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We have resources to help your elementary, middle-school and high-school students learn more about money and banking, economics, personal finance, history, the Federal Reserve, and economics and geography.

Featured Publications and Classroom Resources

Notice to Teachers:

Video and DVD Lending Library Discontinued

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is discontinuing its video/DVD lending library. Technology in the classroom is changing, and educators have access to online streaming video and other electronic media for use in the classroom. Thus, very few educators are using the lending library, which makes the cost of operating the library very high, relative to the number of teachers it benefits.

New for educators with SMART Boards™ in their classrooms!

Smart Board activities for our elementary school lesson plans are here! If you see "Interactive Activity (.notebook, 5MB)," beneath the lesson title, there's a Smart Board activity for you to download. (These files require SMART Notebook software.) We'd love to hear what you think about the new activities. E-mail your comments to: economiceducation@stls.frb.org.

Inside the Vault: As College Costs Rise, Student Loans Are Harder to Find

High school students planning for college can look forward to multiple questions—and not just those they might confront on standardized tests. In addition to getting into college, students and their families have to figure out how much college will cost, and how to pay for it. Learn more in the fall issue of Inside the Vault, our economic education newsletter.

Updated A Word on the Economy: Why Is the Country Facing a Financial Crisis?

Need a little help understanding and explaining current events in financial markets to your students? Check out this easy-to-understand presentation on the current economic situation, developed by Julie Stackhouse, senior vice president of the Fed's Banking Supervision & Regulation division. Additional resources: presentation (no audio, PDF 267 KB) | glossary (PDF 102 KB)