Federal Reserve Lessons

 

You know that the Federal Reserve sets monetary policy, but did you also know that the Fed has a strong commitment to financial literacy?

The Oklahoma Council on Economic Education and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City- Oklahoma City Branch are “partnering to ensure Oklahoma’s economic and financial future by supporting today’s educators with free student resources!”

The Federal Reserve offers educators a variety of tools, publications, and resources to supplement and support classroom curriculum…all at no cost!

One of the most fun and original ways the Federal Reserve teaches kids about money is through colorful comic books. 

The comic book, The Story of Money, uses a children’s story to describe the barter system, the advantages and properties of money, various types of money, problems of too much money (inflation), and the tools of the Fed to influence the growth of the money supply.

The lessons below are to be used in conjunction with The Story of Money.  To order The Story of Money and other Federal Reserve comic books for free, visit http://www.newyorkfed.org/publications/result.cfm?comics=1.

Click Here for The Story of Money: Banks Create Money                          

Click Here for The Story of Money: Savings

Click Here for The Story of Money: Why Do People Trade?

Click Here for a Powerpoint presentation, complete with notes, detailing the History of Central Banking

For additional free resources from the Federal Reserve go to http://www.federalreserveeducation.org