Free Teacher Resources
or order from our KCEE catalog
The Kentucky Council on Economic Education provides many resources--both print and on-line--to enhance the teaching of economics in the classroom. Print resources can be found in our on-line catalog, and this page includes continually updated lessons to use in the classroom, whether you are teaching kindergarteners or high school business students--language arts, math, social studies, science, business, or economics!
Visit the KCEE E-Learning Center for Lessons, Units, Online PD, Games and Reviews, Assessments, and more!
STEPS
- (Social Studies Teachers Guide
to Economics in the Program of Studies)
Glossary of terms/concepts by grade level
|
http://www.econedlink.org
A premier source of classroom tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials
for K-12 from the National Council on Economic Education lessons.
|
Financial Literacy Resources and Websites for students, parents, and teachers -- K-12.
Economics & Literature
- Lessons by Kentucky teachers
and weblinks to literature books and lessons.
Basic Economic Concepts
- Teach the
basic economic concepts through children's literature books. In a partnership
with the Indiana Council on Economic Education, KCEE offers
KidsEconPosters that focus on basic economic
concepts, K-8. At this website, you can connect to literature books that
have been selected because they focus on a particular concept. Each link
includes information on the book, as well as a short lesson you can use to
"bring out the economic concept" covered.
Sister Cities Lessons - Teacher-developed international economics lessons to go along with Sister Cities culture kits.
Warren Central High Economics Program (PowerPoint presentation at ELITE conference)
Websites on Economic and Financial Literacy
| Grade Level | Link |
| HS | Consumer Jungle |
| HS |
www.econoclass.com Econoclass: Resources for high school economics teachers |
| K-12 |
http://www.statefarm.com/kidstuf/commoncents Common Cents (by State Farm) |
| HS | www.fte.org Foundation for Teaching Economics |
| K-12 | www.econedlink.com EconEdLink K-12 |
| K-12 | www.marcopolo.com MarcoPolo |
| 6-12 | www.consumerreports.org Consumer Reports |
| http://www.jumpstartcoalition.org Jumpstart Coalition | |
| K-12 | http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/K-12/home.cfm EcEdWeb |
| http://encarta.msn.com/ Encarta encyclopedia | |
| 6-12 | www.census.gov http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21000.html (State/County facts) |
| http://www.kidsbank.com/ KidsBank.com™ is a tutorial website brought to you by Sovereign Bank that explains the fundamentals of money and banking to children | |
| 6-12 | www.stats.bls.gov US Department of Labor data |
| 6-12 | www.econsources.com EconSources is an excellent resource for teachers and students with links to sites with economic indicators, government publications, federal agencies, professional economic organizations, global economic data, and more! |
| www.fedstats.gov statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies | |
| K-12 | http://www.whitehouse.gov/ The US Whitehouse website |
| K-12 | www.ed.gov/free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence |
| 6-12 | www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook The World FactBook |
| K-12 | www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opdpenny The Debt to the Penny |
| 6-12 | www.cnnfn.com CNN Money |
| K-12 | www.ncss.org National Council for Social Studies |
| 6-12 | http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/ PBS Teacher Source |