- AP Macroeconomics Review
Provides review material for the AP Macroeconomics Exam in .pdf format.
- Economics
Introduces basic concepts related to economics. Contains information, quizzes, activities and links to various online resources.
- FedVille
Online game complete with a local bank that encourages kids to save, a neighborhood cinema that shows movies about money, and a local deli and store where kids can spend their earnings.
- FleetKids
Fleet Financial Group presents games that teach children how to run a business, manage money, set financial goals, and budget. Registration is required, but free.
- In the Mix
Online companion to the PBS special "Financial Literacy: On The Money" includes resources, activities, information, advice, video clips, and polls.
- IRS Tax Interactive
Educates teenagers about the U.S. tax system, the effect of taxes on their day-to-day lives, and new electronic ways to file tax returns.
- MMBC Schoolnet: Commerce
An illustrated guide to the history and development of free trade in the western world.
- Moneyopolis
Game challenges kids to earn, save, and spend money. Players are given "seed money" and then visit the game's seven centers: financial planning, job, banking, shopping, education, community centers and city hall. Includes teacher's guide.
- Museum of American Financial History
Online exhibits and resources chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history.
- Peanuts and Crackerjacks
Interactive introduction to the economics of pro sports. From the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Includes teacher's guide.
- Taking the Pulse of the Economy
Explores what a recession is and whether the United States is in one now. From Washington Post's KidPost.
- TeachingKidsBusiness.com
Introduces the basics of business by allowing players to create a "product," advertise and market it.
- The Mint
Provides basic information about starting a business, earning money, spending it wisely, and saving and investing. Includes quizzes, games, glossary of financial terms, and a look at how consumer habits influence the economy.
- Washingtonpost.com: Business Glossary
Searchable dictionary of more than 1,250 business terms.
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