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Economic Education
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The Atlanta Fed's Classroom Economist features video and PowerPoint content designed to clarify and enhance teacher understanding of core economic and Federal Reserve topics. This content provides lesson demonstrations and resource ideas to help teachers bring the economic topics to life in the classroom.
Economic Lowdown Podcast Series
The Economic Lowdown is a podcast series produced by the Economic Education department of the St. Louis Fed for high school students. The series covers topics in economics, banking and monetary policy. The brief videos use clear, simple language and graphic elements so that students can better visualize the economic concepts being presented. In the end, they will see how economic principles affect the choices they make in their everyday lives.
Episode 1- Supply
Episode 2 - Demand
Episode 3 - Equilibrium
Episode 4 - The Labor Market
The Economic Lowdown is a podcast series produced by the Economic Education department of the St. Louis Fed for high school students. The series covers topics in economics, banking and monetary policy. The brief videos use clear, simple language and graphic elements so that students can better visualize the economic concepts being presented. In the end, they will see how economic principles affect the choices they make in their everyday lives.
Economic Short Takes - National Economic Education Video Contest Winning Videos
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Economic Short Takes are the winning videos from our National Economic Education Video Contests, held 2009 through 2011. 2011 - The Importance of an Independent Central Bank
2010 - Factors of Production
2009 - Opportunity Cost
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Feducation: Money and Inflation
Feducation: Money and Inflation
How are the money supply and inflation related? And what does the Federal Reserve have to do with this relationship? This video reviews the functions of money, features an interactive auction that demonstrates the relationship between the money supply and inflation, then utilizes a simple equation to show how changes in the money supply affect the economy. The video also describes how the Fed uses monetary policy to achieve its dual mandate of maximum employment and price stability.
Feducation: Traditional and Non-Traditional Monetary Policy
Feducation: Traditional and Non-Traditional Monetary Policy
What monetary policy tools did the Federal Reserve use prior to the Great Recession? What did it do differently during and after the Great Recession? This video includes a simple demonstration of Open Market Operations and a discussion of non-traditional monetary policy tools.
Finanzas Personales 101 - Intercambios
Encontrar respuestas rápidas a preguntas de finanzas personales frustrante que pop hasta ahora y otra vez. Seleccione un tema y ver un breve intercambio de mensajería instantánea (pregrabado) con un experto financiero.
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Learn about the Great Depression using a crossword puzzle and word search. You can play online or print the activities. Also included are printable teacher's guides.
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print the puzzle (pdf)
printable teacher's guide (pdf)
Learn about the Great Depression using a crossword puzzle and word search. You can play online or print the activities. Also included are printable teacher's guides.
Need to learn - or teach someone else - about the Federal Reserve? Buck, our friendly tour guide, will show you around the Federal Reserve System, introducing you to who we are and what we do.
Want to learn about the Federal Reserve? Have no fear! In Plain Englishdescribes the structure and functions of the Federal Reserve System in an easy-to-understand interactive format.
Episode 1 - Growing Money - Compound Interest
Episode 2 - Ways to Save - 401(K) and Roth 401(k)
Episode 3 - Get Into Stocks
This video series covers a variety of personal finance topics. The brief videos use clear, simple language, and graphic elements so that viewers can better visualize the personal finance content being presented. In the end, they will see how important these concepts are to their everyday lives.
Personal Finance 101 Chats will help students with learning basic personal finance skills such as using prepaid debit cards and getting a car loan.
Personal Finance 101-Financial Forms Explained
Get a quick run down on some of the most common financial forms and documents that you're likely to encounter. Choose the form listed below and use your mouse to explore the form in greater depth, with explanations and further information on each section.
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You will flip over this fun way to review personal finance concepts, whether you're taking a class in school, preparing for the Personal Finance Challenge in Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri or Tennessee, or simply want to learn more about smart personal finance decisions.
