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- AP Macroeconomics Review - Provides review material for the AP Macroeconomics Exam in .pdf format.
www.mindspring.com/~joanchri
- Economics - Introduces basic concepts related to economics. Contains information, quizzes, activities and links to various online resources.
pittsford.monroe.edu/jefferson/calfieri/economics/econmain.html
- Econopolis - Thinkquest site explores basic economic concepts such as goods, services, producer, consumer, supply, demand, free enterprise, opportunity cost, and trade.
tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3901
- FleetKids - Fleet Financial Group presents games that teach children how to run a business, manage money, set financial goals, and budget. Registration is required, but free.
www.fleetkids.com
- In the Mix - Online companion to the PBS special "Financial Literacy: On The Money" includes resources, activities, information, advice, video clips, and polls.
www.pbs.org/mix/money_index.html
- IRS Tax Interactive - Educates teenagers about the U.S. tax system, the effect of taxes on their day-to-day lives, and new electronic ways to file tax returns.
www.irs.gov/taxi
- MMBC Schoolnet: Commerce - An illustrated guide to the history and development of free trade in the western world.
mmbc.bc.ca/source/schoolnet/commerce.html
- Moneyopolis - Game challenges kids to earn, save, and spend money. Players are given "seed money" and then visit the game's seven centers: financial planning, job, banking, shopping, education, community centers and city hall; includes teacher's guide.
www.moneyopolis.org
- Museum of American Financial History - Online exhibits and resources chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history.
www.financialhistory.org
- Peanuts and Crackerjacks - Interactive introduction to the economics of pro sports. From the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Includes teacher's guide.
www.bos.frb.org/peanuts/leadpgs/intro.htm
- STAWRS - Simplified Tax and Wage Reporting System Kids Page - Takes kids through the process of starting a business, paying taxes, and filing reports.
www.treas.gov/stawrs/kids
- Taking the Pulse of the Economy - Explores what a recession is and whether the United States is in one now. From Washington Post's KidPost.
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=kids/archive&contentId=A36721-2001Mar21
- Tax Interactive - An online 'zine for understanding taxes. It is geared towards teens and produced by the US Internal Revenue Service and the American Bar Association Section on Taxation.
www.irs.ustreas.gov/taxi
- The Kids Career Place - Designed to develop career awareness while building self-esteem. Free online games plus 3 stories from the I Believe in Me series with questions related to each story.
members.bellatlantic.net/~positv/KidsHome.htm
- The Mint - Provides basic information about starting a business, earning money, spending it wisely, and saving and investing. Includes quizzes, games, glossary of financial terms, and a look at how consumer habits influence the economy.
www.themint.org
- Washingtonpost.com: Business Glossary - Searchable dictionary of more than 1,250 business terms.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/glossary/index.html
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