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These classroom-ready dashboards show how FRED gives students the latest insights into real world data related to employment, earnings, and education.

The lessons, articles, videos, podcasts, and online learning modules listed below are aligned with the College Board’s AP Macroeconomics Curriculum. A complete syllabus of these resources is available in Econ Lowdown.

The Mississippi Personal Finance Curriculum is designed as a high school personal finance course. It is divided into seven units that address the six National Standards for Financial Literacy and a standard on decision making, respectively. Each unit includes a description, talking points, and links to recommended resources for teaching the given standard. The talking points are introductory comments and information about the content for each unit. In all, there are 35 lessons, videos, and online courses recommended in the curriculum and about that many recommended as supplemental resources. Thus, the curriculum is designed with flexibility for teachers to select the individual resources that best meet the needs of their classes. The curriculum also includes a glossary of terms and a matrix that aligns all of the recommended and supplemental resources as well as additional resources on personal finance—more than 100 in all—with national standards.

Supply and demand are among the most fundamental concepts in economics. An understanding of these topics helps explain the economic world in which we live. To understand demand, you need to understand the behavior of buyers. This short course for teachers and students uses a fictitious chocolate market to help you better understand the demand side of markets.

GDP: What Is It? defines GDP, explains its components, and defines per capita GDP.

GDP: Measurement and Growth explains how GDP is measured, the difference between real and nominal GDP, the difference between levels of GDP and percentage change in GDP, and what a trend growth rate is.

GDP: Policy explains how GDP data are used in fiscal and monetary policy decisions.

Supply and demand are among the most fundamental concepts in economics. An understanding of these topics helps explain the economic world in which we live. Understanding the behavior of sellers provides some insight into the concept of supply. This short course for teachers and students uses a fictitious chocolate market to help students better understand the supply side of markets.

Supply and demand are among the most fundamental concepts in economics. An understanding of these topics helps explain the economic world in which we live. So, is it supply or demand that determines the market price of a chocolate bar, or any other good or service, for that matter? The answer is "both." This short online course for teachers and students uses a fictitious chocolate market to help students better understand how supply and demand work together to determine prices.

The Econ Lowdown Interactive Syllabus will change the way you engage your students.