Economics


 * General Sites**
 * **[|Online high school economics lessons]**
 * This site, created by JMU, provides numerous lesson plans on economics
 * **[|Business Math and Economics]**
 * This site contains numerous other sites that have lesson plans and activities for economics
 * **[|Council for Economic Education]**
 * This is a great site because it is specifically geared to economics in the classroom.


 * Lesson Plans/Activities**
 * **[|MCREL]**
 * This link is home to lesson plans on 18 different topics of economics
 * **[|Thinkfinity]**
 * This site has an abundance of lesson plans for high school students ranging from a general introduction to specific topics within econ.
 * [|PBS]
 * This is a link to a lesson that has students think about if more Americans receive a higher education will it or will it not help the country out of the recession.
 * [|DiscoveryEducation]
 * This lesson has students debate two pieces of legislation purposed during the Clinton administration about balancing the federal budget.
 * [|Teachnology]
 * This website has several useful lesson plans for many areas of Economics. It also includes lessons about Canadian currency in addition to the United States.

**Games**

 * [|Stock Market Simulation Game]
 * This game is just what it says, it has students simulate investments in the stock market
 * [|PBS]
 * This is a game that has students role play different parts of the Federal Reserve Board of Directors in a decision making process of Monetary Policy
 * [|Social Studies For Kids - Games]
 * This website has many fun games that help make Economics fun and interesting to students. For example, the one game involves the gamer role-playing as the owner of a lemonade stand.
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**Videos**

 * **[|TeacherTube]**
 * This is the home page for TeacherTube, it has great videos for just about any topic for any subject
 * **[|TeacherTube]**
 * This is about a 2 minute video on how to draw and read various economic graphs
 * [|TeacherTube]
 * This is about a 4 minutes video on the factors of production.
 * Neok12
 * This website breaks down all of various aspects of Economics (e.g. Prices, Production, Supply and demand, etc.) into basic concepts for students to understand. The website strives to relate the material to students so that they can become interested in it.


 * Primary Sources**
 * [|Thinkfinity]
 * This is a good site to show students what different types of currency looked like in the colonial times and it also provides past presidential debates on the economy
 * [|Congressional Budget Office]
 * This website has many graphs and pieces of information detailing the current state of economic affairs.