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

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

 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,

Chair the Fed Learn how monetary policy works by taking charge of a simulated economy.

FREDcast;  This is an interactive forecasting game in which players make forecasts for four economic releases: GDP, inflation, employment, and unemployment. All forecasts are for the current month—or current quarter in the case of GDP.  

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.

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.

• 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
• DataPost – From the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, this web-based educational tool is designed to help students  interpret economic data, key concepts, and economic conditions through visual explanation.
• 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 Teaching Tools 

• 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.  For more information click this link