Lending Library (2031 bytes) Operation Outreach Economic Education
Patricia A. Palmer, Ed.D., Field Coordinator
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Contact: Phone 660-646-5229 or E-Mail

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The following services and resources are available to any K-12 teacher
through professional development workshops and graduate courses.
Many curricula are available for loan on a limited time basis; teachers must pay postage.

For more information, contact Patty at 660-646-5229 or E-Mail her.

The extensive resource library is invaluable to teachers searching for curricula to teach economics...borrow a literature book to read to your students and teach economics...borrow a curriculum guide to help plan future lessons...whatever your needs for teaching economics, Operation Outreach is here to serve you!
Local Teacher Awards (5588 bytes) And be sure to check out the awards our
local teachers are being honored with.


Connecting Economics and History Series

Free-Loan Literature Books and Free-Loan Curriculum Kits

Westward Expansion (4051 bytes)Westward Expansion

Grades 4-8

Industrial Revolution (6067 bytes)Industrial Revolution

Grades
5-8

International Money Museum (5150 bytes)International Money Museum KIT Grades 3-12

Other Resources

Elementary

  • "Show-Me" Economics! K-4 and 5-8
  • KinderEconomy K-3
  • PlayDough Economics K-8
  • Community Publishing Company 3-4
  • Gingerbread Man K-3
  • Economics in Children's Literature K-6
  • Choices and Changes 3-4
  • Labor Works for You 2-4
  • Financial Fitness for Life: Pocket Power (personal finance) K-2
  • Financial Fitness for Life: Steps to Financial Fitness (personal finance) 3-5
  • International Money Museum 2-12 **KIT
  • Lewis and Clark Trunk 4--8 **KIT
  • Westward Expansion 4-12 **KIT
  • Industrial Revolution 4-12 **KIT

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Middle

  • "Show-Me" Economics! 5-8
  • Financial Fitness for Life:  Shaping Up Your Financial Future (personal finance) 6-8
  • Mathematics and Economics:  Connections for Life 6-8
  • Economics & the Environment 6-10
  • Lewis and Clark Trunk 4--8 **KIT
  • International Money Museum 2-12 **KIT
Foreign Currency Sample (5150 bytes) Nippon Ginko Currency (5333 bytes)

Currency from the International
Money Museum
...Click on images
to see a closer view!

  • International News Journal 5-6
  • Voyages of Columbus 4-6
  • Kaleidoscope 4-6
  • Mini Society® 3-7
  • Teaching Strategies 5-6
  • Chocies and Changes 5-6 and 7-8
  • Arts Mart 6-8
  • The Great Economic Mysteries Book: A Guide to Teaching Economic Reasoning 6-8
  • Adventures in Economics and U.S. History 4-8
  • Westward Expansion 4-12 **KIT
  • Industrial Revolution 4-12 **KIT

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Secondary

  • "Show-Me" Economics! 9-12
  • Economics & the Environment 9-12
  • Choices and Changes 9-10
  • Eyes on the Economy - American History
  • Economics and Entrepreneurship
  • Capstone
  • Teaching Strategies: U.S. and World History, Civics, Personal Economics, and High School Economics
  • International Trade 9-12
  • The Great Economic Mysteries Book: A Guide to Teaching Economic Reasoning 9-12
  • Financial Fitness for Life: Bringing Home the Gold (personal finance economics) 9-12
  • Mathematics and Economics: Connections for Life 9-12
  • International Money Museum 2-12 **KIT

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Videos

  • The Money Story
  • Kids and Cash
  • Banks, Business and Bucks
  • The Money Connection
  • Kingdom of Mocha
  • Chickenomics
  • Chickenfeed
  • Once Upon a Dime
  • The Fed Today

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Links to Helpful Web Sites

  • Missouri Council on Economic Education - links to the other centers in our state
  • EconEdLink - Internet lessons for the classroom
  • ECONnections - Lessons for grades 3-12 or to assign as independent or group study; adapted and expanded from NCEE materials.
  • Federal Reserve Bank - Web page for students and teachers with interviews, information on the role of the Federal Reserve Bank, a virtual tour, and student activities.
  • It All Adds Up - Web-based, interactive program designed to help high school teachers and students understand responsible personal finance management skills and the proper care and use of credit. Lessons and interactive questions about budgeting, saving, investing, preparing for college, buying a car, and using credit.
  • Stock Market Game - Use this site to register teams and sign up for teaching training.
  • Wise Pockets and Friends
  • U.S. Mint
  • The Learning Page - Web site that teaches U.S. history and culture with suggestions for using photos, objects, life histories, and other primary sources in the classroom with a lesson framework for including primary source documents into all phases of instruction. Lesson plans on 17 topics in history.
  • The Word on Business - This site is the successor to a print version of The Word on Business news journal that was published by the St. Louis Business Journal for six years and distributed to high school students in the St. Louis area.

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The goal of this national award is to promote economic literacy.
It's given to outstanding middle and high school teachers of economics.

 

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Patricia A. Palmer, Ed.D.
Field Coordinator
Chillicothe, Missouri
E-Mail: outpalmr@greenhills.net
Phone: 660-646-5229
Also visit the Missouri Council on Economic Education

Web Site updated 04/13/2004.

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