The AIE Savings Calculator   You put in the your age and an amount of money and it tells you how much it will be worth in 10 year, 25 years or when you retire.
http://www.investoreducation.org/cindex2.cfm

Cyberchase: The Quest   Fantasy game where students have to use money to achieve a goal.
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/quest/launch.html

Escape from Knab   Economics — You've been transported to another planet. Can you earn enough money to get home?
http://www.escapefromknab.com/

Hands On Banking   Interactive site that teaches the concept of good money management. (Sections for grade 4 through adult)
http://handsonbanking.org/

It All Adds Up: NCEE Web site   Budgeting, buying a car, credit cards, investing and more
http://www.italladdsup.org

Lemonade Stand   You have 30 days to run the stand
http://www.ae4rv.com/games/lemonade.htm

Money Central Station   Games for primary and intermediate students from US Bureau of Printing and Engraving
http://www.moneyfactory.com/kids/start.html

Planet Orange   Brave the desert, climb mountains, and dodge alligators while you explore everything there is to know about earning, spending, saving, and investing.
http://www.orangekids.com/

Sense and Dollars   Gives middle and high school kids information about money management. Quizzes and activities are included.
http://senseanddollars.thinkport.org/

Why Study Economics?   Activities, Competitions and Games
http://whystudyeconomics.ac.uk/lecturers/games/

Junior Achievement   Junior Achievement uses hands-on experiences to help young people understand the economics of life.
http://www.ja.org

Economics in Action — Circular Flow
http://www.producingohio.org/action/circular/index.html

13 Originals
http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html#mass

About: US History
http://americanhistory.about.com/library/charts/blcolonial13.htm

The Thirteen Colonies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies

Social Studies for Kids: The Thirteen American Colonies
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies2.htm

Ad*Access    Images and database information for 7000 advertisements
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess

Investor Ed 101: Best Resources for Teachers
http://www.investoreducation.org/investoredclassroom

Medicine and Madison Avenue   600 health-related advertisements printed in newspapers and magazines. These ads illustrate the variety and evolution of marketing images from the 1910s through the 1950s.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/mma/

Peanuts and Crackerjacks The Economics of Professional Sports    Nine innings with a different lesson taught each inning. Also quizzes.
http://www.bos.frb.org/peanuts/leadpgs/intro.htm

A Brief History of Banking
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0801059.html

Edu-stock    A tutorial and simulation on the stock market
http://library.thinkquest.org/3088/

Federal Reserve Education   Has information, teacher activities, game and more
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/fred/

Investing for Beginners
http://beginnersinvest.about.com/

The Labor Union Movement in America
http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Eco_Unionization.htm

Stock Market   Information and games on the market
http://www.kidskonnect.com/StockMarket/StockMarketHome.html

AmosWeb    Economics with a touch of whimsy
http://www.amosweb.com/

Economic Systems Menu of Topics   Contains information and flash cards
http://anthro.palomar.edu/economy/default.htm

Economic Systems Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_system

Factors of Production
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/content/topics/introduction/factor.htm

Factors of Production
http://www.answers.com/topic/factors-of-production

Factors of Production
http://www2.resbank.co.za/internet/Glossary.nsf/
b551f2529ff409b742256b41004c6a7e/
e695a106ef01e11942256b43002bb5e8?OpenDocument

Flows of Income, Expenditures, Factors and Goods
http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/multimedia/circular3.html

FDIC Learning Bank
http://www.fdic.gov/about/learn/learning/index.html

Federal Reserve for Kids
http://www.federalreserve.gov/kids/default.htm

Financial Education
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/index.html#math

The Free Trade Conundrum: Balancing Worker Wages and Consumer Prices
http://dig.lib.niu.edu/teachers/tariff-lesson.html

Free Trade Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.freetrade.org/faqs/faqs.html

The Pros and Cons of Pursuing Free Trade Agreements
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=4458&sequence=0

Protectionism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protectionism

What is the World Trade Organization
http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/whatis_e.htm

Department of the Treasury
http://www.treas.gov/kids/

Government's Role in the Economy
http://economics.about.com/od/howtheuseconomyworks/a/government.htm
Source is http://USInfo.state.gov

The Role of Government
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/content/topics/
development/development_policy_governments.htm

The Role of Government in a Capitalist Economy
http://www.infoplease.com/cig/economics/role-government-capitalist-economy.html

What Are the Economic Functions of the Government?  Lesson plan with worksheets. From National Council of Economics Education.
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/fecga.htm

 

Commercial Banking in Colonial America
http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/summer97/banking.html

Money in North American
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/northamerica.html

To Market To Market A Study of Colonial Trade 1600-1750
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/market_to_market/

CIA World Factbook
http://cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook

Put your cursor on the arrow next to “Select Your Country” and highlight the country you’re looking for.

Click on “Economy” on the right hand side.

Scroll down to “Agriculture Products” and “Industries” to determine what is grown or manufactured in this country.

Scroll down further and look at “Import Products” and “Import Partners” to determine if the Unites States does business with this country.

U.S. Trade in Goods (Import, Export and Balance) by Country
http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/index.html

Import Export Statistics   This is a very complex but complete table of what is imported and exported by each country.
http://www.intracen.org/tradstat/sitc3-3d/indexri.htm

U.S. Import and Export of Goods  Table
http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/current_press_release/exh15.pdf

Top Ten Import Export Groups (Asia)
http://www.pride2.org/NewPrideSite/Asia/Lesson3/exports.html

 

Market Economy
http://www.answers.com/topic/market-economy

Monopolies and Oligopolies
http://www.sparknotes.com/economics/micro/monopolies/section1.html

Monopoly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly

Mercantilism (from WikiPedia) 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantilism

Mercantilism   Starts back at feudalism — gives characteristics throughout the era.
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/mercantilism.htm

 

Afro-American Almanac The History of the Missouri Compromise
http://www.toptags.com/aama/events/mcomp.htm

InfoPlease   Encyclopedia
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0833427.html

Missouri Compromise   The text of the document
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h511t.html

Missouri Compromise
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h511t.html

Missouri Compromise Map
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/neh/interactives/sectionalism/lesson1/

Primary Documents in American History –The Missouri Compromise
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Missouri.html

Secession Crisis
http://civilwar.bluegrass.net/secessioncrisis/200303.html

Behind the Label
http://www.behindthelabel.org/

Labor — Sweatshops and Globalization
http://www.aworldconnected.org/debates/id.2894/debates_detail.asp

Nike, Inc.   An overview of policy, profit, etc from Nike
http://www.nike.com

Nike Store
http://www.nike.com/index.jhtml?cp=USNT_KW_Summer06_Google&l=nikestore#l=nikestore

Sweatshops
http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/sweatshops/whattoknow.cfm

Sweatshops Poverty is Awesome   This is a parody on Nike’s use of sweatshops.
http://www.toolness.com/nike/

Central Ohio Center for Economic Education
http://www.cocee.org

National Council on Economic Education
http://www.ncee.net

What Americans Teens and Adults Know About Economics — Executive Summary   Gives survey findings.
http://www.ncee.net/cel/WhatAmericansKnowAboutEconomics_051105-ExecSummary.pdf

Property Rights  by Armen Alchian
http://www.econlib.org/LIBRARY/Enc/PropertyRights.html

Right to Private Property
http://www.iep.utm.edu/p/property.htm

American Foreign Relations During the Articles of Confederation Through the Perspective of Nathan Dane
http://www.primaryresearch.org/PRTHB/Dane/Cahill/cahill.htm

The Economics of the American Revolutionary War
http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/baack.war.revolutionary.us

Basic Economics: Scarcity and Choices http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/economics/scarcityandchoices1.htm

Scarcity and Choice
http://ingrimayne.com/econ/Introduction/ScarcityNChoice.html

What is Scarcity?
http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/content/topics/introduction/scarcity.htm

Economics Songs
http://www.kidseconposters.com/econsongs.html

Alien and Sedition Acts
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h463.html

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0827416.html

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
http://experts.about.com/e/k/ke/Kentucky_and_Virginia_Resolutions.htm

Primary Documents in American History — Alien and Sedition Acts
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Alien.html

Tariff of 1828
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h268.html

Tariff of 1828
http://experts.about.com/e/t/ta/Tariff_of_1828.htm

Tariffs in American History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff_in_American_history

Tariff Table  Timeline of tariffs
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h963.html

Why Study Economics?
http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/economics/why_economics.cfm

Collecting for Fun…and Profit
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM553&page=teacher

Comparative Economic Systems   For grades 6-12
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM322&page=teacher

EconEdLink   Tons of lesson plans linked to standards. Excellent site.
http://www.econedlink.org/

Great Economic Lessons   Grades K-12
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/lessons.cfm

MCREL Economic Sites  Hotlist
http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/economics/econlessons.asp

National Council on Economic Education   Fabulous site with hundreds of economics lesson plans.
http://www.ncee.net/

Producing Ohio: Creating Our Economy   Excellent site for intermediate and middle school. Lesson plans keyed to test
http://www.producingohio.org/

Price of gasoline — what’s behind it?
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM664&page=teacher