Education

Teaching the knowledge and skills that help people make sound financial decisions is a key part of the Fed’s core responsibility to support economically healthy households and communities. We offer resources for K–12 teachers and consumers.

Close up shot of a Federal Reserve Building

Video

The Federal Reserve and You

24 Jan ’20

Learn more about how the Federal Reserve affects your life every day.

Article

Symbols on American Money

Paper money has circulated in America at least as far back as colonial times. But how did American currency come to look the way it does? What do all the symbols on our money mean?

Article

The State and National Banking Eras

A Chapter in the History of Central Banking

History

Federal Reserve System — The First 100 Years
A Day in the Life of the FOMC
The First Bank of the United States
The Second Bank of the United States
Money in Colonial Times
Benjamin Franklin and the Birth of a Paper Money Economy

Order Publications

The Philadelphia Fed promotes economic and financial literacy and a greater understanding of the economy and the role of the Federal Reserve System. Hard copies of our Education publications are available.