1. Federal Resources for the Classroom Mary C. Suiter, Ph.D. National Council for the Social Studies Conference November 14, 2009 mary.c.suiter@stls.frb.org 1

2. Disclaimer The views expressed in this document are those of the author and not those of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis or the Federal Reserve System. 2

3. Federal Reserve System Board of Governors in Washington D.C. Twelve Regional Banks most of which have branches  Many Regional Federal Reserve Banks have visitor/education centers or museums  Most Regional Banks offer workshops and conferences for educators  Most offer publications  Many offer curriculum materials online 3

4. Federal Reserve Bank Location and Web Site Addresses Federal Reserve BankWeb Site Address Atlanta, Georgia http://www.frbatlanta.org/ Boston, Massachusetts http://www.bos.frb.org/education/index.htm Chicago, Illinois http://www.chicagofed.org/education/index.cfm Cleveland, Ohio http://www.clevelandfed.org/learning_center/index.cfm Dallas, Texas http://dallasfed.org/educate/index.html Kansas City, Missouri http://www.kansascityfed.org/ Minneapolis, Minnesotahttp://www.minneapolisfed.org/community_education/community/progr am/ New York, New York http://www.newyorkfed.org/education/index.html Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.philadelphiafed.org/education/ Richmond, Virginia http://www.richmondfed.org/education/ San Francisco, California http://www.frbsf.org/education/ St. Louis, Missouri http://www.stlouisfed.org/education_resources/ Board of Governorshttp://www.federalreserve.gov/consumerinfo/default.htm 4

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9. Economics and Children’s Literature Economics and Children's Literature lessons (St. Louis and Philadelphia Fed—download)—a series of lesson plans written to teach economics using a children’s trade book with the same title as the lesson. There are currently 17 lessons on the site. More are added each quarter. There are also SMART™Board applications available for download for some of these lessons. 9

10. Lesson Plans A Basket of Bangles: How a Business Begins A Chair for My Mother Earth Day Hooray! A Goat in the Rug Less Than Zero Money, Money Honey Bunny Monster Musical Chairs My Side of the Mountain 10

11. Lesson Plans Pickle Patch Bathtub Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression On the Court with... Michael Jordan Saturday Sancocho Saving Strawberry Farm So Few of Me Something from Nothing Ten Mile Day Tortilla Factory 11

12. 12 Click on Publications

13. 13 Click on Resource Guide Plus to Order Other Materials

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