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Welcome to the October edition of >Fed Feed for high school teachers, an email newsletter with news, classroom resources, and other fun from the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- Chairman Bernanke takes questions from high school teachers: Watch a Teacher Town Hall video
 where teachers across the nation ask the Chairman to reflect on the role of the central bank, Fed independence, and the benefits/failures of markets, among other topics.
- A picture is worth a thousand words. Use these fun economics posters as a way to get your students to learn economic concepts by having them discuss the posters and whether they convey the economic ideas accurately.
- Employment? Consumer confidence? Household income? What are the best indicators for determining the health of an economy? The New York Times provides a full lesson plan for students to learn how indicators are used to identify economic recoveries. Students will also be exposed to a wide range of useful graphs.
- Visit the New York Fed. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York invites you and your class to visit us in downtown Manhattan. Schedule a tour online to learn about policy responsibilities of the Federal Reserve. Tour slots fill up quickly so make sure to plan several months in advance. To schedule a visit please visit our website - http://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/visiting.html.
- Backtalk
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Welcome to the June edition of >Fed Feed for high school teachers, an email newsletter with news, classroom resources, and other fun from the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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Fed Feed is brought to you by the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York: www.newyorkfed.org/education. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please contact: fedfeed@ny.frb.org
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Welcome to the March edition of >Fed Feed for high school teachers, an email newsletter with news, classroom resources, and other fun from the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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Fed Feed is brought to you by the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York: www.newyorkfed.org/education. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please contact: fedfeed@ny.frb.org
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Welcome to the October edition of >Fed Feed for high school teachers, an email newsletter with news, classroom resources, and other fun from the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- Explaining the time value of money
- Help your students understand the time value of money. Check out this instructional video clip by Kahn Academy
- National Financial Capability Challenge
- Back to school
- Backtalk
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Fed Feed is brought to you by the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York: www.newyorkfed.org/education. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please contact: fedfeed@ny.frb.org
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Welcome to the May edition of >Fed Feed for high school teachers, an email newsletter with news, classroom resources, and other fun from the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York!
- Farmville meets financial literacy
- Plant veggies to earn cash and manage debt in this online game. Farmblitz
- What is the purpose of the Federal Reserve System?
- Data in the classroom
- How have the people in your district changed since 2000? Explore these interactive maps with your students. U.S. Census Bureau Maps
- Backtalk
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Fed Feed is brought to you by the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York: www.newyorkfed.org/education. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please contact: fedfeed@ny.frb.org
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Welcome to the March edition of >Fed Feed for high school teachers, an email newsletter with news, classroom resources, and other fun from the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York!
- What did inflation look like the year you were born?
- NY Fed Financial literacy video contest
- Refresh your knowledge
- Sign-up for a professional development workshop at the Council for Economic Education (CEE). CEE Workshops .
- The Fed’s large-scale asset purchases
- Backtalk
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Welcome to the January edition of >Fed Feed for high school teachers, an email newsletter with news, classroom resources, and other fun from the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- What is Money?
- Cool data tool
- Backtalk
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Welcome back to school and welcome to the September edition of >Fed Feed for high school teachers, an email newsletter with news, classroom resources, job opportunities and other fun from the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- Are we undercounting unemployment?
- Get your financial literary groove on!
- Conversation with the Chairman now online for viewing
- This fall Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke answered questions posed by teachers from around the country via video conference with the various Federal Reserve Banks. Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/FedReserveBoard
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Welcome back to school and welcome to the September edition of >Fed Feed for high school teachers, an email newsletter with news, classroom resources, job opportunities and other fun from the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- Listen in on a conversation with the Chairman!!
- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will be speaking and answering questions posed by teachers around the country via video conference at the various Federal Reserve Banks. The video conference will be available by live webcast on Thursday September 30, 2010. This is a great opportunity for you and your students to hear the Chairman address your concerns. To register for the webcast visit: https://www.newyorkfed.org/registration/pi/chairman/form.cfm
- Looking for financial literacy materials for your classroom? Join the Gen I Revolution
- The Council of Economic Education has created an online game that sends students on a series of personal finance missions. Go to Gen I Revolution at:
Gen i Revolution
- Data in the classroom
- What is the unemployment rate in the US? What about New York or New Jersey?
What’s going on with GDP these days?
Access 15,000 free US data series and create charts with FRED, an easy-to-use
website from the St. Louis Fed. Register and save your charts,
and they will automatically be updated!
Federa Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
- Backtalk
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Fed Feed is brought to you by the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York: www.newyorkfed.org/education. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please contact: fedfeed@ny.frb.org
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Welcome to the May edition of >Fed Feed for high school teachers, a periodic email message with news, classroom resources, job opportunities and other fun from the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- Census in the schools
- What percentage of businesses in NYC are women-owned firms?
- What percentage of the population of NJ has a Bachelor’s degree?
- Show your students quick facts about where you live. You can even use pull down menus to look at your county or city!
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts
- Backtalk
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Fed Feed is brought to you by the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York: www.newyorkfed.org/education. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please contact: fedfeed@ny.frb.org
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Welcome to the inaugural edition of >Fed Feed, a periodic email containing news, classroom resources, job opportunities, and other fun from the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- Explaining the crisis
- Help students make sense of the financial crisis and the Fed's response:
Crisis & Response
- Play to pay
- In "Celebrity Calamity," students play financial manager to a celebrity and either successfully manage the celebrity’s finances or get fired!! The game teaches students to minimize credit card finance charges, avoid bank and card fees, and make good annual percentage rate choices:
Celebrity Calamity
- Help the Fed develop games to teach macroeconomics
- Teach high school social studies? The Fed is looking for teachers to help shape its new macroeconomics digital game.
No background in econ necessary!
Please contact fedfeed@ny.frb.org with "game" in the subject.
- Backtalk
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Fed Feed is brought to you by the education unit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York: www.newyorkfed.org/education. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please contact: fedfeed@ny.frb.org
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June 2012