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Economic Education
Classroom Resources
- Everyday Economics
- SMART Board Lessons
- Videos
- Other Resources
Everyday Economics
The Everyday Economics series from the Dallas Fed is an engaging and relevant resource designed to supplement instruction in the high school classroom. The series is currently under revision, but the first three redesigned publication are available, along with the original publications. The booklets can be accessed online, downloaded as a pdf or ordered online in classroom sets. All publications distributed by the Dallas Fed are free.
Revised Issues
- Entrepreneurs | PDF (9.4MB)
- Globalization | PDF (9.6MB)
- International Trade | PDF (8.8MB)
Under Revision
- Capital, the Economy and Monetary Policy | Text
- The Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy and the Economy | PDF (2.3MB)
- Free Enterprise, the Economy and Monetary Policy | PDF (1.8MB)
- Labor, the Economy and Monetary Policy | Text
- Money, Banking and Monetary Policy | PDF (2.5MB)
SMART Board Lessons
The Dallas Fed has created interactive whiteboard activities for use in the high school classroom. The new lessons are part of the popular Everyday Economics series and Building Wealth in the Classroom. Download the .zip files and accompanying PDF procedure documents below.
Building Wealth in the Classroom—a series of lesson plans designed to facilitate personal financial education in the high school classroom. The paper lessons have been adapted and modified for the interactive whiteboard.
- 1. Budget to Save: The Balance Sheet
Procedure | SMART Board lesson
- 2. Budget to Save: Developing a Budget
Procedure | SMART Board lesson - 3. Save and Invest: Put It in the Bank
Procedure | SMART Board lesson - 4. Save and Invest: Owning versus Renting
Procedure | SMART Board lesson - 5. Save and Invest: Stocks—Owning Part of a Company
Procedure | SMART Board lesson - 6. Save and Invest: Bonds—Lending Your Money
Procedure | SMART Board lesson - 7. Save and Invest: Diversification
Procedure | SMART Board lesson | Mututal Fund Fact Sheet - 8. Save and Invest: Investing for a Lifetime
Procedure | SMART Board lesson | Mututal Fund Fact Sheet - 9. Save and Invest: Risk and Return
Procedure | SMART Board lesson - 10. Control Debt: Use Credit Wisely
Procedure | SMART Board lesson
Everyday Economics—a series of publications and interactive whiteboard lessons designed for high school students. Each one explains a fundamental economic concept.
- The Great American Entrepreneur
Procedure | SMART Board lesson | Posters - What Is an Entrepreneur?
Procedure | SMART Board lesson - Drivers of Global Integration
Procedure | SMART Board lesson - Why Trade?
Procedure | SMART Board lesson
Monetary Policy
- The Beige Book
Procedure | SMART Board lesson
Videos
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis: Chairman Bernanke's College Lecture Series
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke delivered four lectures in March 2012 about the Federal Reserve and the financial crisis to an undergraduate class at George Washington University. Videos from each lecture, along with transcripts and the Chairman´s slides, are available online.
Evening at the Fed: Webcast for Educators
The recently passed Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act represents lawmakers' attempt to reform the financial regulatory structure in response to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. In this presentation, Federal Reserve Research Officer Ken Robinson will trace the history of bank regulation in the U.S., how it has been shaped by financial turmoil and the possible consequences of the regulatory structures that have evolved.
Question and Answer Session with Harvey Rosenblum and Jeff Gunther
Dallas Fed economists Harvey Rosenblum, executive vice president and director of research, and Jeff Gunther, vice president, spoke at the Dallas Fed after the Chairman's remarks and addressed additional questions from attendees.
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