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Excise Taxes

For Students 10th - 12th
Challenge your class with this worksheet relating to the excise tax. They examine a variety of graphs and diagrams, solve problems, and make predictions.
AP Test Prep
College Board

2000 AP® Microeconomics Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Monopolies may have an advantage in some markets, but what are they? A scaffolded problem set examines the effects monopolies have on a market. Other authentic College Board problems examine labor markets and how a variety of factors...
AP Test Prep
College Board

2004 AP® Microeconomics Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
A company enjoys a monopoly. What happens to its profits when another firm introduces a similar product? Learners consider the case using questions from College Board. Other prompts include the effects of sales taxes and supply and...
Worksheet
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Break-Even Analysis Worksheet

For Students 10th - 11th
In this analysis worksheet, students solve accounting problems when provided with variables to be used in computations. Using data provided, students must answer questions showing they understand key terms such as fixed and variable costs.
Lesson Plan
Internal Revenue Service

Understanding the IRS: The IRS Yesterday and Today

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils explain why the Internal Revenue Service was instituted, how it functions, how it has changed over the years, and the ways it helps taxpayers today.
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Mathematics Vision Project

Quadratic Equations

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Through a variety of physical and theoretical situations, learners are led through the development of some of the deepest concepts in high school mathematics. Complex numbers, the fundamental theorem of algebra and rational exponents...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spending Public Money

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students 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 that...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Profitable Practices

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore the different methods that nonprofit groups use to create revenue and determine whether or not these practices follow the mission of these organizations.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Balancing the Budget

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the different components that make up the federal budget. They discuss the relationship between government revenues and spending and between budget deficits and the national debt. Students predict how changes in...
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Curated OER

The Taxpayer's Rights

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine rights of taxpayers and procedures the IRS uses to process tax returns
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dependents

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explain dependency exemption and how it affects taxable income, and apply the five dependency tests to determine whether a person can be claimed as a dependent.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exemptions

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explain how exemptions affect income that is subject to tax, and determine the number of exemptions to claim on a tax return.
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Curated OER

Earned Income Credit

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students distinguish between tax deduction and tax credit, explain how the earned income credit affects the tax liability, apply requirements to claim the earned income credit, and describe factors that determine the amount of the earned...
Worksheet
Curated OER

How Wages Are Determined in Monopsonistic Labor Markets

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this economics worksheet, students review how wages are determined in monopolistic labor markets as they use a graph to answer ten short answer questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Problems on Factor Markets

For Students 10th - 12th
In this Problems on Factor Markets instructional activity, students answer questions about various economic problems or injustices. Some answers require diagrams.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Monopolistic Competition

For Students 11th - 12th
In this Monopolistic Competition worksheet, students look at a graph to answer eight problem-solving and prediction questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Cost of Community Services

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students identify the types of services provided to citizens by local government and evaluate tax revenue versus the costs of delivering these services to developments. They evaluate the advantages of spatial relations to delivery of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

State Government Debt in Utah: Rapid Growth in Recent Years

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars examine growth of debt in Utah state government from 1991 to present, compare general obligation debt and revenue debt incurred by state, identify four primary methods used by governments to finance projects, and complete...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Perform Accounting Functions

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students practice performing various accounting functions. Given analysis records, they prepare cost and revenue analysis based on specific criteria. They complete handouts and review their answers as a class. They also discuss the...
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Curated OER

Business Economics

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students analyze the difference between internal and external growth of firms, and various measures of efficiency. They apply these measures to the context of a real business scenario.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Gambling Sparks Battle at Civil War Site

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine different battles of the Civil War. They discuss the proposal to put in slot machines for revenue at the battleground. They examine many key turning points of the war through an interactive program.
Lesson Plan
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Paying for Government Services

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify major sources of revenue for government spending and identify the type of tax that makes up the largest percentage of the federal budget. They are introduced to the major services provided by local, state and national...
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Council for Economic Education

Did You Get the Message?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners investigate how advertising gets the buyer's attention and how it influences buying decisions. They then create a print ad for "Burp Cola" and for one of their favorite books.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Could You Start a Business?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
High schoolers learn how a business starts and finds financial independence. For this lesson, students learn the struggle of financial management, the costs of running a business and how to keep a budget.

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