Topics for Your Field Trip
Customize your visit to the Learning Center and Money Museum by selecting from our menu of programs for middle and high school students.
- Inflation
- Recommended for grades 4 and up
- Students learn how and why prices change with time and gain an understanding of inflation and hyperinflation. Lessons show the connection between inflation and the money supply.
- Financial Fun
- Recommended for grades 4 and up
- Introduces methods of saving and investing and the concepts of interest, risk, and return; lessons focus on strategies for making sound financial decisions.
- Bartering
- Recommended for grades 4 and up
- Shows how and why the practice of bartering began and how it continues to be used today. Lessons illustrate the concept of barter and why money is a more efficient system of exchange.
- What Is the Fed?
- Recommended for grades 4 and up
- Explains the daily functions and responsibilities of the Federal Reserve System and learn how it works to prevent financial crises.
- The Road to the Fed
- Recommended for high school and adult audiences
- Gives a historical perspective on the Federal Reserve System and its importance in our economy. Lessons focus on the system’s purpose, historical roots, and current structure.