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The Story of the Federal Reserve System
Read about the Federal Reserve’s structure and key responsibilities as the citizens on Planet Novus work to develop their own central bank.
Are Your Students Ready for FRED?
What happens when you introduce an AP U.S. history class to FRED? Watch as high school students master the latest FRED upgrades to discover, graph and manipulate data.
FREDcast: A New Forecasting Game for the Classroom - Econ Lowdown Webinar Series, Episode 4
In this session of the Econ Lowdown webinar series, presenters from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis discuss strategies for using FREDcast™ in the classroom.FREDcast™ is a new interactive game that allows players to test their forecasting skills against friends, classmates, or the whole FREDcast user base. FREDcast players predict four economic indicators: GDP, unemployment, CPI, and payroll employment. Their forecasts are then compared with the actual release numbers and scored for accuracy. Users can assess their performance by viewing their positions on leaderboards within leagues and for all FREDcast players. FREDcast integrates directly with Econ Lowdown so that teachers can create leagues out of existing classrooms and assign FREDcast forecasting to their students.
Key Economic Data Poster for Texas
These classroom-ready posters show how two free data tools—FRED and GeoFRED—give students the latest insights into real world employment, earnings, and education.
Making Friends with FRED: One Teacher's Story
Have your students met FRED?Innovative high school teacher Mike Kaiman talks about the many benefits of using FRED to bring vintage primary source data to AP U.S. history students.
Government Budgets Online Course for Teachers and Students
In this course, your students will play the role of a freshman lawmaker in the U.S. House of Representatives trying to serve his or her constituents' goals and the long-term goals of the United States.
Key Economic Data Poster for Georgia
These classroom-ready posters show how two free data tools—FRED and GeoFRED—give students the latest insights into real world employment, earnings, and education.
Key Economic Data Poster for Arizona
These classroom-ready posters show how two free data tools—FRED and GeoFRED—give students the latest insights into real world employment, earnings, and education.
Key Economic Data Poster for Florida
These classroom-ready posters show how two free data tools—FRED and GeoFRED—give students the latest insights into real world employment, earnings, and education.
Key Economic Data Poster for Arkansas
These classroom-ready posters show how two free data tools—FRED and GeoFRED—give students the latest insights into real world employment, earnings, and education.