Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Income Tax Issues Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand how and why a federal income tax was implemented by Congress during the Civil War and in 1913.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand the withholding of payroll and income taxes from pay.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Income Tax Facts
This lesson plan will help students understand that taxation involves a compromise of conflicting goals and that people who have the same income may not pay the same amount in taxes.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Claiming a Child Tax Credit Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand the child tax credit and additional child tax credit.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Your First Job Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help learners understand that they are responsible for paying income taxes through withholding as they earn income and that it is important that they keep accurate records of their earnings and expenses.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: How Taxes Evolve? Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help learners understand that the legislative process of enacting federal income tax laws involves formal procedures based on the Constitution and informal procedures that blend and balance various interests.
Internal Revenue Service
Understanding Taxes : The Wealth Tax of 1935 and the Victory Tax of 1942
This lesson plan from the Internal Revenue Service gives the history of the progressive income tax which helped fund the social programs implemented during the Great Depression, and the war effort after the country joined the Allies in...
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Interest Income
This lesson plan will help students understand that most interest income is taxable.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Earned Income Credit Lesson Plans
This lesson plan will help learners understand the earned income credit.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Federal/state/local Taxes Lesson Plans
This lesson plan will help young scholars understand that federal, state, and local governments need revenues to provide goods and services for their residents.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Tax Credit for Child and Dependent Care Expenses Lesson Plan
This lesson plan help students understand the tax credit for child and dependent care expenses.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Wage and Tip Income
This lesson plan will help young scholars understand that wage and tip income is taxable.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: The Irs Yesterday and Today Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand why the Internal Revenue Service was instituted, how it functions, how it has changed over the years, and the ways it helps taxpayers today.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Self Employment Income and the Self Employment Tax Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand self-employment income and the self-employment tax.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Standard Deduction Lesson Plan
This lesson plans will help students understand the standard deduction and how it affects income that is subject to tax.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Exemptions Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand personal and dependency exemptions and how exemptions affect income that is subject to tax.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: How Taxes Affect Us Lesson Plans
This lesson plan will help students understand that taxes can have different effects on different income groups.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Proportional Taxes Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand that proportional taxes can have different effects on different income groups.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Progressive Taxes Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand that progressive taxes can have different effects on different income groups.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: Regressive Taxes Lesson Plan
This lesson plan will help students understand that regressive taxes can have different effects on different income groups.
Internal Revenue Service
Irs: How to Measure Fairness Lesson Plans
This lesson plan will help students understand that people have difficulty agreeing on a fair tax because of different values and priorities.
Internal Revenue Service
Understanding Taxes: The Social Security Act of 1935
This very complete lesson plan explains the history of the Social Security Act of 1935, its history and importance to the elderly during the Great Depression, and its importance today. Everything necessary to teach the lesson plan and...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Understanding the Bush Tax Cut Plan (Lesson Plan)
A lesson plans that requires young scholars to calculate income tax rates, interpret data tables and tax tables, critically analyze articles detailing a tax cut plan proposed by the Bush administration, and form opinions about the impact...
iCivics
I Civics: Taxation
This lesson teaches the basics of taxes: what they are, who pays them, what kinds exist, and what they're used for. Young scholars learn how people's income is taxed, how much revenue taxes generate, and how taxes and government services...