Economics/Finance Teaching Materials, Teacher Resources, Lecture/Lesson Plans

Methodology

• Handbook for Economics Lecturers

http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/handbook/

This is a set of guides to inform and improve the practices of university teachers of economics. The guides, though self-contained, are grouped under four section headings of teaching, assessment, course design and evaluation. Each guide has been written and edited by academic economists with experience of a particular aspect of learning and teaching practice.

• Reflections on Teaching

http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/showcase/

Reflections on Teaching is dedicated to collating examples of innovative learning and teaching methods. The showcase will provide a range of short accounts on educational approaches used within the economics community. Each case study focuses on a particular innovation and consists of a brief description (250-500 words) that will address questions like what the purpose, how to integrate into the curriculum, how it works, problems to be encountered, and how the students respond.

Lesson Plans / Library

• NCEE Online Lessons

http://www.ncee.net/resources/lessons.php

Over 500 lessons from several economics education sites, you can search by grade, economic concept, and national standard.

• Economics Lesson Plans of the Educator’s Reference Desk

http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies/Economics

Dozens of specific economics lesson plans for grades under 12: goods, currency, conceptual analysis, borrowing, saving, division of labor, entrepreneur, government, integrating economics topics/indicators, microeconomics, pencil economics, supply and demand, basic banking principles, ups and downs of the stock market.

• Economics Lesson Plans of Economic Education Web

http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/lessons.cfm

Browse and search the comprehensive list of economics lesson plans for almost all grades. Also materials for lesson plan creation is available.

• Lesson Plan Library – Economics of the Mid-content Research for Education and Learning

http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/economics/econlessons.asp

Lesson plans and activities organized under topics, also available is the related knowledge and skill statements next to every topics: budgets, debts, economic decision-making, entrepreneurship/innovation, exchange and money, goods and services, interest rate, investment, market failures, money supply, opportunity costs and trade-offs, production and consumption, rold of government, savings, scarcity and choice, supply and demand, unemployment, and other general economic resources.

• Lesson Plans Library – Economics of Discovery Education

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/econ.html

5 adaptable lesson plans including money, population shifts, ivory wars, and balancing budgets

Investing, Stock Market

• NYSE Group Educational Materials

http://www.nyse.com/about/education/1098034584990.html

a free investor education program specifically designed for middle-school and high-school students and teachers

Other Resources & Materials

• Thinkfinity Search

http://www.thinkfinity.org/

provides access to all of the educational resources created by the MarcoPolo Partners plus Partner reviewed materials, check Economics in subjects for economic materials and Grade for targeted grades

• Federal Reserve Education Teachers Resources

http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/

houses several interactive tools and resources for educators, students and parents. The curriculum search tool facilitates integrating Fed education materials into the classroom by aligning materials with national standards.