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• Bessie B. Moore Center for Economic Education at University of Arkansas
  Economic education services including teacher training and curriculum development, consultant services for education and business communities, and information and resources for educators who teach economic and financial education.
• Center for Economic Education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha — Resources for economics teachers from K–12 to college/university level, as well as links to other web sites with economic information.
• Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education — Sponsored by the University of Missouri-St. Louis and affiliated with the Missouri Council on Economic Education.
• EconEDLink — Classroom-tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for grades K-12.
• Econ Exchange — A semi-annual publication for K-12 teachers.
• Great Economists Treasure Hunt — Treasure or treachery await your students as they journey through the Great Economic Timeline, gathering answers to unlock the ancient treasure chest. Produced by the San Francisco Fed.
• H.I.P. Pocket Change — The U.S. Mint's educational site for kids.
• JA Student Center — The JA Student Center is an online navigational tool geared to help your students become workforce-ready. They can gain knowledge on how to handle their money, explore careers, get tips on starting a business and much more.
• Jump$tart: Financial Smarts for Students — Activities, information and resources from the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, which promotes personal finance education for grades K-12.
• Lesson Plan for New Quarters — Lesson plans covering the U.S. Mint's 50 State Quarters™ program, designed for grades K-6.
• MV=PQ: A Resource of the Powell Center for Economic Literacy — Ideas and discussions about economic and financial literacy issues. This blog is an outreach service of The Powell Center for Economic Literacy.
• The Stock Market Game — An electronic educational simulation program designed to help students in grades 4-12 learn more about economics, finance and the American economic system.
• U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Kids' Page — Interactive displays and games that help educate children ages 5 to 13 about anti-counterfeiting features.
• Wise Pockets World — University of Missouri-St. Louis site that helps kids, parents and teachers learn about managing money.

Economic Data and Information

• FRASER® — (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research) provides historical economic statistical publications, releases and documents.
• FRED® — The Federal Reserve's economic and financial database.
• GeoFRED™ — Enables users to create thematic maps of U.S. economic data by state, county or metropolitan statistical area.
• Hands-On Data: Finding and Using Economic Data Sources — Presentation by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Research Director Bob Rasche, which explains how to retrieve Fed data and graphics and use them to create PowerPoint presentations with impressive graphics.
• CNNMoney.com — CNN and Money magazine's financial site, with current market news.
• Fun Facts About the U.S. Mint — A collection of almost any fact you might want to know about U.S. coins.
• Glossary of Economic Terms — A Minneapolis Fed glossary of terms related to the Fed, banking and economics.
• Know Your Money — A U.S. Secret Service site providing information on how to detect counterfeit currency and guard against forgery loss.
• U.S. Mint — Official site.
• Yahoo! Finance—Major U.S. Indices — The latest numbers from the Dow Jones, New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, Standard and Poor's, Treasury securities and more.