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Federal Reserve Education

Get to know the United States Federal Reserve Bank System using these resources. If you need to understand monetary policy and other governmental-level economic concepts, or if you are trying to get a grasp of the personal financial concepts like banking,... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Federal Reserve

Foreign Policy Association (FPA) Great Decisions Educators Corner

This free resource provides professional development, global educational resources, a teacher's forum, workshops, global conferences, grants and much more. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Foreign Policy Association

Free ride

This EconEdLink lesson plan explores the true cost of many “free” services provided by the government. Roads and schools are used as examples to introduce the concepts of taxation, government expenditure and government revenue. There is an interactive... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)

Provided by: EconEdLink

From boomtown to ghost town

In order to fully understand the geographic concept of natural resource use, students should learn about the ways that resource extraction affects the physical and human landscape. In this lesson, provided by National Geographic, they'll discuss how a specific... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies)

Provided by: Xpeditions

Future State: U.S. Department of State for Youth

This resource is designed to provide teachers and parents with educational resources for the inclusion of current events and world news in the classroom. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Department of State

Global breakfast

The purpose of this lesson is to look for evidence of global interdependence in the foods that we eat. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students explore the concept of global interdependence by investigating the origins of the foods they eat. Students... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies)

Provided by: Science Netlinks

Hands on Banking

Get the "Money Skills You'll Need for Life" on this financial literacy website. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Hey, mom! What's for breakfast?

In this lesson students working in cooperative groups will to discuss food items they consume for breakfast. Using maps, they will locate countries and investigate elements of foreign culture, particularly food. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Social Studies)

Provided by: EconEdLink

How long is your life?

High school students have rarely been asked to look at their future beyond where they will be going to college or what job they think they will have. This EconEdLink lesson asks them to think in a long-term perspective. By using a timeline, they will map... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Guidance, Healthful Living, and Social Studies)

Provided by: EconEdLink

Learning Network: New York Times On The Web

The New York Times On The Web's Learning Network offers daily lesson plans, education news, and current events quizzes and daily news summaries for students. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: New York Times

Life and Debt in Haiti

This unit from the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Duke University focuses on a key aspect of conflict and poverty in poor countries -- the diminishing domestic agriculture sector -- and examines some of the international actors in its decline.... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies)

Provided by: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The Little Red Hen

“The Little Red Hen” is a classic story for nearly all adults, and many children. In this lesson from EconEdLink, it is retold and enhanced in order to provide a framework for illustrating and reviewing the concepts of productive resources and... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 2–5 Social Studies)

Provided by: EconEdLink

North By South

Culture, traditions, history and impact of the communities resulting from the 1900-1960 African-American migrations from south to north. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Kenyon College

NOT your grandma's lemonade stand

In this EconEdLink lesson, students will manage a virtual lemonade stand to learn about the market economy. They will identify what they gain and what they give up when they make choices. They will identify people as consumers and/or producers. Students... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)

Provided by: EconEdLink

Old business, new business

In this lesson, students are introduced to several businesses from the past. They see that, while the names for these businesses are different, many of the elements of that job are seen in occupations today. The website, “Business Cards...”... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Social Studies)

Provided by: EconEdLink

Online mayhem I: Metallica versus Napster

In this EconEdLink lesson, students learn about property rights by examining the controversy between Metallica and Napster. Students go online to find out how various artists feel about internet music and use charts to organize their own thoughts and opinions. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Computer/Technology Skills and Social Studies)

Provided by: EconEdLink

Pennies make cents

Students will review the history of trade before money and will investigate the history of money. Students will locate information about the first coin authorized by the United States and will learn about the penny. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan

Provided by: EconEdLink

The penny problem

In this lesson from EconEdLink, students explore possibilities for “phasing out” the penny from the United States money supply. This lesson incorporates links to a variety of web resources. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)

Provided by: EconEdLink

Practical Money Skills for Life

Everything you need to understand about making money, spending money, budgeting money, investing money and saving money. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Visa

Products across borders

In this lesson, students identify foreign products available in the United States and learn about U.S. companies that sell products abroad. The students discuss globalization and illustrate two maps to show where products come from and where they're sold.... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Social Studies)

Provided by: Xpeditions