Economic Education Links
| Class Notes | |
| Social Studies Help | Includes class notes for a basic class in economics |
| MIT OpenCourseWare | MIT puts virtually all courses on-line |
| Great Ideas for Teaching Economics | Ideas from 250 instructors |
| Classroom Activities and Simulations | |
| EconPort | EconPort is a microeconomics digital library, with a particular emphasis on the use of economics experiments. I attended a seminar by the group last year and will be exploring some of these experiments in the next year. If you have any comments please e-mail us. |
| Lemonade Stand | This is Sim-Business in it's simplest form, but do not overlook it. It provides an excellent demonstration of the cost structure and pricing strategies with several demand curves. |
| Classroom Expernomics | This is a newsletter detailing classroom experiments in college economics classes. The newsletter comes out twice a year, and each issue contains several well described classroom experiments to illustrate economic principles. The current and back issues can be found here. |
| ECONnection | Contains standards-based lesson plans |
| EcEdWeb | Resources for economics teachers K-Ph.D |
| EconEdLink | Source of Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12. |
| On-line National Federal Budget Simulator | Try your hand at balancing the budget. |
| Federal Budget Java Site by Kowal Design | |
| National Budget Simulation | |
| Current Economic Statistics | |
| Summary of National Economic Data | From the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston. |
| Economic Statistics Briefing Room | From the White House. |
| Release Dates for Past/Upcoming Economic Indicator Reports | Yahoo Finance's calendar of release dates from data. |
| Overview of the Economy | BEA site that includes not only the national data, but also international, industrial, and regional data. |
| BLS Economy at a Glance | The "At a Glance" section of the BLS. Click on the BLS logo in the corner of their page and you will be overwhelmed with data. Do not forget that they have the Occupational Outlooks! |
| The Census Bureau | In addition to the population numbers, this is a great site to explore the level of poverty in America. |
| U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK | |
| Statistical Abstract | The National Data Book |
| Bureau of Justice Statistics | Stats on crime, drugs, and murders. |
| Bureau of Transportation | Planes, trains, trucks, and boats. |
| USDA's Economic Research Service | All the ag info you need. The "State Fact Sheets" in the most requested section is a great place to start. |
| Energy Information Administration | Oil, coal, gas, nuclear and do not forget about that solar and wind power. |
| CIA Fact Book | A great intro source for everyone else in the world. |
| Minnesota Centers for Economic Education | |
| Minnesota State University, Mankato | |
| St. Cloud State University | Do not forget that St. Cloud hosts the annual Winter Institute and Economics Outlook. |
| University of Minnesota, Duluth | |
| University of Minnesota, St. Paul | Sorry! They do not have a web page. |
| University of St. Thomas | |
| Minnesota Stuff | |
| Real World Economics | An archive of Pioneer Press articles on economics |
| Minnesota Department of Employment Security | Contains a variety of employment and labor force information from the MDES. |
| MinnStats -- The Link to Minnesota Statistical Data | Contains (data tables, text, historical statistics) including demographic and labor force information for the state, its regions, and counties |
| Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis | |
| GeoStat Center | County and City Data |
| North Dakota Stuff | |
| Dictionaries, Glossaries, & Encyclopedias | |
| Economicae | terms for principles students |
| EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History | articles in this encyclopedia on both business and economic history "are written by experts, screened by a group of authorities, and carefully edited." GOOD SITE for economic history. |
| Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Glossary | general glossary with a banking and monetary emphasis |
| Financial Dictionary | This dictionary of financial terms is sponsored by specialinvestor.com, which aims to be "the first complete portal in the world aimed at business students." |
| Glossary of Budgetary and Economic Terms | U.S. budget and macro terms |
| Journalist's Guide to Economic Terms | This glossary is designed for those who are not familiar with economics, so it has a fairly basic focus. |
| Misc. | |
| Nobel Laureates in Economics | |
| Labor History Articles | Good readings on the history of the labor movement. |
| U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK | |
| The Journal of Economic Education | Academic Research |
| American Currency Exhibit | View U.S. currency through the years |
| Money Origami | A different use of money |
| Historical Census Browser | Data from the beginning of our country |
| Library of Congress American Memory Collection | Fun site to combine economics and popular culture |
| NOAA Historic Map and Chart Collection | |