Resources for Economics
| Agriculture in the Classroom | |
| Host: Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation | |
| Farm Bureaus "monitor government activity, promote new laws and regulations, initiate and support community activities, provide economic services, encourage fellowship within communities." Their Agriculture in the Classroom program uses teachers and farmers to help students understand more about farming and its part in the production of our food and clothing. Resources include videos, speakers, activity books, contests, and project information. Programs include, for example, snacks for children, food for families, safety education, college scholarships, animal husbandry, crops. Site has an annotated bibliography of Ag-Related Children's Books. | |
| Record last updated: 4/15/2009 |
| Arkansas K-12 Distance Learning Curriculum Portal | |
| Host: ADE & SW Arkansas Educational Cooperative | |
| Funded by the Arkansas Dept. of Education and Act 2325 of 2005, this site provides a portal to Arkansas K-12 Content Provider Websites. Includes documents explaining distance education in the state, hosts online classrooms, news, discussion boards, podcasts, and links to other distance education sites in Arkansas. Open to any elementary through secondary subject areas. Content is for students, teachers, and administrators. | |
| Record last updated: 4/18/2009 |
| Arkansas Renewable Energy | |
| Host: Arkansas Energy Office | |
| This site includes information on teaching about renewable energy resources in the classroom for wind, solar, and water technologies. Includes lesson plans, classroom materials, and energy projects. | |
| Record last updated: 2/27/2009 |
| Census State Data Center | |
| Host: University of Arkansas at Little Rock | |
| The center is the official representative of the U.S. Bureau of the Census in Arkansas. The tasks of this center include promoting the census, dispersing information gathered by the census, and providing technical assistance to understand census information. | |
| Record last updated: 4/7/2009 |
| Center for Economic Development Education | |
| Host: University of Arkansas at Little Rock | |
| The center offers "training, planning, and development services to economic developers and economic development organizations." Training is provided to work toward advanced certificates. The site includes information about the curriculum, professional designation of the program, and orientation information. | |
| Record last updated: 4/7/2009 |
| Economics Arkansas | |
| Host: Arkansas Council of Economic Education | |
| “The mission of Economics Arkansas is to promote economic literacy and the economic-way of thinking to students in Arkansas by empowering educators to teach the fourth “r,” real life economics.” Teacher resources includes lessons correlated to the frameworks, videos, projects to participate in, in-service training for teachers, and financial grants for teachers. Hosts student contests such as the Stock Market Game and a poster contest. Arkansas has six university-based centers. Includes information on the Bessie B. Moore awards program for teachers and the Polly M. Jackson teacher certification program. | |
| Record last updated: 4/24/2009 |
| State and County QuickFacts | |
| Host: U.S. Census Bureau | |
| This site includes the latest census information for Arkansas and for other states compared to national information. Is a useful online research tool on demographics, housing, and business of the state. | |
| Record last updated: 6/1/2009 |
