This article explains what the different types of financial markets are, including stocks, bonds, commodities, and derivatives, as well as what the functions of financial markets are.
A thorough description of fiscal policy, how the federal government uses it to stabilize the economy, and economic indicators that influence policy.
Offers an in-depth description of monetary policy, its characteristics, functions, and goals.
Resource gives an overview of banking, specifically banking law and regulation.
Economics website with interactive features and video for students on money management and budgeting. [3:25]
This activity presents students with the challenge of saving lives through public policy. A cost-benefit analysis of current programs and potential policies will be used.
A great resource from the FDIC for "becoming an informed banking consumer." Learn all about consumer protection and gain important and useful facts about such topics as phishing scams, identity theft, consumer rights, new cheque clearing laws, internet banking, loans, and mortgages.
This site has a speech given by Alan Greenspan December 5, 2000. It discusses the economic changes the United States had undergone in the 1990s. The reading is sophisticated, but some of the information is written to be accessible to those who do not have a deep background in economics.
According to Ohio's Learning Standards for Financial Literacy, "Financial Literacy is defined as the ability to read, analyze, manage and communicate about personal financial conditions that affect one's material well-being. It includes the ability to discern financial choices, discuss money and financial issues without (or despite) discomfort, plan for the future and respond completely to life events that affect every day financial decisions, including events in the general economy."This content pack is intended to be a way to discover new resources and lessons for financial literacy that can be used in grades 9-12. The standards being referenced are ODEW Site: Ohio's Financial Literacy Standards for Financial Literacy, page 9 (high school). Though it is not mentioned here, it may hit additional standards within Social Studies, Mathematics, or other topics within Financial Literacy. Specific content standards that were used to find relevant resources are:
What is diligence? What does it mean to be a diligent person? Discuss these questions through the questions, writing prompts, and activity ideas provided at this website.
Learn about the importance of being responsible at home, at school, and in your community. This website, meant to accompany a video on responsibility and good character, provides several discussion questions, writing prompts, and more.
This lesson asks students to identify sources for macroeconomic data, interpret data, describe the present state of the economy using current data, and use data to predict the state of the economy one year from now.
Explore the basics of budgeting and get tips for personal money management. View a video segment that shows how one woman is achieving her goals of financial independence by learning to set priorities. Includes a classroom guide and links to many resources.
Learn about random acts of kindness and how you can commits acts of your own that will impact the world around you.
This resource introduces students to the world of money with this online tutorial. Each unit has its' own online quiz. Brave the desert, climb mountains and dodge alligators while you explore everything there is to know about earning, spending, saving, and investing.
Video episode [2:35] from Season 9 of Seinfeld which illustrates with outrageous humor the role of financial institutions or some other mediary in saving.