Economics

Budget Hero: A colorful, animated simulation that lets students tackle the creation of the federal budget. Includes a bar graph that displays progress and how the budget will impact the future in 10 years.

EconEdLink - Current Events: Access to the latest economics news and information.

Economic History Resources - What is its Relative Value in U.S. Dollars: Converts money from a previous time period to its equivalent in another period (i.e. $20 in 1954 = $?? in 2003).

Economy for Kids: This online guide helps upper elementary and middle school students understand the current financial crisis.


Economy of Washington including Washington Agriculture and Manufacturing: Information on Washington's economy, including agriculture, manufacturing, and service industries.

Federal Reserve Education: Daily media reports pondering what the "Fed" will do to help jump-start the economy.

I Have No Money, Would You Take Wampum?: The history of wampum and trading and bartering practices.

Inflation Calculator: This site adjusts any given amount of money for inflation, according to the Consumer Price Index, from 1800 to 2005.

National Council for Economic Education: Lesson plans, searchable by grade or economic concept, and links to complete Web-based economic units.

Teaching Elementary Economics Lesson Plans: Good lesson plans for elementary students on all aspects of economics.

Twelve Great Lessons for Teaching the Great Depression: The 1929 stock market crash and the Great Depression are explained, as well as how the country responded to the economic crisis.

Last updated by Ms. Rose on March 25, 2009.

Disclaimer: Clicking on the above links may take you to a site outside of what I have created. At the time of posting, these links were reviewed for appropriate material. However, they may have changed since they were last reviewed. Due to this, I make no guarantees for the content of these sites and recommend that parents and teachers be aware of what their students are doing on the Internet.