Economics 6th-8th: General Sites

The National Council on Economic Education. This site also includes access the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics.
http://www.nationalcouncil.org/
 
 

The Economics America Program from the NCEE
http://www.economicsamerica.org/
 
 

The Foundation for Economic Education.
http://www.fee.org/
 

The Council on Economic Education in Maryland
http://www.econed.org
 

EcEdWeb, the Economic Education Website, provides "support for economic education in all forms and at all levels."
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/home.htm
 
 

"The mission of the National Institute for Consumer Education is to empower people to become informed consumers, reasoned decision makers and participating citizens in a global marketplace."
http://www.emich.edu/public/coe/nice/nice.html
 
 

Evidence of Student Learning in Economics, contains suggestions for evidence of student learning of the intermediate concepts in economics.
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/elelearn.htm#learning2
 
 

Information about companies and product alerts can be accessed at the Better Business Bureau site.
http://www.bbb.org/
 
 

The U.S. Department of Treasury Web site.
http://www.ustreas.gov/
 
 

This site includes a Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget.
http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy1997/guide.pdf
 
 

Information about money can be found at the U.S. Treasury’s Treasury Page for Kids.
http://www.ustreas.gov/kids/
 
 

Find out about the IRS at this Web site.
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/cover.html
 
 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Data page provides access to information about the US economy.
http://stats.bls.gov:80/datahome.htm
 
 

The consumer price index and rates of inflation can be examined at the BLS page.
http://stats.bls.gov:80/cpihome.htm
 
 

Economic Statistics Briefing Room (ESBR) gives current economic data as released by the White House.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
 
 

This USA Today site catalogs a wide array of domestic economic data.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/econ0001.htm
 
 

The Stock Market Game (SMG2000) is "an electronic educational simulation program designed to introduce students and adults to basic economics, finance, and capital formation."
http://www.smg2000.org/

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