ABC Humanities

Exploring Supply and Demand First decide if the change affects demand, supply, or both, then decide how the price and quantity will be affected.

EconEdLink maintains a large library of online economic lessons for K-12 teachers & their students.

Resources for Teaching 6-12 EconomicsUnder Reorganization Here are many online teaching resources for middle school and high school and useful web sites for economics. See also our online lessons page. If you need information about high school textbooks, please see the pdf version of A Review of High School Economics Textbooks by Don Leets and Jane Lopus.

The Frozen Price Game Students are told that a hurricane has caused a major power outage, increasing the demand and decreasing the supply of ice. They then use two different methods to allocate ice:  first-come, first-served and price.  This game is a good way to demonstrate the advantages of price allocation.   Click here to download rules and materials.  Also see the Debate Topics page for a new debate over whether gasoline price-gougers should be punished.

EconModel program.  The Getting Started page explains how this works.

Many many Economics resources

essons: Teens Financial literacy is a skill essential to future success and should be given the same weight in school as English or math. High school and middle school educators striving to augment their own financial literacy curriculum will find a wealth of material in these teacher's guides, student activities, and presentations. Log in or register to download the lessons.

This site is an ongoing collaboration between the World Resources Institute's Global Forest Watch Project and the Institute for Man and the Environment in the Amazon (Imazon). In this site, you will find spatial data layers and analyses about the Brazilian Amazon, and you will be able to query for specific information and print custom maps. Available datasets are organized by themes. Individual layers within themes can be viewed by checking the box next to each layer and pre-selected queries (to the right) are also available. After selection, press START MAP to generate a map in a new window. From the map, you may add and subtract layers. Please feel free e-mail us if you have questions, comments or suggestions.

World Population clock gives the approximate World population.

Wander around the secret annex in 3d-flash required

"A Day in the Life of evacuee Eric during WWII"

"To mark the 70th anniversary of the Munich agreement, the Telegraph unveiled a unique project to record Second World War memories. Here are some of the hundreds that have been sent in. "

Go inside World War II and get new insight into the people, battles and events you thought you knew.

"The Battle of Hastings took place on 14 October 1066. And it changed the course of history, as William of Normandy defeated the exhausted troops of England's King Harold. Experience what it's like to change history yourself, by taking sides in the 'Battle of Hastings' game."

"Explore the history of the Norman Invasion in 1066"

"How did the Abolition Acts of 1807 and 1833 affect the slave trade?"

The best of Humanities on the web, lesson plans, resources and more all searchable by keywords.

"While the Treasury grapples with the financial crisis of the 1930s, the Cabinet and the Foreign Office press for peace as the situation in Europe worsens. Our collections document the rise of the dictators, the international diplomacy that failed and Britain's preparations for war."

Great resource for primary sources-free accounts fog teachers assigning it as required reading. Not sure if this includes high school or not.

"Primary Source Materials & Document Based Questions An Internet Hotlist on Document Based Questions"