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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Proposed Changes in the Way the Federal Government Operates

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine amendments made to aid the government in balancing the budget and income tax as well as the debate over term limits.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: President Obama's Allowance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, young scholars will identify different expenses in the US budget and will decide on the order of importance for different expenses.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 16: Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy: Problems

For Students 11th - 12th
This section provides three problems based to solve based on the content of Ch. 16: Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online textbook.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 16: Government Budgets: Key Concepts and Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This section provides a summary of the key concepts presented in Chapter 16: Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online textbook.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 16: Government Budgets: The Question of a Balanced Budget

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Understand the arguments for and against requiring the U.S. federal budget to be balanced and Consider the long-run and short-run effects of a federal budget deficit.
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Other

U.s. Department of Labor: The Federal Budget Process

For Students 9th - 10th
The Federal Government budgeting process is described. The link called "STEPS" further describes the budget process.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Age of Inflation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a short article on inflation, but has a few prices of everyday goods from 1967 that might help in understanding inflation and how much prices have increased.
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Other

Cbpp: The Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a series of papers from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch.16: Introduction to Government Budgets and Old Address

For Students 11th - 12th
In this chapter, you will learn about the following: Government spending; Taxation; Federal deficits and national debt; Using fiscal policy to fight recessions, unemployment, and inflation; Automatic stabilizers; Practical problems with...
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Curated OER

Federal Budget Expenses

For Students 9th - 10th
Easy to use budget simulator that allows you to learn how much money is incorporated in the Federal Budget.