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"try your hand and fixing the federal budget The New York Times offers an interactive budget puzzle."

A site from Pennsylvania's Office of Financial Education. Includes a link for Resources for Educators

Edutopia videos and lesson plans to help students sharpen financial literacy skills.

Enable and disable layers showing all sorts of statistical data. Great for visualizing. Wish the map was larger.

Provides a comprehensive look at the U.S. stock market. Covers historical events impacting the market, an explanation of how and why stocks are bought and sold, current market information, and more.

Explore the World Bank online resources. Links include learning materials for the classroom, how to research with World Bank tools, and many other fascinating facts.

A fun and comprehensive site explaining what taxes are and why people pay them. It also provides a glossary of tax terms and a "teachers’ toolkit" of additional resources.

A valuable source of investment guidance, advice, and information. The site includes an explanation of the role and duties of the SEC.

Information on the people, places, and events pertaining to the U.S. Treasury and its departments, including the Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Customs Service, Secret Service, and the U.S. Mint.

Common Craft Video

This flipchart helps students explore working on commission. Using 5 case studies they can explore straight commission, salary plus commission and draw against commission. They will also learn about vocabulary that includes: salary, commission, net pay, gross pay, bonus, draw, base and wages. This flipchart allows student to interactively explore types of jobs that are commission-based as well as the the pros and cons of commission-based employment. Student will need to understand simple mathematics including addition, subtraction, multiplying, and percentages. Some actions are embedded in the flipchart like hide/show, page notes, show calculator and others.

Visit this Web site, presented by NASD and the National Institute for Consumer Education, to access objective information for teaching basic personal finance planning, saving, and investing.

Part of the New York Times website.Based on the book Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.

Takes participants through a series of financial decision- making experiences in the fun setting of a fictitious planet, where visitors discover the results of their actions & decisions.

Information about the printing of our country’s currency and postage stamps. It also includes a link to a kids’ page with games and activities, as well as links to other government agencies.

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The permanent game collection is a collection of demos, prototypes, and polished games culled from a diverse group of international designers, educators, and students tackling a range of values-conscious design challenges.

An Excel compound interest worksheet you can download and use with your students. Includes beginner and advanced lesson plans for using the worksheet in class.