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Taxes: Where Does Your Money Go?
Students explore the concept of taxes. In this tax instructional activity, students investigate types of taxes and deductions taken out of a paycheck before they see it. Students calculate the tax on a given dollar amount. Students...
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A Look at Individual Federal Income Tax
Learners investigate the concept of a personal federal income tax. They conduct research and participate in class discussion in order to deal some of the issues. They include why there is an individual income tax and how the money is...
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Regressive Taxes
Learners explain that regressive taxes can have different effects on different income groups. They see how a regressive tax takes a larger share of income from low-income groups than from high-income groups.
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Sales Tax and Discounts
Middle schoolers explore the concept of sales tax and discounts. For this sales tax and discounts lesson, students pretend to gamble in groups to win fake money. Middle schoolers must tax their winnings. Students collect receipts. Middle...
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Money word problems
In this money worksheet, students complete word problems where they add, subtract, round, and more with money amounts. Students complete 10 problems.
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Money Word Problems for Grade 4
In this money word problems for grade 4 worksheet, 4th graders answer 10 multiple choice questions about money, not interactively, then scroll down to see the answers.
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Solving Multi-Step Problems
Use this multi-step problems worksheet to have your charges complete multi-step problems including money, fractions, charts, and more. They complete 30 problems total.
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Debate Topics and Ideas
Students examine both sides of arguments surrounding given debates. They use the internet and other research to collect information to support their stand on the controversial issue. Students debate their chosen topic. This lesson plans...
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Pay-to-play a costly solution
Students write a news feature or editorial about students paying money to participate in high school athletics. Students interview members of the school community to find out the situation in their school.
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Money-Costs of Items
In this money worksheet, students use a list of food items and their costs to complete a set of 11 word problems. A reference website is given for additional resources.
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Reading A Pay Stub For Paryroll Deductions
Students identify and explain the various payroll deductions that are taken to pay for a variety of government services and company benefits. This instructional activity is intended for students acquiring English.
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Stone Fox
Students use the book, Stone Fox, to explore income, capital, saving, taxes, and credit. Stone Fox tells the story of Little Willy, a ten year old who enters a challenging dog-sled race in hopes of winning money to pay the back taxes on...
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Government Goods and Services
Fifth graders investigate the connection between taxes and government services. In this economics lesson, 5th graders discuss the process and benefits of paying sales and income taxes. Using calculators, students compute the...
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Less Than Zero
Young scholars keep track of money. In this money management lesson plan, students read Less Than Zero by Stuart J. Murphy and manipulate a number line to keep track of spending and borrowing in the story.
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Math and Money
Students explore personal finance. In this middle school mathematics lesson, students investigate banking, income tax, and the cost of living. The lesson includes two bonus lessons on graphing their personal spending habits...
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The Dollars and Cents of Research
In this cost o research activity, students calculate the costs to pay professors to do research, they determine the costs for equipment needed for research and they calculate the amount of money needed to support research through...
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My Test Book: Percentages and Money
In this online interactive math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems regarding 2 digit addition. Students may view the correct answers.
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Spending Public Money
High schoolers work in small groups. They imagine that they are the council committee. Students choose from a list of projects to be funded. They have one hundred thousand dollars to spend and they have to spend the money on a project...
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Your Food Dollar (and Cents)
Students examine where their food dollars go while recognizing coins and making change. They identify their favorite foods, receive one dollar, and take away amounts for each person involved in the production of their food dollar.
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Your First Job
Students determine that they are responsible for paying income taxes through withholdings on earned income. They examine the Form W-4.
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Taxes: Where Does Your Money Go?
Students study taxes and the role that they place in our lives. In this economic activity, students explore the reality of taxes, how they work, why we pay them, where the money goes and how to make the most of the money you pay into...
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Computing Costs
Seventh graders calculate the out-of-pocket money needed to purchase a discounted item taxed at a certain percentage of sales tax.
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Where Does Your Paycheck Go?
Upper elementary learners explore the concept of taxes taken out of an employee's paycheck. As they work through this lesson, young mathematicians discover the difference between gross pay and net pay. They also see what types...
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There's No Business Like Bank Business
Students participate in a role play where they see how a bank works and how interest is paid by having money in the bank. In this bank lesson plan, students operate a bank and learn about saving, accounts, deposits, withdrawals,...