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Indiana University

The Center on Congress: E Learning Module: Federal Budget Allocation

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive learning activity teaches how Congress allocates funds in the federal budget for programs such as Homeland Security, Defense, and Education.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Bayard Rustin: A Freedom Budget, Part 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This audio excerpt from Bayard Rustin's 1967 "Freedom Budget" speech outlines a nine-year plan to end poverty in America.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Federal Budget

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview on the complexities of the federal budgeting process and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
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Other

The Mint: Ideas for Teachers: Budgeting Your Financial Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan teaches young scholars about different types of income and expenses and allows them to develop a personal budget.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Personal Budget

For Students 9th - 10th
Get some tips here on how to set up a personal budget by analyzing expenses, budgeting for the whole year, reducing expenses, tracking expenditures, paying off debts, planning for emergencies, and investing.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Budgeting

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrates the difference between sources of income and fixed versus variable expenses through a simple budget plan. Introduces students to the basics of budgeting.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Decisions Within a Budget Constraint

For Students 9th - 10th
Another approach to maximizing utility uses indifference curves (sometimes called utility curves) and budget constraints to identify the utility optimizing combination of consumption. Read about this method in this article.
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Other

The Mint: Budgeting

For Students 1st - 8th
An interactive tool to help you figure out your own budget.
Unit Plan
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Creating a Budget

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed lesson highlights strategies to use to create a sound financial budget.
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Goodwill

Gcf Global: Budget Now Before You Start Looking for a New Job

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to budget so you can more freely search for your dream job.
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Bankrate

Bankrate: How to Budget

For Students 9th - 10th
This site shows you how to set up and manage your own budget. Includes several bullets points and information for understanding. (2001)
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Becoming a Wise Consumer: Creating a Budget

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students will learn how to become a wise consumer by creating a budget based on needs and wants. Students will create a weekly budget with a variable income using the interactive app MWB: My Weekly Budget available on...
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Other

Economic Awareness Council: Budgeting Basics [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn practical steps to take when building a budget that you can realistically live with.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Creating a Household Budget

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum PowerPoint module, young scholars create a household budget by tracking their expenditures over a month-long period. Students use Microsoft Excel to create a spreadsheet to track their own...
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Other

Easy Budget Online

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a fabulous tool for setting up and maintaining a budget.
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Other

Study Finance: Capital Budgeting, Self Paced Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial walks you through capital budgeting with examples and commentary. It includes valuation, net investment, net cash flows, and technique sections.
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Other

International Budget Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive compilation of budget information. This organization works to have a positive influence on government budget practices and budget policies around the world.
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Other

Government of Canada: Budget 2009: Canada's Economic Action Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
The budget for 2009, announced by the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, is summarized. The Economic Action Plan for Canada provides almost $30 billion in support to the Canadian economy which is equivalent to 1.9 percent of...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 16: Government Budgets: Critical Thinking Questions

For Students 11th - 12th
This section provides study questions that require critical thinking bases on the content of 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 and Fiscal Policy: Review Questions

For Students 11th - 12th
This section provides review study questions covering 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 and Fiscal Policy: Self Check Questions

For Students 11th - 12th
This section provides self-check study questions covering 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 and Fiscal Policy: Key Terms

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a list of key terms and definitions used in Ch. 16: Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online textbook.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Income Budgeting

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site contains a unit on budgeting money for use by middle school teachers. Includes enrichment problems, a bibliography, and many example problems and situations.
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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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