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Ten Mile Day
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In this multidisciplinary lesson, students work in small groups (\"work crews\") while participating in a production activity. Students learn about competition, division of labor, and incentives. They also demonstrate how division... more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson
Abraham Lincoln and the Five-Dollar Note
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Students participate in a puzzle activity to identify leadership characteristics that Abraham Lincoln possessed. They review the changes in the redesigned $5 note and consider how Lincoln’s leadership characteristics contribute to... more »
Grades: 6-8 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson
On the Court with ... Michael Jordan
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Students participate in a simulation to learn about choices, alternatives, opportunity cost and human capital. They learn the PACED decision-making model, apply the model and recognize that learning the model is an investment in t... more »
Grades: 3-5, 6-8 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson
Fractile vs. Equal
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Students work with data that represent the ages of 24 people to learn the difference between categorizing data in fractile intervals and equal intervals. Students discuss dividing bonus points among class members to understand wha... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson
Geography of the Fed
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Students visit the FED101 web site to learn about the structure of the Federal Reserve. They recognize that there are 12 Federal Reserve districts. The students use the GeoFRED web tool to identify those districts and use a map fr... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson
What is Unemployment, How is it Measured and Why Does the Fed Care?
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In this lesson, students read and interpret choropleth maps, which contain unemployment data. They compare verbal descriptions of the labor market from the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book with the mapped data. In addition, students c... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson
Currency and the Fed
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Students consider who is pictured on the different denominations of U.S. currency and why. They participate in an activity to identify functions of basic, everyday items and then identify and explain the functions of another basic... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson
Online Learning: GDP & Pizza
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The GDP and Pizza: Economics for Life course is a two-day, online course produced by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. It is designed to help students in civics, economics and other social studies classes grasp the challengin... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: online course
Cards, Cars and Currency
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Cards, Cars and Currency is a curriculum unit that challenges students to become involved in three specific areas of personal finance: credit cards, debit cards and purchasing a car. The unit is divided into five lesson plans. The... more »
Grades: 6-8, 9-12 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lessons
The Great Depression Curriculum: Lesson 3 – What Really Caused the Great Depression?
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Through participation in two simulations, students determine that bank panics and a shrinking money supply were the primary causes of the Great Depression. Through an additional activity, they see how the many other factors they h... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson
Employment Growth in America
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Employment growth is one of the most fundamental aspects of a strong economy. Yet not all jobs are created equal. Some pay generously and offer desirable working conditions, while others do not. The study, "Employment Growth in Am... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson
Which Came First—Democracy or Growth?
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Students will compute real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and GDP per capita for three fictional countries and will answer questions related to actual data on GDP and GDP per capita. The Index of Economic Freedom will be used to com... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson
Money, Money, Honey Bunny!
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Students listen to a story written in rhyme about a bunny that has a lot of money in her piggy bank. Students distinguish between spending and saving and goods and services. They play a matching game to review the content of the... more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson - children's literature
Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression
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After reading and discussing a story about a family during the Great Depression, students differentiate between goods, services, barter, and money. Students are led through several rounds of a barter activity that incorporates m... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson - children's literature
Tortilla Factory
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Students observe the teacher produce a paper taco and produce their own paper tacos following the process demonstrated by the teacher. Students learn about the productive resources—human resources, natural resources, and capit... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson - children\'s literature
Saturday Sancocho
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In this lesson, students listen to a story and answer questions about a family in Central or South America that barters to get the ingredients for chicken sancocho, a kind of stew. The students complete sentences that record the... more »
Grades: 3-5 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson - children\'s literature
The Piggy Bank Primer: Saving and Budgeting
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This guide is designed to provide short lessons for teachers who wish to use online The Piggy Bank Primer: Saving and Budgeting activity book in their classrooms. These lessons focus on basic economic concepts. Through a story a... more »
Grades: K-2 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: PDF
Piggy Bank Primer: 25 Cents Worth of History
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Students take a close look at nickels and quarters commemorating many of the proudest moments in our country and in the seven states that make up the Federal Reserve\'s Eighth District. more »
Grades: K-2, 3-5 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: Activities
Extra Credit: It's No Fairy Tale
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This lesson uses a specific scenario to demonstrate how to apply the statistical and economic information in "Extra Credit: The Rise of Short-term Liabilities," the lead article in the fall 2008 issue of Inside the Vault. Students... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson
Crossing Borders: The Globalization Debate
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Students will consider both sides of the globalization debate—the benefits and the costs—by reading and discussing the article \"Crossing Borders: The Globalization Debate\" from the Spring 2008 issue of Inside the Vault. Working ... more »
Grades: 9-12 | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis | Type: lesson

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