Links: Using Economics in Upper Primary,
Middle School and High School Classrooms

• Business and Economics Resources
  Contains links to New Mexico Tech Library's Best Picks including the American Stock Exchange, Better Business Bureau, Cost-of-Living information, EDGAR database of corporate information, and more.


• Classroom Expernomics
  This web site is a resource for instructors of economics who would like to use non-computerized economic experiments (games) in their classrooms. The bulk of the website consists of an extensively annotated and hyperlinked compilation of more than 120 classroom games, most of which can be played within one class period. The purpose of the games is to help teach fundamental micro and macroeconomic concepts. It is most useful for AP instructors and college instructors.


• EKU Center for Economic Education
  This web site provides information about graduate courses and workshops offered for K-12 teachers through the EKU Center for Economic Education and/or the Kentucky Council on Economic Education. Teachers can sign up for the e-mail list on this site in order to receive e-mail announcements about the offerings. You can also answer a Needs Assessment Survey to let us know what your needs are in the area of economic education.


• EcEdWeb (Economic Education Web)
  Contain links to teaching materials and online lessons, web teaching ideas, index to useful web sites, and more for K-12 teachers.


• National Council on Economic Education
  This is a nationwide network that works to promote economic literacy with students and their teachers by providing links to Virtual Economics, which contains supplemental lesson plans for K-12 teachers, interactive ways of teaching economics and much more.


• EconEdLink
  This site contains online lessons for K-12 teachers including Economics Minute, Millionaire Minute, and NetNewsLine along with search capabilities and data/web links. The site is frequently updated with current events materials.


• ECONnections
  This site contains standards-based lesson plans adapted from NCEE (National Council on Economic Education) printed materials for the internet with interactive activities for students. ECONnections uses "volunteer experts" from The McGraw-Hill Companies for audio interviews in some lessons. The WEBQUEST activities provide opportunities for independent research to be done in class or as homework assignments. While most lessons are for upper-level grades at this point, there will be additions in the future.


• EconSources
  Contains links to economic indicators, everyday economic statistics, US government publications, Federal agencies, additional resources in economic education, and more


• Escape from Knab
  Students find themselves "stranded" on the planet Knab and must make economic decisions about their daily lives in order to earn the $10,000 required for the trip back home. They choose jobs, save/spend money, learn about taxes, etc. This is a great interactive resource for middle-school and high-school students.


• Foundation for Teaching Economics
  Contains lessons plans, overhead transparencies, activities, and other materials for teachers of upper-level economics


• Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: Educational Resources
  Includes links to teacher resources and student activities.


• It All Add Up -- Personal Finance for Teens
  Play online games and simulations to learn about credit management, buying a car, saving for college, and more.


• Kentucky Council on Economic Education
  This site has lots of useful information for K-12 teachers! This includes an online catalog of resources available for teachers (separated by grade level), extensive information about the Stock Market Game, information about current workshops and competitions, and more.


• Kentucky Department of Education
  Loads of helpful information for Kentucky's K-12 teachers!


• MarcoPolo
  The MarcoPolo program provides no-cost, standards-based internet content for the K-12 teachers and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts. Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities, materials to help with daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines.


• Martha's List of Online Lessons
  Follow Martha's links to great economics lessons available online! She has divided them by grade level--elementary, middle, and high school.


• The Mint
  An integrated web site designed for middle school and high school students, their teachers and parents. Includes opportunities to "see if you have what it takes to start your own business," "learn how to be a millionaire," learn about government spending, find out if you are a spender or saver, and much more. Includes student activities and lesson plans for teachers.


• National Budget Simulation
  This is a simulation that requires students (or teachers) to cut the 1995 fiscal deficit in order to achieve a balanced budget. You may also choose to increase spending in areas that you think are being shortchanged under 1995 budget priorities. The simulation should give you a better feel of the trade-offs which citizens and policy makers would need to make to balance the budget.


• National Council for the Social Studies
  Contains general information for social studies teachers, including workshop and scholarship opportunities as well as lots of teaching resources.


• Stock Market GameTM
  The Stock Market GameTM(SMG) is an exciting, real-world simulation that stimulates learning about economics, finance, and the American economic system. The program is primarily used by students in grades 4 through 12, post-secondary students, and others who want to learn more about investing and managing their financial future. Over the course of 10 weeks, participants invest a hypothetical $100,000 in Nasdaq, Amex, and NYSE-listed common stocks. They research stocks, study how the financial markets work, choose their portfolios, manage budgets, follow companies in the news, and make decisions on whether to buy, sell, or hold. They can compare their portfolios' performance to peers on a weekly basis.


• Teen Price Index
  The T.P.I. is a price index modeled on the United States Consumer Price Index (C.P.I.) calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Students in schools around the world have chosen their own “market basket” of teen goods and services and have collected prices on these goods and services monthly to determine the rate of inflation/deflation in their area. Great "real-world" application for older students! The whole class can participate.


• WebEc (World Wide Web Resources in Economics
  WebEc is an effort to categorize a plethora of free information in economics on the WWW. This link takes you to a variety of economic education resources.


• Wise Pockets World
  A great place for younger students and their parents and teachers to learn more about managing money!