Here you can find links to instructional materials and tools that can increase your understanding of the Federal Reserve, economics and financial education. All of the Fed web sites, curriculum, newsletters, booklets and other resources are free.

 
Fed101
Fed101 is an Interactive web site featuring an overview of the history and organization of the Federal Reserve, the monetary policy and regulatory functions, and the services provided to depository institutions.
 
 
Personal Financial Education
Visit this Federal Reserve System web site dedicated to personal financial education and the idea that there is a lot to learn about money.
 
 
Teachers Resources
The Teachers Resources web site houses several interactive tools and resources for educators, students and parents. The curriculum search tool facilitates integrating Fed education materials into the classroom by aligning materials with National Standards.
 
 
Online Lessons About Your Paycheck
Nine active online lessons, entitled It's Your Paycheck, are now available for high school personal finance classrooms. The lessons focus on human capital, wages, taxes, budgeting, saving, credit rights and responsibilities, payday loans, rent-to-own contracts, credit cards, and credit reports. View this table to see how the lessons correlate to national content standards in economics and personal finance.
E-Newsletter for Teachers
This electronic newsletter for K-12 educators is designed to provide teachers with economics content, lesson plans, and updates on free resources available from the Federal Reserve System. You can subscribe to receive the 5E Educator newsletter each semester.
Benjamin Franklin Lesson
In this lesson to accompany Benjamin Franklin and the Birth of a Paper Money Economy, high school students learn about the role of money in the colonial economy by participating in activities in which they observe the effects of too little money on trade, learn more about how a land bank would work, and discover how too much money can lead to inflation. They also learn about the difficulties associated with barter; the characteristics and functions of money; coincidence of wants; and money as a medium of exchange, store of value, and unit of account.
 
  Econ Ed and the Fed Newsletter Extra Credit Fed Today Video Inside the Vault Intersections Ledger Pathways to Getting Ahead Order System Publications Video Lending Program
  American Currency Exhibit Atlanta's Monetary Museum Building Wealth FedCard Trivia Federal Reserve Kids Page Federal Reserve System in Brief Fedville FOMC Simulation Great Economist Treasury Hunt In Plain English: Making Sense of the Federal Reserve Kansas City's Money Museum Money In Motion Exhibit New England Economic Adventure Peanuts and Crackerjacks Richmond's Virtual Money Museum The Money Circle curriculum series What is a Dollar Worth?
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  A Day in the Life of a FOMC Ask Dr. Econ Board of Governors News & Events Consumer Information Dollars and Cents Economic Literacy Program Great Economists and Their Times Interest Rates: An Introduction Money, Money, Money Resource Guide Plus Index of Federal Reserve Economic Research
  EcEdWeb Foundation for Teaching Economics History of our Currency Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy Journal of Economic Education Money Math: Lessons for Life National Association of Economic Educators (NAEE) National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) Resources for Economists on the Internet Stock Market Game Virtual Economics Web Companion