- The Mint - http://www.themint.org/
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.
- Peanuts and Crackerjacks - http://www.bos.frb.org/peanuts/leadpgs/intro.htm
Interactive introduction to the economics of pro sports. From the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Includes teacher's guide.
- Taking the Pulse of the Economy - http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=kids/archive&contentId=A36721-2001Mar21
Explores what a recession is and whether the United States is in one now. From Washington Post's KidPost.
- AP Macroeconomics Review - http://www.mindspring.com/~joanchri/
Provides review material for the AP Macroeconomics Exam in .pdf format.
- TeachingKidsBusiness.com - http://www.teachingkidsbusiness.com/just-for-clicks-business-game.htm
Introduces the basics of business by allowing players to create a "product," advertise and market it.
- FedVille - http://www.frbsf.org/education/fedville
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.
- Moneyopolis - http://www.moneyopolis.com/
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.
- IRS Tax Interactive - http://www.irs.gov/individuals/students/index.html
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.
- The Tax Museum - http://www.tax.org/Museum/default.htm
An interactive overview of the history of American revenue policy and politics, with narrative text and multimedia material.
- Tax History Project - http://www.taxhistory.org/
Information about the history of American taxation, with web-based documentary publications and original research.
- iwChameleon Internet Publishing - http://www.iw-chameleon.co.uk/
Publishes free teaching/learning resources plus sources of reference for GCSE Business and Communication Systems and Business Studies.
- In the Mix - http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/money_index.html
Online companion to the PBS special "Financial Literacy: On The Money" includes resources, activities, information, advice, video clips, and polls.
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