This simulation forces students to wrestle with the trade-offs policy makers must make to balance the budget. This on-line simulation helps students see how decisions affect a balanced budge. Have students graph the numbers on chart paper and see how it affects buying power. This is a web site that has a wide array of employment of wage statistics from this government site. Fifteen This is a fun site for students to develop skills to understanding international exchange rates and their relationship to U.S. currency.
Students trace international criminals by tracking down their credit cards.
This is an easy to use collections of over 1,400 consumer related web sites. Great resource for kids to conduct their own research. The U.S. Treasury Homepage Students can explore this site to investigate the role of the U.S. Treasury Department. There is also a fun kid s web page. This site explains the effects of the stock market on our economy and how the New York Stock Exchange works.