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Federal Resources for the Classroom
Mary C. Suiter, Ph.D.National Council for the Social
Studies ConferenceNovember 14, 2009
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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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