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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: The Money Market

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and graphs related to the money market.Learners will learn about budget deficits, and specifically, the national debt. This resource is designed as a review for the AP...
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Practical Money Skills

Practical Money Skills: Tooth Fairy Survey

For Students 9th - 10th
A new 2015 nationwide survey released by Visa Inc. shows that the going rate for a lost baby tooth in American households is $3.19.
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Other

Fitzwilliam Museum: The Normans: Three Centuries of Achievement

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes and explores the rise and fall of the Normans through the examination of coins used or minted during various periods of Norman power.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Compound Interest 2

For Students 6th - 9th
This Algebra Cruncher generates an endless number of practice problems for money and compound interest with solutions! Find how long it will take for a given amount of money to grow to a final amount.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Economy of Russia

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a very thorough explanation of the Russian economy and its history from the 1990s. Discusses the currency, inflation rate, poverty level, exports, imports, public finances, historical background and economic reform in Russia.
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Cato Institute

The Gold Standard: An Analysis of Some Recent Proposals

For Students 9th - 10th
Summarizes specific and recent proposals set forth to return the U.S. to the gold standard. Includes detailed information on the gold "price rule," "classical" gold standard, and other important terms.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Credit Card

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article describes how the credit card system works. It discusses the history, how credit cards are used, features, types, the numbering system, pros and cons, and more.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Euro Makes Its Debut

For Teachers 9th - 10th
On Jan. 1, 1999 11 European countries united in the European Monetary Union. The new single currency bloc includes almost 300 million consumers and creates the second-largest economy in the world. How will this new union affect the...
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The Federal Reserve System

Federal Reserve Board: Supervision Manuals

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides access to various Supervision Manuals for the Federal Reserve Board.
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Other

The Texas Economy: Texas School Funding at a Glance

For Students 9th - 10th
See the breakdown of Texas public school revenues including local, state, and federal monies. Totals for these revenue sources include state spending not reported by school districts, such as state purchases of textbooks.
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Vassar College

Vassar College: 1896: Populist Party Platform

For Students 9th - 10th
This 1896, Website of Political Cartoons page presents the People's (Populist) Party platform of 1896. The platform discusses the finances, railroads and telegraphs, the public lands, the referendum, the territories, public salaries,...
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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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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: America Del Norte: Nicaragua

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a map of Nicaragua in Spanish, with informational data also presented in Spanish about the country. Land mass, population, life expectancy, literacy, industry, agriculture, minerals, and resources are among the topics...

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