Economics Social Studies School Time

Economics Social Studies School Time

Economics

Sites in this category are constructed for, and teach, children and teenagers about money, banking and investing, saving, budgeting, borrowing, and other basic economic activities and institutions.

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- Information about the history of American taxation, with web-based documentary publications and original research.
- Online exhibits and resources chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history.
- Explores what a recession is and whether the United States is in one now. From Washington Post's KidPost.
- 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.
- An interactive overview of the history of American revenue policy and politics, with narrative text and multimedia material.
- Online companion to the PBS special "Financial Literacy: On The Money" includes resources, activities, information, advice, video clips, and polls.
- Publishes free teaching/learning resources plus sources of reference for GCSE Business and Communication Systems and Business Studies.
- Provides review material for the AP Macroeconomics Exam in .pdf format.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Introduces the basics of business by allowing players to create a "product," advertise and market it.
- Interactive introduction to the economics of pro sports. From the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Includes teacher's guide.
- Searchable dictionary of more than 1,250 business terms.

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