Federal Resources for the Classroom

Mary C. Suiter, Ph.D.National Council for the Social

Studies ConferenceNovember 14, 2009

mary.c.suiter@stls.frb.org

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Disclaimer

The views expressed in this document are those of the author and not those of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis or the Federal Reserve System.

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Federal Reserve System

Board of Governors in Washington D.C.

Twelve Regional Banks most of which have branches Many Regional Federal Reserve Banks have visitor/education

centers or museums Most Regional Banks offer workshops and conferences for

educators Most offer publications Many offer curriculum materials online

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Federal Reserve Bank Location and Web Site Addresses

Federal Reserve Bank Web Site Address

Atlanta, Georgia http://www.frbatlanta.org/

Boston, Massachusetts http://www.bos.frb.org/education/index.htm

Chicago, Illinois http://www.chicagofed.org/education/index.cfm

Cleveland, Ohio http://www.clevelandfed.org/learning_center/index.cfm

Dallas, Texas http://dallasfed.org/educate/index.html

Kansas City, Missouri http://www.kansascityfed.org/

Minneapolis, Minnesota http://www.minneapolisfed.org/community_education/community/program/

New York, New York http://www.newyorkfed.org/education/index.html

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.philadelphiafed.org/education/

Richmond, Virginia http://www.richmondfed.org/education/

San Francisco, California http://www.frbsf.org/education/

St. Louis, Missouri http://www.stlouisfed.org/education_resources/

Board of Governors http://www.federalreserve.gov/consumerinfo/default.htm

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Click on Lesson Plans and Activities

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Click on Elementary

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Economics and Children’s Literature

Economics and Children's Literature lessons (St. Louis and Philadelphia Fed—download)—a series of lesson plans written to teach economics using a children’s trade book with the same title as the lesson.

There are currently 17 lessons on the site. More are added each quarter.

There are also SMART™Board applications available for download for some of these lessons.

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Lesson Plans

 A Basket of Bangles: How a Business Begins

A Chair for My Mother

Earth Day Hooray!

A Goat in the Rug

Less Than Zero

Money, Money Honey Bunny

Monster Musical Chairs

My Side of the Mountain

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Lesson Plans

Pickle Patch Bathtub

Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression

On the Court with ... Michael Jordan

Saturday Sancocho

Saving Strawberry Farm

So Few of Me

Something from Nothing

Ten Mile Day

Tortilla Factory

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Click on Publications

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Click on Resource Guide Plus to Order Other Materials

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You may print and copy the brochure

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