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The Cal State East Bay Center for Economic Education is committed to helping teachers provide quality economics lessons and programs for their students. These programs include our Stock Market Simulation and the Economics Challenge sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Following are on-line economic education resources that you may find useful in lesson planning and curriculum planning.
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu
This site contains a wealth of economic education information for teachers, including on-line lessons and activities, fundamental economic concepts and economics standards, and suggestions for using the web in teaching economics.
http://www.economicsamerica.org/econedlink
Econ Ed Link, a project of the National Council on Economic Education's Economics America program, provides on-line lessons and connections to economics data sources, web sites, news sources, and more.
http://www.frbsf.org/education/index.html
The website of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco provides an excellent list of on-line resources for teachers. It also provides curriculum materials and a virtual tour of the American Currency Exhibit. For links to all other Federal Reserve Banks, go to www.bog.frb.fed.us/otherfrb.htm.
http://www.amosweb.com
Among other things, this site contains a glossary of over 1,100 economics terms and concepts.
http://www.dismal.com
This site, entitled "The Dismal Economist: Economic Analysis and Data for the World," is a favorite among economists. It includes current news analyses, valuable links, recent statistics, and forecasts.
http://www.worldbank.org
This is the website of the World Bank. Go to "Resources" and try "Data and Maps" for a start.
http://www.oecd.org
The website of the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development contains a wealth of information on its organization. Try "Statistics."
http://www.whitehouse.gov
From the homepage of the Whitehouse website, go to the Briefing Room, then the Economic Statistics Briefing Room (ESBR) for up-to-date figures on major statistics such as GDP, inflation, and unemployment.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook
Click on "Country Listing" on the on-line factbook of the Central Intelligence Agency for detailed information about most of the countries in the world.
http://averages.dowjones.com
It is almost impossible to listen to the news without hearing reference to the Dow Jones Averages. The Dow Jones website tells you everything you ever wanted to know. Click on "Dow Jones Averages," click on "About the Averages," then choose Facts or/or FAQ's.
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