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  • AP Macroeconomics Review - Provides review material for the AP Macroeconomics Exam in .pdf format.
  • Economics - Introduces basic concepts related to economics. Contains information, quizzes, activities and links to various online resources.
  • Econopolis - Thinkquest site explores basic economic concepts such as goods, services, producer, consumer, supply, demand, free enterprise, opportunity cost, and trade.
  • FleetKids - Fleet Financial Group presents games that teach children how to run a business, manage money, set financial goals, and budget. Registration is required, but free.
  • In the Mix - Online companion to the PBS special "Financial Literacy: On The Money" includes resources, activities, information, advice, video clips, and polls.
  • 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.
  • MMBC Schoolnet: Commerce - An illustrated guide to the history and development of free trade in the western world.
  • 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.
  • Museum of American Financial History - Online exhibits and resources chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history.
  • Peanuts and Crackerjacks - Interactive introduction to the economics of pro sports. From the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Includes teacher's guide.
  • STAWRS - Simplified Tax and Wage Reporting System Kids Page - Takes kids through the process of starting a business, paying taxes, and filing reports.
  • 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.
  • The Kids Career Place - Designed to develop career awareness while building self-esteem. Free online games plus 3 stories from the I Believe in Me series with questions related to each story.
  • 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.
  • Washingtonpost.com: Business Glossary - Searchable dictionary of more than 1,250 business terms.
  • Search our Wiki for Social Studies Economics - Find more information about this subject by clicking here

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