Fiscal & Monetary Policy
Define fiscal and monetary policy and highlight their differences.
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Lessons & Activities
46-60 min
How High is Your Fed IQ?
OVERVIEW
Use this activity as a formative assessment to see how much your students know about the Federal Reserve System before you introduce the content. To implement, ask students to find 12 different people who can give them an answer to each of the following questions. Each person they find will write the answer they know in the box and place their initials in the box under their answer. Give a small prize to the first five people who finish the activity with all correct answers and go over the correct information using the answer key.
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INFOGRAPHICS & COMICS
VIDEO Q&A
0-15 MIN
Alexander Hamilton & Central Banking
Learn about Alexander Hamilton's impact on the United States and central banking.
MODULES
31-45 MIN
Making Sense of the Federal Reserve
Introduce the structure of the Federal Reserve and the basics of monetary policy.
READING Q&A
16-30 MIN
Jargon Alert: Helicopter Money
Learn about a tool to stimulate economies and fight deflationary pressures.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
46-60 MIN
Lecture Guide: How the Federal Reserve Implements Monetary Policy
This lesson teaches how the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) conducts monetary policy.
CURRICULUM UNITS
Teaching the New Tools of Monetary Policy
Resources for teaching the Fed's monetary policy tools in an ample-reserves framework.
