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Budgets and Deficits

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
There's a lot to learn about the savings and loan crisis. Start off your learners with a quick reading assignment. Pupils read the brief informational article and respond to three questions about the savings and loan crisis, thrifts, and...
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Lesson Plan
iCivics

Government Spending

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
After discussing personal financing with your class, consider following up with this well-rounded introduction to government spending. The resource includes reading documents and worksheets, and covers topics as the federal deficit and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understanding the Debt Ceiling Debate and the Budget Control Act of 2011

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Upper graders listen to a podcast on the EconTalk website featuring economist Keith Hennessey. The podcast focuses on the Budget Control Act of 2011, the national debt, and government spending. They read specifics about the BCA, then...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Debt and Deficits

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify, research and interpret the national debt and deficits of the past through today and why it has risen significantly in the last 20 years. They analyze the size and impacts and discuss the various policy measures...
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PPT
Curated OER

The French Revolution

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Plenty of events and attitudes incited the French Revolution. Your class will learn all about the causes, effects, and changes that took place during and after this war. Each slide is put together in an easy-to-follow fashion, with...
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Organizer
Curated OER

My Monthly Budget

For Students 6th - 12th
Here's a nice layout to work on a monthly budget. There's a section to write income: where  it comes from, the amounts, and any other notes. Then there's a section to write about expenses: what is purchased, the amount it costs, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Economics: Actions of Government

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars examine the susceptibility of legislators to agricultural lobbyists to support subsidy programs. In small groups, they role-play as members of interest groups that might be affected by inflation.
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Curated OER

Balancing the Budget

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify the different components that make up the federal budget. They discuss the relationship between government revenues and spending and between budget deficits and the national debt. Students predict how changes in...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Economic Recovery? a Comparison of Indicators for Utah And the United States Since March 2001

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss key business and consumer indicators that are used to measure the health of the economy. They compare the economic recovery (from the 2001 recession) of Utah and the United States. They discuss the benefits and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Budget Busters

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Use this economic activity to focus on writing summaries of informational text. First, middle schoolers define common economic terms used to describe news about the economy. They closely read news about the federal budget deficit and...
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Take the challenge

Connecting with Natural/Open Spaces

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Get your class outside, away from the television, and maybe even learning something about nature while they're at it. Individuals will chose an open, natural space to spend time in for several days. Each day they will complete a page in...
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Handout
ProCon

Obamacare

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Former President Barack Obama reformed the United States' health care system with Obamacare, but is the new legislation good for America? Scholars read a historical timeline about the passage of health care reform laws and compare United...
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National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

Introduction to Nanotechnology Using the Creative Problem-Solving Model

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Should we continue to spend money on nanotechnology? Groups engage in a problem-solving unique process around the newly emerging research field of nanotechnology. In order to propose a solution, the groups must research nanotechnology...
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Council for Economic Education

FRED and the Federal Budget Interactive Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How can a federal debt accumulate over time? The Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) dashboard allows scholars to actively research each aspect of the federal budget. In pairs, they analyze economic data to determine the best way to...
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Council for Economic Education

Federal Budget Lesson Plan and Fiscal Ship Student Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The federal budget has never been so fun! Using an interactive game, high schoolers choose from a variety of policy options after identifying goals and try to balance these changes in policy with a federal budget. 
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Curated OER

Money Math: Lessons for Life

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars develop a budget for a college student using all of the influences that the student would have.  In this budgeting lesson plan, students use real life examples to create a budget spreadsheet.  Young scholars read and study...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

JetBlue Soars on CEO's Creativity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of entrepreneurship. In this entrepreneurship lesson, students read an article about how the CEO of JetBlue has become successful. Students discuss how ADHD has helped the CEO of JetBlue. Students spend...
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PPT
Curated OER

Reaganomics: A fix to the unemployment and inflation of the time

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
The 1980's was an interesting time for the American economic system. This presentation relates the lead to and the effects of Reaganomics, Trickle down economy, and Clintonomics. Embedded links, works cited, and images are included. A...
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Beverly Hills High School

French Revolution

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
What led up to the French Revolution? Middle and high schoolers explore the factors that contributed to the storming of the Bastille on July 14th, 1789, as well as the events following that fateful day, with a presentation on the French...
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Global Oneness Project

Learning with Nature

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Think outside the box - and think about education beyond the classroom walls - with a resource that has your critical thinkers watching a video about a nursery in Scotland that lets youngsters roam wild in a forest. Viewers reflect on...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Dealing with the Great Depression

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
As part of their study of the Great Depression, young economists examine statistical data to determine the effectiveness of FDR's New Deal recovery programs.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Taxes in U.S. History: Tax Reform in the 1960s and 1980s

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the content, purpose, and impact of the Tax Reform Acts of 1969 and 1986.
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Curated OER

Should America Balance the Federal Budget?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the federal budget of the United States. In this national debt lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of the balancing the federal budget. Students respond to discussion...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chapter 24 – The JFK & LBJ Administrations

For Students 8th - 12th
In this 20th century American history worksheet, students read assigned textbook pages regarding the Kennedy and Johnson presidencies and respond to 46 short answer questions.