Lesson Plans/Activities Finance and Business Projects http://fab.sierracollege.edu/Projects/ProjectsMain.htm Playdough Economics Lessons http://www.mrs.uppman.com/resources/Playdough_Economics.pdf Investing Pays Off Curriculum (teacher's guide, worksheets, answer keys) by Merrill Lynch http://philanthropy.ml.com/ipo/volunteer/curriculumletter.html Practical Money Skills for Life Curriculum (Lessons, notes, etc.) http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/teachers/ Money Math: Lessons for Life (86 page downloadable with lesson plans, PPTs, etc.) http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/mar/marmoneymath.htm Stock Market Bakery (Simulation) http://www.vcee.org/pdf/stockmarketbakery.pdf MDI Educator Resources on Insurance http://insurance.mo.gov/consumer/teens/educators.htm Lesson Plans: National Council on Economic Education (over 350 lesson, searchable!) http://www.ncee.net/resources/lessons.php Lesson Plans: NCEE EconEdLink http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm Economics Lesson Plans at Educator's Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Mathematics/Applied_Math Lesson Plan: Is the Tassle Worth the Hassle? (Economics of Education) http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/lesson15.htm Lesson Plan: What is a Stock, and Who Owns McDonalds? http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/mark1.htm Lesson Plans: Give and Take (Economic tradeoffs) http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/fems1.htm Lesson Plan: How can Entrepreneurs Control Costs? (Fixed vs. Variable) http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/euse1.htm Lesson Plan: How Can a Bank Pay Your Interest? (Business Math) http://www.successlink.org/great/g796.html Printable Board Game: Spend or Save? http://www.indyschools.com/PITCrew/LessonPlans/k-5lp/math/spendorsave.htm or http://philanthropy.ml.com/ipo/resources/pdf/Game.pdf PBS Lesson Plan: Playing the Market http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/lessons/e5_t6-lp.html Escape from Knab (Online game...spend money wisely) http://www.escapefromknab.com/ Moneopolis Game (Online...spend money wisely) http://www.moneyopolis.com/new/home.asp StocksQuest Unit Plan on Investing (15 lessons total) http://investsmart.coe.uga.edu/C001759/lesson/lesson1.htm Smart Money Quiz Show http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/cgi-bin/english/qs/disp_cat.pl ECONnections Lesson Plans http://www.e-connections.org/ Understanding Taxes (IRS) Lesson Plans http://www.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes/index.jsp (http://www.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes/jsp/teacher_lessons.jsp) Stock Market Simulators StocksQuest Free Stock Market Simulation http://www.stocksquest.com Virtual Stock Exchange Simulation (free again!!) http://game.marketwatch.com/Home/default.asp Invest-o-Pedia Simulation http://simulator.investopedia.com/ Other Economics Links Consumer Jungle Lesson Plans http://www.consumerjungle.org/t_default.htm Economic Resources for K-12 Teachers http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/teach.htm Teaching Economics Using the Internet http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/teachsug.htm National Institute for Consumer Economics Lesson Plans http://www.emich.edu/public/coe/nice/minilesson.html Connections+ http://mcrel.org/lesson-plans/plus/economics/index.asp A Web-based interactive Stock Market Learning Project for K-12 http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/rse/RSEyellow/gnb.html Stock Market Basics Lesson http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/rse/RSEyellow/basicslesson.html