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This page contains training and instructional videos for students and teachers, research materials and useful links to a wealth of resources – in short, all the information your team will need to prepare for the Euro Challenge.

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Be sure to visit the Euro Challenge on delicious.com for links to useful web pages that will help you prepare for the competition. The Euro Challenge forum contains useful information on how to use delicious in your research.

Our videos are available on vimeo. In addition, be sure to check out the Chicago FED's videos also on vimeo. Find presentations of last year's winning teams, teacher's testimonies, and substantive videos on the European Union, EMU and the role of the ECB.

Engage in the Euro Challenge on Facebook and meet students and faculty advisors from other competing high schools across the US while browsing many of the Euro Challenge's resources, which are available on Facebook as well!

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Getting Started

General Competition Information:

• For Teachers
  • Presentation on how to prepare your students (MS PowerPoint)
• For Students
  • Euro Challenge Scoring Rubric
  • Testimonies and tips from Euro Challenge students (pdf)
• For teams (faculty and students):
  • 2010 Euro Challenge Guide (pdf)
  • Videos (link to Euro Challenge Vimeo channel)

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Information on the European Union and the Euro

• Instructional Videos
  • About the European Central Bank
• PowerPoint Presentations
  • NEW Current Economic Situation - March 2010 (March 2010, PDF)
  • "From Europe to the Euro"
  • "What is EMU?"
• Useful Websites and Articles
  • European Union
    • General Information on the European Union: Europe at Glance
    • Homepage of the European Commission
    • Homepage of the European Union Delegation to the USA
    • Homepage of the Commissioners
    • EU's Press Releases
    • General EU
  • European Economy and the Euro
    • NEW European Commission Economic Forecast (Autumn 2009)
    • EU Insight: EMU - A Decade of Achievements (Jan 2009) (PDF)
    • EU Focus: EMU - A Framework for Stability (Jan 2009) (PDF)
    • A Short Guide to the EURO (PDF)
    • The euro banknotes and coins
    • "EMU @ 10" Report on 10 Years of Economic and Monetary Union and the Euro
    • European Commission Economic Forecasts
    • Going for Growth Publication
    • Economic and Monetary Affairs Homepage
    • Publications
    • Basics of Economic and Monetary Union
    • Publications
    • European Central Bank
    • One Currency for One Europe: The Road to the Euro. European Communities. Belgium. 2006.
    • How the Euro Benefits Us All
    • Hill, Steven. "5 Myths About Sick Old Europe." Washington Post. October 2007. Page B03
    • EUobserver comment on 'Where we would be without the euro?'

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Information about the Economic Challenges
(teams must choose one challenge)

• NEW Key concepts you need to know for the specific challenge you select (PDF)

• Instructional Videos
  • Euro Challenge Videos
  • "ECB Price Stability Video: The Inflation Monster"
• PowerPoint/web presentations:
  • NEW: The Treaty of Lisbon versus the Lisbon Strategy
  • Ten Economic Challenges
  • Useful websites and articles
    • Growth and Jobs (Lisbon Strategy)
    • OECD Going for Growth Publication
  • Articles
    • Productivity growth and living standards (Financial Times, 15 Jan 2008) (PDF)
  

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  Information on the Countries of the Euro Area

  • Useful website and articles
    • EU Member State Country Pages (European Commission)
    • European Web Links by Country, UNC Center for European Studies
  • Euro Area Country Profiles (PDF Links)
    • Austria
    • Belgium
    • Cyprus
    • Finland
    • France
    • Germany
    • Greece
    • Ireland
    • Italy
    • Luxembourg
    • Malta
    • Netherlands
    • Portugal
    • Slovakia
    • Slovenia
    • Spain

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  Interactive Resources

  • Interactive Games
  • Euro Area Challenges Activity (PDF)
    Find out more about the economic Challenges the EURO Area countries face and learn how to help your studnets with picking a specific country and a analyze a specific challenge for the Euro Challenge competition.
  • Euro Area Activity (PPT)
    Learn about the differences between the EURO Area and the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union.
  • Benefits of a Single Market activity (PDF)