Comparing quantitative easing in Japan to "credit easing" in the United States. Created by Sal Khan.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fourth graders about using the four operations with money - word problems.

This subpage of the Virtual Arabic blog offers realia material (realia is real life material meant to be used to aid language study in classroom situations) regarding shopping and currency. The material listed on this subpage includes pictures and videos related to Arab modes of currency, signs signifying shopping malls/outlets, and commercials designed to advertise particular products.

This list presents a basic set of vocabulary words that deal with the categories of career fields and financial transactions. The verbs and nouns included in this list cover various career fields, types of financial transactions, and additional words relevant to banking, employment, and professions.

The majority of words contained within the website are nouns, and some verbs are interspersed. The words and verbs are presented in both modern standard and colloquial Egypt, and feature Arabic text and transliteration.

Poster showing an open purse, with coins and paper money. Poster no. 22. Title from item.

What Makes Something Useful as Money? is the third video in the Explore Economics animated series. It shows items that have been used as money in the past and explains why something used as money should be relatively scarce, generally acceptable, portable, durable, and divisible.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about which amount is not equal to a given amount of money?.

Getting excited about saving for the future can be hard. We are not as emotionally tied to the future as we are to the present. In this Page One Economics®: Focus on Finance, we look at the psychological forces of delayed gratification and self-control, which help us work toward the future benefits of saving money.

Why the Greek situation is scary for Europe as a whole. Created by Sal Khan.

Historically, money was made of either valuable commodities such as gold or silver coins or pieces of paper (bills) representing these commodities. The United States severed its last official monetary link to gold in 1971. The January 2015 Page One Economics Newsletter describes some of the advantages and disadvantages of the gold standard.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders an overview of money.

The discount rate and window. Lender of last resort. Created by Sal Khan.

In this lab, students will learn how to shop in Korea. Students will discuss the phrases used for shopping, and they will practice using the phrases by pretending to be a customer and a salesperson. They will also compare and contrast popular products from Korea and from their own culture.