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Educational services promoting economic and personal finance literacy |
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Web Links: Money/trade STATE STANDARD: How
government decisions on taxation, spending, public goods, and regulation
impact what is produced, how it is produced, and who receives the benefits of
production. Background Information
on Countries NOTE: For information on labor practices of multinational
companies that may influence purchase and investment decisions, see Economic
Systems: Consumer Action |
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State Quarters Program. Details from the U.S. Mint on the design of the 50 quarters plus
lesson plans on coin identification, counting money, addition, subtraction,
multiplication, division, U.S. History, geography, etc. A
Comparative Chronology of Money. A timeline of the history of money
from ancient times to the present day. American Currency Exhibit. Learn about currency throughout U.S. history with
notes on design and other interesting facts. A
Brief History of Checking. Fact Monster offers an
elementary perspective. Bucky’s Games. The U.S. Bureau
of Printing and Engraving offers games useful as a reward for your students
who have completed their regular work before others. Build a Buck. Click and drag
puzzle pieces to make a $10 dollar bill. Portrait Studio. Match the
portraits of presidents with the correct bill. Whack
a Buck. A trivia quiz using true and false questions. Cash
Puzzler. Preschool and
early elementary students can complete a simple puzzle featuring a dollar or
other bill. Success is rewarded with
some quick facts about the people featured on the bill. Check-up. Each
check in this checkbook contains an error or represents a bad habit a check
writer should avoid. Can they find
the reasons the checks would not be accepted? Counting
on Coins. Read why people
coins are made of metal and where they are made. The Currency Gallery. Photos of currency past
and present. Special sections focus on colonial and confederate currency. Current
Value of Old Money. Dozens of links
to calculators and other tools to help you determine how much money from a
different place and time would be worth today. Dollar Art. Background on the design of the
dollar bill and new currency designs from students across the country. Dollars and Cents: Fundamentals of Money. How U.S. currency and coin is
made, the design of money, circulation and spotting counterfeits. Source:
Atlanta FED Ed's Bank. Help Ed save money in his piggy bank so he can go
shopping. Then watch his quirky reactions as he interacts with his purchases.
A cute game that helps elementary students identify the value of coins. FactMonster: Money.
Links to almost two dozen web pages on money topics including design,
how money is made, the history of banking and checking, counterfeiting, etc. LearntoSave.com Puzzles.
Simple crossword puzzles, word scrambles and money math problems for
early elementary students from Learning.com reinforce earning, saving and
spending concepts. The History of the U.S.
Penney.
Design and other facts concerning the first U.S. coin. Know
Your Money. Information on counterfeiting and the history of money
from the U.S. Secret Service. Money
Math. A collection of
money math games that provide practice making change, calculating what can be
purchased with a given amount of money, and adding up how much money is in a
piggy bank. Options let you choose the level of difficulty of the problems,
set a time limit and whether you want to keep score. Source; Education 4
Kids. Money Facts. The U.S. Department of the Treasury provides more
information than you will ever want to know about money design, printing,
circulation, counterfeiting, and more. Money
- Past, Present & Future. A history and chronology of money, essays on the politics of
money, examples of barter that still exist, and predictions on the future of
money, Site is most appropriate for high school and older students. National Numismatic Collection. The Smithsonian Institution offers virtual exhibits on currency past and present. The New Color of Money. News and how to order learning
materials about the latest currency redesign and safety features from the
U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing..
StateQuarters.com. Where collectors go to get latest news on
the 50 state quarters program. Source: CoinWorld.com
Treasure
Dome. Click on $5,
$10, $20, $50 or $100 to discover money trivia and learn about the security
features on U. S. currency. Then try
one or more of the games: Bank for Your Buck. Test your knowledge of security and other
currency features. Alien-A-Buck-tion. A $10 puzzle. Treasury Planet. Which bills are real and which are fake? Making Money the Hard
Way. Match the Presidents with
their bills. U.S. Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change.
Choose the Time Line to travel to different periods in U.S. History
and learn about the people and money of the time. Virtual
Tour of the Money Museum.
A virtual tour of an exhibit at the Richmond FED featuring coins and currents
from ancient times to the present plus a short history of our nation’s
banking system. Where
in the World Does Money Come From? A short
history on why we use coins for trade versus barter. World of
Money. Most
appropriate for grades 6+, this British web site offers a history of money,
how money is made, and money in our culture. Fun Brain: Change Maker. Students are asked to determine how many bills and
coins that they should get back when making a purchase. Money Flashcards. Let students test their money counting skills with
on-line flashcards. International Currency The Big Mac Index. The Economist magazine offers Big Mac prices as an indicator of
foreign exchange rates. Currencies of
the World. A chart of currencies by nation and whether they have
a fixed or flexible exchange rate. Currency
Converter. View exchange rates past and present. Universal Currency
Converter. A simple calculator for converting currency. Wanna
Argument? The Euro. Should the United Kingdom join the Euro? A look
at some of the pro and con arguments |
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The Boomerang Box. Follow a special cargo box
traveling by ship, train and truck around the world. Since 1997 a log has
been maintained of the trade goods in the box. Choose the trade topics archive for a wealth of readings and
study questions on topics such as the Silk Road, the Panama Canal, the Euro,
Chocolate, reading maps, and free trade. Institute
for International Economics. Miscellaneous documents
on international trade. Use the search feature to locate case studies on the
events that led to and the effectiveness of economic sanctions against Cuba, China, South Africa,
Libya and other nations. The
Clothes Line. A series of photos and activities designed to
show the production of cotton and clothing in India. International trade and the industry’s labor
practices are also addressed. Explorers. Enchanted Learning provides short biographies on
explorers organized by name, continent and historical time period. Family Farms Around the World.
Links to more than a hundred web sites featuring farms in 40 states
and 18 countries. Most include information about life on their farm, animals,
crops, marketing, problems, economics, soil, and climate. Foreign
Trade Statistics. Data on U.S. imports and exports from the U.S. Census Bureau. International Monetary Fund. News and information concerning IMF and its programs to promote
monetary exchange stability, economic growth, and temporary financial
assistance. Making
a Meal of It.
Learning activities with photos for elementary students that help
connect the food we eat with others around the world, particularly in
economically developing countries. Why some people are hungry and what young people can do
about it is also addressed. Milking It:
Small Farmers and International Trade. Oxfam offers background information, case
studies, and activities for introducing secondary students to fair trade
issues. One case investigates
the causes and effects of 'dumping' dry milk. Peace Corp. Lesson plans, how to
connect your students with Peace Corps volunteers, stories, videos, maps, and
more for educators and students. SpiceAdvice.com. Trace
the national origin of spices and herbs. Read about the history of the spice
trade and how trade flows brought them to the United States. The Silk Road
and Central Asia. An information gateway to many web sites on this topic. Trade
Policy. Links to information and other sites concerning the World Trade
Organization, trade agreements and related issues from the U.S. Foreign
Agricultural Service. U.S. Dept. of State: Economic Issues.
News of current trade and other international economic issues. U.S.
International Trade in Goods and Services. Current and historical figures on
U.S. Trade provided by the Census Bureau. United Nations: Cyber
School Bus.
Background statistics on member nations, curriculum materials addressing issues
such as poverty and human rights, and a model UN project. World Bank. The
source of development assistance for more than 100 economies with the primary
focus on helping those that have the poorest people. World Trade Organization. Get the basics on the international organization
that deals with the rules of trade between nations. Information on GATT, TRIPS and other trade agreements are also
posted. Background Information on Countries Background
Notes on Countries. A brief, detailed summary of information on countries
worldwide from the U.S. Dept. of State. The country's culture, history, geography,
economy, government and current political situation are included. A reading
list, travel notes and maps are often provided as well. Country Briefings. News, country profiles,
forecasts, statistics and more from the publishers of The Economist. Country Profiles from World
Trade Press. Business and trade information on all the countries
of the world arranged by continent and name.
The focus is on trade but some general background is also given. CountryReports.org. Maps, flags, national anthems, people, economics, defense
and more. Country Studies. From the Library of Congress, descriptions and analysis of
countries (particularly those that
are lesser known) with respect to history, social, economic, political, and
national security systems and institutions. Fact
Monster: World & News. A
world almanac with maps, flags, world history, geography, and more. Federal
Research Division: Country Studies. Descriptions and analysis of the
historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security
systems and institutions of more than 100 nations. Learning Enrichment. Learning
units on select countries addressing current issues. Primarily for high school and middle
school classes but there is at least one unit on China for the elementary
grades. Portals
to the World. Links to nations and other areas of the world
selected by specialists at the Library of Congress. World
Fact Book.
CIA profiles of nations providing data concerning geography, people,
government, economics, communication, transportation and more. Xpedition: Atlas.
National Geographic offers reproducible black-line maps in .pdf and
.gif format that can be printed with and without labels and boundaries. For
more detailed maps, check out the National Geographic Map Maker. Yahooligans:
Countries. An index of links organized by country, a
world fact book, maps, pictures and video clips. |
