details causes and development of money, primitive forms of money, invention of banking and coinage, Greek coinage, and more.

This article, from a larger study titled "Money: What It Is and How It Works," explains the fractional reserve system, which requires banks to hold a certain amount of their deposits as cash. Covers reserve requirements, factors...

Images of bank notes from many countries are available here. Choose a continent, then a country, and display pictures of that country's money.

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...

A teaching resource with teacher guides, lesson plans, and a test of money for grades 4, 5, and 6. Includes exercise sheets.

A timeline history of paper money used in the United States.

This page provides access to "The Federal Reserve System/Purposes & Functions," a publication of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. This book is available as a complete publication or by chapter. The book covers...

A unit on personal finance related to debit cards, credit cards, and purchasing a car designed to help students develop financial responsibility.

The author discusses how the use of coins grew, faded, then grew again in Britain, from Celtic times through Roman rule and Anglo-Saxon times. He contrasts the use of coins in Wales and explains why Welsh money developed differently. The...

This resource introduces students to the world of money with this online tutorial. Each unit has its' own online quiz. Brave the desert, climb mountains and dodge alligators while you explore everything there is to know about earning,...

Learn about the United States Mint and how it was created by the Constitution. Details on coins the Mint has produced, its role in U.S. history, and growth.

It is very important that you know about budgeting and have discussed it before you get married. Learn why a budget must be flexible in order to work and is important for couples managing money.

Site provides various segments of historical dates from early Babylonian times to present. Time periods provide information about culture and the form of monetary exchange or bartering that took place.

A series of financial literacy lesson plans broken out by grade range for grades from Pre-K through college, with an additional set of lessons created for students with special needs.

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.

The site maintained by the Federal Reserve District explains monetary policy, and supervisory and regulatory role of the U.S. Federal Reserve System.

Learn about the Federal Open Market Committee and the nation's monetary policymakers.

The Virtual Economics Web Companion for K-12 economics and social studies teachers was created by the National Council on Economic Education. A wide variety of educational materials and lesson plans can be accessed through this site....

Students learn about barter, and the benefits of using money, as they participate in this trading simulation.

This essay gives a background to understand the controversy surrounding the creation of a central bank in the United States.

Presents data on how the United States Treasury is using an international financial telecommunications company to find where terrorist groups are keeping their money. (June 2006)

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.

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.

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.