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Elementary and Middle School

Includes instructional materials for educators and active learning opportunities for students.

Features

Jr. Fed Club
This program helps students in grades 4-6 explore many of the economic concepts in the New York State social studies curriculum. The program also prepares students for the state social studies exams. Over the school year, students engage in activities and projects about prices, money, careers, saving and banking. Club participation includes a trip to the New York Fed for the It's All About Your $ program, which covers the history of money and its role in the economy. Educators can learn more about the Jr. Fed Club by sending an e-mail to natalie.schubak@ny.frb.org.

Instructional Materials

Econ Explorers Journal
Students discover the world of economics in their home, neighborhood and school by completing five long-term projects.
Student guide
26 pages / 9864 kb
Teacher guide
10 pages / 4192 kb

It's All About Your $
Educators can order a program guide that includes all the activity sheets and materials needed to implement It's All About Your $. This program covers the history of money and its role in the economy. Activities include a play about the barter system, an exercise examining money from around the world and a decision-making activity in which students develop a monthly budget.

Order the Program Guide (includes DVD)
For Educators and instructors only.
Guides can only be mailed to school addresses.

External Links

Order Comic Books

Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy

National Council on Economic Education

Boston Fed: Peanuts and Crackerjacks

Board of Governors: Federal Reserve Kids Page