Economics Links

Links to economics resources & sites
Fasttrack Civics

Careers, Wages, and Employment	Choosing Your Career (This federal government site has good information for students on jobs, pay rates, and education requirements.)
PowerPoint Presentations	Free downloads of PowerPoint presentations on Civics and economics topics. Click here for full list
Business	MSN Money - business and investment news New York Stock Exchange (get stock prices and see charts for NYSE listed companies) Dow Jones Industrial Average interactive chart (make graphs of this stock index going back as far as 1915) Ford Motor Company Stock certificates (photos) "I, Pencil" - the famous essay about economics "I, Pencil - A Lesson in Free Market Economics" class handouts and teacher key (PDF download - 4 pages)
Current Economic Data	Bureau of Economic Analysis / Dept. of Commerce
Financial Literacy, Money, Banking, & Saving	360 Degrees of Financial Literacy Feed the Pig (Piggy Bank) How Banks Work Consumer Price Index / Inflation Calculator
The Federal Reserve System	The Federal Reserve - Teachers / Students pages The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Lessons and Ideas for Teachers	EconEdLink (sign up for free membership) The Federal Reserve - Teachers / Students pages
Classroom Videos Good sources for Civics / Economics videos	izzit.org videos (This organization produces many useful and free / inexpensive videos on Civics and economics topics for classroom use. Many of their videos are posted on their YouTube channel as well - click here.) John Stossel (Stossel in the Classroom) videos (The former ABC News consumer reporter now produces many free videos on Civics and economics topics for classroom use. His reporting style gets students to think, and will definitely inspire class discussion and debate.)