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Math and Economics

Math in the Real World

EconEdLink; Many different courses using math and economics, for all grade levels.

Econiful: Offers economic educators free professional development high-school lesson plans

Microeconomics

Planet Money; Atlanta Falcons: This is a story which was on NPR (Planet Money program) in the Fall 2019 about the Atlanta Falcons football team concession sales. Specifically, it shows how changes in concession pricing impact supply and demand. 

AP Micro Economics: This gives a basic introduction to micro economics. Learn the principles and how to apply them to the real world. click here

Macroeconomics

We the Economy: These are 20 short films designed to drive awareness and establish a better understanding of the U.S. economy. Told through animation, comedy, musical, non-fiction, and scripted films,

Teaching the new tools of Monetary Policy: The Fed has started using new tools to influence interest rates.  This presentation discusses the new tools.

How Does the Fed Influence Interest Rates Using Its New Tools? (article): This article discusses the new tools that the Fed is using to influence interest rates.

Monetary Policy and the Dual Mandate: Tools to Teach Full Employment and Price Stability (powerpoint presentation): This powerpoint presentation explores current economic conditions and the Fed's dual mandate of maximum employment and price stability. This was created by Anoop Mishra of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Reference material for this presentation  is here.

Chair the Fed ; This website provides information about the tools and resources that the Fed uses in carrying out its responsibility of managing inflation and full employment.

General Help

  

Many times as teachers we wonder are we doing this right or how we might be doing this differently? John Tibbetts - a recently retired economics teacher from Georgia joined our Board in the Fall 2020. John taught Economics for the last five years of his career and is the 2018 Georgia Teacher of the Year. He has offered to make himself available to you (GRATIS) as an Economics teacher resource. He is happy to review curriculum, tests, to discuss concepts, or just be a sounding board for ideas and support. If you would like to set up a session, please contact him via e-mail: jtibbetts4@gmail.com or 229-848-3067. His schedule is flexible to speak both during or after school.


Free Visual Aids. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta has created some large posters on many topics covering personal finance and economic concepts.  All of these posters are free. Click here to look at the posters as well as order them.



Tariffs; Are they good or bad?

      

What are tariffs and how do they affect you?
https://www.investopedia.com/news/what-are-tariffs-and-how-do-they-affect-you/


Comments from; Georgia State University
Are tariffs good or bad for the economy
https://news.gsu.edu/2024/10/15/are-tariffs-good-or-bad-for-the-economy/


Boston University
Would Trumps tariffs send prices soaring?

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2024/would-trumps-tariffs-send-prices-soaring/


Center for American Progress 

Trumps tariffs would raise prices and hurt US Workers; https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trumps-tariffs-would-raise-prices-harm-u-s-workers-and-make-it-harder-to-solve-global-problems/


Univ of CA, Berkeley
Very bad idea, two economists respond . . . 

https://ls.berkeley.edu/news/very-bad-idea-two-economists-respond-white-house-citing-them-20-tariffs


Peterson Institute for International Economics
Can tariffs be a good thing?
https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2024/can-tariffs-be-good-thing


JPMorgan's Dimon argues tariffs are good for US security even if inflationary
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorgans-dimon-argues-tariffs-are-good-for-us-security-even-if-inflationary-get-over-it-153641129.htm


Suggested by the Federal Reserve Bank of SF from Foundation for Teaching Economics 

Free trade, Fair Trade, Who pays the Tariff (activity)
https://fte.org/teachers/teacher-resources/lesson-plans/tradelessons/tic-tac-toe-tariff/


Suggested by the Federal Reserve Bank of SF; from Marginal Revolution University; International Trade with Tariffs Interactive   Practice (activity)

https://mru.org/teacher-resources/active-learning/international-trade-tariffs-interactive-practice#:~:text=New%20interactive%20practice%20tool:%20What,our%20International%20Trade%20Unit%20Plan!


Suggested by the Federal Reserve Bank of SF; From Wharton Global Youth Program 

Educator Toolkit: Tariffs and Trade; https://globalyouth.wharton.upenn.edu/articles/toolkit/educator-toolkit-tariffs-trade/#:~:text=This%20vast%20list%20of%20affected,International%20Trade%2C%20Importing%20and%20Exporting.


Suggested by the Federal Reserve Bank of SF

A Guide to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of the United States; https://learning.usitc.gov/hts-guide/#/


Suggested by the Federal Reserve Bank of SF

Trade, why do nations trade? (Activity and Graphics) from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; https://www.atlantafed.org/education/teach/infographic-posters/trade 


Articles from the Wall Street. Journal re tariffs;

impact upon various products (4 brief articles); file:///Users/roneiseman/Downloads/TheWallStreetJournal_20250304_A002_2%20(2).pdf 

file:///Users/roneiseman/Downloads/TheWallStreetJournal_20250304_A002_5.pdf 

file:///Users/roneiseman/Downloads/TheWallStreetJournal_20250304_A002_4%20(1).pdf 

file:///Users/roneiseman/Downloads/TheWallStreetJournal_20250304_A002_6.pdf 


Articles re tariffs from the Wall Street Journal (3 articles);

How Much do tariffs raise prices; file:///Users/roneiseman/Downloads/TheWallStreetJournal_20250304_A002_1.pdf 

A Border crossing Car part sees the US, Canada and Mexico; file:///Users/roneiseman/Downloads/TheWallStreetJournal_20250304_A002_0.pdf 

The number of border crossings for a piston; file:///Users/roneiseman/Downloads/TheWallStreetJournal_20250304_A002_11.pdf 


General Help

  

Many times as teachers we wonder are we doing this right or how we might be doing this differently? John Tibbetts - a recently retired economics teacher from Georgia joined our Board in the Fall 2020. John taught Economics for the last five years of his career and is the 2018 Georgia Teacher of the Year. He has offered to make himself available to you (GRATIS) as an Economics teacher resource. He is happy to review curriculum, tests, to discuss concepts, or just be a sounding board for ideas and support. If you would like to set up a session, please contact him via e-mail: jtibbetts4@gmail.com or 229-848-3067. His schedule is flexible to speak both during or after school.


Free Visual Aids. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta has created some large posters on many topics covering personal finance and economic concepts.  All of these posters are free. Click here to look at the posters as well as order them.



Links to Other Resources

  • Journal of Economics Education: This link takes you to a listing of various economic topics for a variety of grades.  
  • Council on Economic Education
  • EconEdLink: Econ Ed Link contains online lessons appropriate for grades K-12
  • Federal Reserve Education
  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Education
  • Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Education
  • Foundation for Teaching Economics
  • Foundation for Economic Education
  • Globalization 101

For Teachers

  

  • EconSources: This site is designed as a portal to the best economic information on the web. The site is maintained by Professor Gary E. Clayton and is intended purely for the use and enjoyment of his colleagues, fellow teachers, students, and anyone else with an interest in economic topics and data.
  • Virtual Economics: This interactive tool helps you understand the most important concepts in economics and personal finance and find the right lessons to teach them at your grade level. Search a database of over 1,400 lessons by grade level, concept, national standards or state standards. (This is version 4.5). Here is a link to version 5.0.
  • MyEconomy is a photo captioning project for high school students from the San Francisco Fed. Students are asked to take a picture of something that they feel represents their economy. The photo will capture their unique perspective and encourage a sense of social responsibility by building an awareness of the role that they play in their economy - be it local, state, national and/or global level.  MyEconomy lets students share their stories first hand, giving voice to their point of view.

     


Additional Resources

Journal of Economics Education;  This link takes the reader to a variety of articles on teaching economics for all grades.

Articles for teaching Economics (JET); Nov 2021 (pdf)Download

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