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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Fiscal and Monetary Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
Defines fiscal and monetary policy and highlights their key differences.
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Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: How Is the Federal Reserve Structured?

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource gives an introduction to U.S. Monetary Policy and an explanation of The Federal Reserve System (the Fed) through a series of question subheadings.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Federal Reserve Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a summary and detailed facts about the Federal Reserve Act that set up a regional Federal Reserve System to restore the confidence of Americans in banks.
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Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: Chair the Fed: A Monetary Policy Game

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource consists of a tutorial and learning game about monetary policy. Some topics investigated are reserve requirements, open market operations, discount rate, and tight monetary policy.
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Other

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City: Do I Have What It Takes Entrepreneur? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A series of lessons which introduces the concept of entrepreneurship and its importance in today's global economy.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: The Economy and the Federal Reserve

For Students 9th - 10th
Infographic explains your role in the economy, the Fed's role in the economy, and how the Fed affects you.
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Federal Reserve Banks of Minneapolis: Formulating a Consistent Approach to Monetary Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
This article examines whether a low inflation policy, the commitment of the Federal Open Market Committee, is really favorable to growth and standards of living.
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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 of Philadelphia: Ten Mile Day [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Using the book, Ten Mile Day, by Mary Ann Fraser, this lesson helps children understand division of labor, competition, and incentives in the workplace.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Budgeting

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrates the difference between sources of income and fixed versus variable expenses through a simple budget plan. Introduces students to the basics of budgeting.
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Other

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland: Inflation Central

For Students 9th - 10th
Students track inflation in the United States and across the world. The resource consists of articles on economic trends, economic commentary, charts, and graphs.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: The Pickle Patch Bathtub [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A lesson based on The Pickle Patch Bathtub by Frances Kennedy, where students learn about making choices in how to spend money, and how to set goals and develop a savings plan.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: What Is an Entrepreneur?

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduces students to the motivations and decision making of entrepreneurs and discusses their economic impact.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Price Stability

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights the goal of price stability and features price level measures and terminology.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Maximum Employment

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights the goal of maximum employment and features labor market measures and terminology.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Trade: Why Do Nations Trade?

For Students 9th - 10th
Basics from key terminology to why we trade are featured alongside introductions to foundational concepts such as production possibilities frontiers, absolute and comparative advantage, trade barriers, and free trade versus protectionism.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Why Is Good Credit Important?

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduces students to the relationships among credit history, credit report, and credit score and shows how essential maintaining a good credit history is to financial stability.
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Other

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: Economic Drivers of Texas [Ppt]

For Students 9th - 10th
This PowerPoint presentation explores the different tools that are used by economists to analyze the Texas economy. Through their analysis, you are able to see which industries and business ventures are having the most impact on the...
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Economic Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Helps students discover the three basic economic questions and how each system answers these questions, identify several key advantages and disadvantages for each economic system, recognize some economic indicators that can measure...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 14: Introduction to Monetary Policy and Bank Regulation

For Students 11th - 12th
In this chapter, you will learn about the following: The Federal Reserve banking system and central banks, bank regulation, how a central bank executes monetary policy, monetary policy and economic outcomes, and the pitfalls for monetary...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Economics U$a: 21st Century Edition

For Students 9th - 10th
A micro and macroeconomics course for 21st century learners. 28 half-hour videos sessions with text and guides regarding markets, firms, supply and demand, perfect competition and inelastic demand, economic efficiency, monopolies,...
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

For Students 9th - 10th
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis contains information about the bank, services offered by the bank, publications by the bank, information on the Federal Reserve, and much more.
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Federal Reserve: Discount Rate

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a list of current and historical discount rates, which the Federal Reserve charges member banks for borrowing funds.
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Frb: Regulation, Market Structure, Bank Failures of the Great Depression [Pdf]

For Students 11th - 12th
A scholarly paper written for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review looks at the causes of bank failures in the Great Depression, and how these failure rates were reflected across the country. Very detailed. [pdf]