Free K-12 economic education tools from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) Interactives is a graphing data literacy teaching tool available in the Econ Lowdown Teacher Portal, a free platform that provides high-quality resources and professional development to improve instruction in pre-K through college classrooms. There, faculty and students can access and compare data from the FRED database.

Interactive lessons based on real-world examples are available, including:

Comparative advantage
Data citations
The Great Recession
Index numbers
Information literacy
Nominal and real wages
Basic math
GDP