Economics

AP Macroeconomics Review - Provides review material for the AP Macroeconomics Exam in .pdf format.
www.mindspring.com/~joanchri/

FedVille - Online game complete with a local bank that encourages kids to save, a neighborhood cinema that shows movies about money, and a local deli and store where kids can spend their earnings.
www.frbsf.org/education/fedville

In the Mix - Online companion to the PBS special "Financial Literacy: On The Money" includes resources, activities, information, advice, video clips, and polls.
www.pbs.org/inthemix/money_index.html

IRS Tax Interactive - Educates teenagers about the U.S. tax system, the effect of taxes on their day-to-day lives, and new electronic ways to file tax returns.
www.irs.gov/individuals/students/index.html

iwChameleon Internet Publishing - Publishes free teaching/learning resources plus sources of reference for GCSE Business and Communication Systems and Business Studies.
www.iw-chameleon.co.uk/

The Mint - Provides basic information about starting a business, earning money, spending it wisely, and saving and investing. Includes quizzes, games, glossary of financial terms, and a look at how consumer habits influence the economy.
www.themint.org/

Moneyopolis - Game challenges kids to earn, save, and spend money. Players are given "seed money" and then visit the game's seven centers: financial planning, job, banking, shopping, education, community centers and city hall. Includes teacher's guide.
www.moneyopolis.com/

Museum of American Financial History - Online exhibits and resources chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history.
www.financialhistory.org/

Peanuts and Crackerjacks - Interactive introduction to the economics of pro sports. From the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Includes teacher's guide.
www.bos.frb.org/peanuts/indexnosound.htm

Taking the Pulse of the Economy - Explores what a recession is and whether the United States is in one now. From Washington Post's KidPost.
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=kids/archive&contentId=A36721-2001Mar21

Tax History Project - Information about the history of American taxation, with web-based documentary publications and original research.
www.taxhistory.org/

The Tax Museum - An interactive overview of the history of American revenue policy and politics, with narrative text and multimedia material.
www.tax.org/Museum/default.htm

TeachingKidsBusiness.com - Introduces the basics of business by allowing players to create a "product," advertise and market it.
www.teachingkidsbusiness.com/just-for-clicks-business-game.htm

Washingtonpost.com: Business Glossary - Searchable dictionary of more than 1,250 business terms.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/glossary/index.html