Economics

• Consumer Education for Teens
  Consumer-oriented tips for young people on music clubs, tattoos, credit cards, look-alike products, get-rich-quick-schemes, buying a car, calling cards, car stereos, return policies, modeling agencies, car repair, Internet scams, health clubs, telemarketers, college scholarship scams, renting apartments. From the Washington State Attorney General's Office.
   
• Consumer Reports Center for Children, Youth, and Families
  Tools for youth ages 8 and up, teachers, youth leaders, and parents who want to learn how to evaluate products and be money-smart. Includes teaching guides, a report on marketing to kids, and opportunities to for kids to help Consumer Reports test products of interest to kids, such as backpacks, toys, and packaged macaroni and cheese.
   
• CyberEconomics
  This multi-media site is designed to provide an interactive supplement to a course on the principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics.
   
• EcEdWeb (Economic Education Website)
    
• EconomicsAmerica
  Sample economics lessons, instructions on constructing lessons using the Internet, teaching guides, "EconomicsMinute," which helps students explore the economics behind the news of the week, and much more.
   
• Federal Reserve Education
   
• IRS TAXInteractive: An Online 'Zine for Understanding Taxes
  This site offers information for young people and resources for teachers from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Section of Taxation of  The American Bar Association. The goal of TAXinteractive is to educate teenagers about the U.S. tax system, why we pay taxes, where taxes go, tax-related terms, tips on starting a business, the effect of taxes on their day-to-day lives, and new electronic ways to file tax returns.
   
• The Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
   
• Learning to Give
  According to the Web site, Learning to Give "seeks to perpetuate a civil society by: educating children about the independent sector (knowledge),  developing behavior and philanthropic experience (skills), and, stimulating private voluntary citizen action for the common good (behavior)." The site provides a philanthropy curriculum framework, lesson plans and information for teachers, and other resources for teaching about philanthropy.
   
• The Mint HomePage
  This site, designed for middle school and high school students, their teachers and parents, features lesson plans, quizzes and games, a dictionary, and other information on finance, economics, spending, and related topics. Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation and The National Council on Economic Education collaborated to develop this resource.
   
• Money - Past, Present, & Future
   
• Museum of American Financial History
   
• National Association of Economics Educators
   
• National Council on Economic Education
   
• NICE (National Institute for Consumer Education) Educational Materials
  Lessons, resources, and publications on consumer education for K-12 students as well as adults.
   
• New York Stock Exchange (NYSE): Education
  Includes "Invest in Yourself," six free lesson plans and a teaching guide; information about interactive educational tours of the NYSE; and information about programs for teachers, journalists, and college students. A multiple-grade-level curriculum on financial markets is currently in development.
   
• A Pedestrian's Guide to the Economy
  Written and maintained by a professor of economics at Oklahoma State University. The text is hyper-linked to an on-line glossary of economic terms. Features a "self-test" on a variety of economic topics that readers can take, submit for corrections, and receive feedback on.
   
• Resources for Economists on the Internet
   
• The San Francisco Fed American Currency Exhibit
   
• SMG 2000
  This is a simulation of the popular Securities Industry Association's Stock Market Game.  SMG2000 is a new version of The Stock Market Game.  Students are given a hypothetical account of $100,000 and enter their transactions using the Internet.  Students can access their portfolios the following business day.
   
• STAT-USA/Internet
   
• Savings Bonds for Kids!
  Information about savings bonds, games, and a glossary, all designed for kids.
   
• White House Economics Statistics Briefing Room
   
• Women, Enterprise, and Society
   
• The World Bank
   
• Youthlink--Social Security for the Young
  Information about Social Security geared for young people. Includes sections especially for kids, teens, parents, and teachers.