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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: What Do You Get for Your $1,818,600,000,000?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using MS Excel and data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis web site on federal government spending, students will compare the amounts spent on various sectors and programs over a range of years.
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Curated OER

Spending and Output Strings

For Students 9th - 10th
In this classroom activity, "output" cards and "spending" cards are placed on a string. As each increase or decrease, the economy faces more unemployment or inflation. A good visual device to study the relationships among output,...
Graphic
Curated OER

Spending and Output Strings

For Students 9th - 10th
In this classroom activity, "output" cards and "spending" cards are placed on a string. As each increase or decrease, the economy faces more unemployment or inflation. A good visual device to study the relationships among output,...
Graphic
Curated OER

Spending and Output Strings

For Students 9th - 10th
In this classroom activity, "output" cards and "spending" cards are placed on a string. As each increase or decrease, the economy faces more unemployment or inflation. A good visual device to study the relationships among output,...
Graphic
Curated OER

Spending and Output Strings

For Students 9th - 10th
In this classroom activity, "output" cards and "spending" cards are placed on a string. As each increase or decrease, the economy faces more unemployment or inflation. A good visual device to study the relationships among output,...
Graphic
Curated OER

Spending and Output Strings

For Students 9th - 10th
In this classroom activity, "output" cards and "spending" cards are placed on a string. As each increase or decrease, the economy faces more unemployment or inflation. A good visual device to study the relationships among output,...
Graphic
Curated OER

Spending and Output Strings

For Students 9th - 10th
In this classroom activity, "output" cards and "spending" cards are placed on a string. As each increase or decrease, the economy faces more unemployment or inflation. A good visual device to study the relationships among output,...
Graphic
Curated OER

Spending and Output Strings

For Students 9th - 10th
In this classroom activity, "output" cards and "spending" cards are placed on a string. As each increase or decrease, the economy faces more unemployment or inflation. A good visual device to study the relationships among output,...
Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Us Agrees Deal to End Partial Shutdown

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Brief article reports on the deal made in Congress to end the partial government shutdown.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Structures, Powers, and Functions of Congress: Advanced

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from Khan Academy provides advanced-level practice questions over the structures, powers, and functions of Congress. These practice questions are intended for students taking high school or college level American Government...
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Other

Follow the Money

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on how money is spent and received in state government. It bills itself as an "independent source of information on campaign contributions in state politics for reporters, researchers and the general public."
eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 11: Aggregate Demand in Keynesian Analysis

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Explain real GDP or real output, recessionary gaps, and inflationary gaps, recognize the Keynesian aggregate demand/aggregate supply model, identify the determining...
Website
US Senate

Us Senate Budget Committee

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this resource to learn more about the Senate Budget Committee. It is divided into two parts. The first is a Republican website and the second is a Democratic website.
Website
American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Frank M. Johnson, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Frank Johnson a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and champion of civil rights. Johnson was a lawyer and judge who began his career in the South, ultimately spending 44 years on the bench upholding the U.S. Constitution.
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Other

The Texas Economy: Texas School Funding at a Glance

For Students 9th - 10th
See the breakdown of Texas public school revenues including local, state, and federal monies. Totals for these revenue sources include state spending not reported by school districts, such as state purchases of textbooks.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Lesson Plan, America's Infrastructure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
NewsHour Extra provides this lesson plan associated with its report on the problems of infrastructure of America and offers students opportunities to examine the problems and possible solutions to them.
Handout
Other

Fas Texas: Public Education Funding in Texas

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice overview with fast facts about Texas Public Education funding complete with graphs and bulleted explanations.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 11: The Keynesian Perspective: Review Questions

For Students 11th - 12th
This section provides 23 review study questions to aid understanding of the content in Chapter 11: The Keynesian Perspective from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.
Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Changes in the Ad as Model in the Short Run

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and graphs related to changes in the AD-AS model. Topics include AD shocks, such as changes in consumption, investment, government spending, or net exports, and supply...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Where Does the Money Come From?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
With very few exceptions, the U.S. federal government does not have an "income" to spend providing goods and services. The money used for federal spending programs must be collected as federal taxes, or it must be borrowed. This lesson...
Website
US Senate

Joint Economic Committee

For Students 9th - 10th
The Joint Economic Committee, composed of memebers from both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, reviews economic conditions and recommends improvements in economic policy. The content of the website includes...
Website
Digital History

Digital History: Herbert Hoover and the Depression [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Herbert Hoover was a very smart man, but could not save the United States from the Great Depression. Read about his philosophy of government, helping those large coprorations which needed government assistance, and helping individuals...
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University of California

Roho: 1990 Budget Enforcement Act

For Students 9th - 10th
A good explanation of the 1990 Budget Enforcement Act that raised taxes and installed caps for discretionary spending.
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Other

Texas Transparency: Taxes and Revenue: Where the Money Comes From

For Students 9th - 10th
With these data visualization resources, sources of state government revenue are easily accessible. See a large array of data, providing the tools needed to drill down to specific information and see trends in action.

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