Helpful+Links

About the Federal Reserve Bank "Beige Book"

 * Federal Reserve Education Site - Includes lessons, videos, games, and more information.
 * Federal Reserve Bank Kids Site

Teaching Economics

 * [|Federal Reserve For Educators]
 * Kids Econ Posters - Very useful Teacher's Guides can be downloaded free. Maybe students can create posters using the vocabulary terms.
 * Federal Reserve Bank Lesson Plans - Variety of lessons for K-12, including one specific to teaching about the beige book.
 * Teaching Economics as if People Mattered - Lessons and resources for high school, but many of them are useful for middle school as well.
 * EconEdLink - More Lesson plans and resources.
 * Economic Literacy - Articles and Resources for students
 * [|Teaching Kids About Money]
 * Federal Reserve "In Plain English" - order DVD and booklet (free!!)

Other
[|United States Bureau of Labor Statistics]


 * Take a quiz about the FRB
 * Economics Fun and Games