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Presents a short history of the creation of the Federal Reserve System, using excerpts from reminiscences, letters and newspapers published at the time. Provides an inside look at the diverse forces and personalities that came together to bring about the formation of the nation’s central bank.   St. Louis Fed.

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Gives an insider’s perspective on the inner workings of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy-making body.   Philadelphia Fed.

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Illustrates the importance and benefits of savings and the various types of savings instruments and institutions.   New York Fed.

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Takes a look back in time at the evolution of money and gives a lesson in how our nation’s history is closely tied with our currency. The content in this CD is also available online with an accompanying teacher’s guide at http://www.frbsf.org/currency/.   San Francisco Fed.

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Provides an introduction to banking for young people that answers many basic questions: What is a bank? What makes one type of account different from another? Why do banks fail and what happens when they do?   Boston Fed.

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Tells readers about Benjamin Franklin's role in the debate about devising a system of paper money in the colonies and his monetary philosophy.   Philadelphia Fed.

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Offers introductory guidance to individuals and families seeking help to develop a plan for building personal wealth. It presents an overview of personal finance strategies. Also available in Spanish.   Dallas Fed.

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Recaps events leading to the collapse of American banking in March 1933 and describes federal efforts to restore public confidence.   Boston Fed.

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Provide information about important issues related to the use of credit. The publications in this series are: “Applying for Credit and Charge Cards,” “How to Establish, Use, and Protect Credit,” “What Your Credit Report Says About You,” “Your Credit Rating” and “Your Credit Rights.”   Philadelphia Fed.

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Provides historical information about U.S. money and describes the types and features of paper money and coins now in circulation. The booklet also tells how currency and coins are made, how money circulates and how damaged money is redeemed, as well as how to spot a counterfeit bill.   Atlanta Fed.

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Helps students discover the world of
economics in their home, neighborhood
and school through five long-term projects. Only available online.   New York Fed.

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Examines the importance and role of the entrepreneur in our free enterprise economy. Also shows how entrepreneurship promotes and maintains economic growth and living standards. (Part of the Everyday Economics series)   Dallas Fed.

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FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) is a database of over 3000 U.S. economic time series. With FRED you can download data in Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series.   St. Louis Fed.

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Looks at how communication, coordination and cooperation interact to make free markets work. Provides an understanding of our economic system—one that encourages both individual freedom and social cooperation.   Dallas Fed.

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GeoFRED is a data-mapping tool that displays color-coded data on the state, MSA and county levels. For example, GeoFRED can display unemployment, labor force and population for all U.S. counties. Users can select among 12,000 FRED® data series and customize these printable maps according to size, scope and detail. The St. Louis Fed has created several lesson plans based on data found in GeoFRED.   St. Louis Fed.

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Provide a brief biography and fun facts about historical figures such as Susan B. Anthony, Sacagawea, Maggie Walker, Alexander Hamilton and Woodrow Wilson.   Richmond Fed.

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Outlines the history of central banking in the United States, from the opening of the first Bank of the United States in 1791 to the creation of the modern Federal Reserve System.   Philadelphia Fed.

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Describes the structure and functions of the Federal Reserve System in an easy-to-read format using illustrations that help explain the concepts. (See “Videos, CDs and DVDs” section for accompanying DVD.)   St. Louis Fed.

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Follow Buck the narrator through an animated journey around the Federal Reserve System to learn about the Fed’s structure and functions. An accompanying graphic organizer that students can use while viewing the DVD is available online.   St. Louis Fed.

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Examines the churn and the role innovation and technological advances play in the economy. (Part of the Everyday Economics series)   Dallas Fed.

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Inside the Vault is a newletter for educators produced each December and May. It includes a main article, quarterly economic data, a question and answer section and a bulletin board of upcoming programs for educators in St. Louis, Little Rock, Louisville and Memphis.   St. Louis Fed.

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Explores money as a medium of exchange and examines how banks “create” money when they lend it. Also discusses the Federal Reserve’s role in promoting economic growth without inflation. (Part of the Everyday Economics series)   Dallas Fed.

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Provides K-2 students with an introduction to economic concepts of money, saving, jobs, goods and services. Activities cover topics such as coin identification, money equivalents and examples of jobs that provide goods and/or services. Classroom set includes a teacher’s guide and 30 student workbooks.   Richmond Fed.

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Presents a fable about the island kingdom of Mazuma and the growth of its economy from barter to a sophisticated modern system with its own central bank. The fable illustrates the basic concepts of barter, money, banking and inflation.
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Combines news footage and interviews with Fed officials to show how the Fed responded to Sept. 11. Serves as an effective introduction to the Federal Reserve System. DVD order form and accompanying curriculum available online.   San Francisco Fed.

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Tells how the banking panic of 1907 developed, spread and was resolved. A chronology is included, along with a section of newspaper excerpts.   Boston Fed.

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Uses an interactive baseball game to help students in grades 8-12 learn about economics in a fun web environment.   Boston Fed.

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A student activity book for grades 1-3. Through a story and activities, the student book introduces students to economic concepts such as saving, spending, budgeting, wants, goods, services and opportunity cost. A teacher may order 25 copies of the student activity book. (See accompanying teacher guide.)   St. Louis Fed.

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A companion teacher's guide for the Piggy Bank Primer student activity book for grades 1-3. Through a story and activities, the student book introduces students to economic concepts such as saving, spending, budgeting, wants, goods, services and opportunity cost. A teacher may order one teacher guide.   St. Louis Fed.

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Provides a detailed overview of the structure, responsibilities and operations of the Federal Reserve System. Revised in 2005 to reflect changes in monetary and regulatory policies as well as major changes in the law and structure of the financial system in the past decade.   Board of Governors.

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Outlines the organizational structure of the Federal Reserve System and describes the Fed’s major functions, including monetary policy, banking supervision and financial services. The 20-page booklet also gives a short history of the Fed and explains the significance of central bank independence.   Atlanta Fed.

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Covers the Fed’s history from its creation in 1913 to the technological innovations of 21st-century banking. This 13-minute video also explores the structure of the Fed, as well as monetary policy, banking supervision, financial services and more. Accompanying lesson plans are available online.   Philadelphia Fed.

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Looks at the Federal Reserve and its role in maintaining an effective and efficient payments system, supervising and regulating banking operations, and conducting the nation’s monetary policy. (Part of the Everyday Economics series)   Dallas Fed.

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Provides a detailed explanation of the functions, objectives and organization of the Federal Reserve System. The last three sections focus on monetary policy and the policy-making process.   Richmond Fed.

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The Great Depression provides the opportunity to teach and learn a great deal about economics—whether you're studying the economic reasons that the Depression took place, the factors that helped it come to an end or the impact on Americans who lived through it. This curriculum is designed to provide teachers with economic lessons that they can share with their students to help them understand this significant experience in U.S. history.   St. Louis Fed.

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Introduces money and banking concepts, as well as the Federal Reserve System, in a lively video for grades 4-7. An accompanying teacher’s guide is available online.   San Francisco Fed.

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Follows three young entrepreneurs as they use progressively more sophisticated bank services over a 23-year period. Also explores the role of checking deposits and lending in money creation.   New York Fed.

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Uses the story of two basketball-playing buddies to discuss the role of checks and electronic payments in the U.S. economy and the role of the Fed in facilitating payments. Also teaches personal finance skills such as writing a check and balancing a checking account.   New York Fed.

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Explains the basic principles underlying foreign trade and exchange.   New York Fed.

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Describes the causes and effects of inflation and discusses alternative anti-inflation policies.   New York Fed.

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Explains the meaning and purpose of monetary policy, how the Fed makes monetary policy and how the tools of monetary policy work.   New York Fed.

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Explains the purposes of money in a modern economy, the characteristics of items used as money, the way the banking system creates money and the reasons the Federal Reserve influences the money supply.   New York Fed.

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Describes the major functions of the Federal Reserve System, the tools of monetary policy and how they work, and other ways the Fed helps the U.S. economy and financial system to function.   New York Fed.

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Provides a history of the U.S. monetary system and events leading to the establishment of the Federal Reserve System.   New York Fed.

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Answers questions about how monetary policy is formulated and its effect on the economy.   San Francisco Fed.

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Uses a children’s story to illustrate the economic problem of scarce resources and society’s reactions to such problems. An accompanying teacher’s guide, “The Road to Roota,” is also available on the Boston Fed’s economic education publications page at http://bosfed.org/education/econedpubs.htm.   Boston Fed.

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