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8th - 12th
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Budgets and Deficits

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There's a lot to learn about the savings and loan crisis. Start off your learners with a quick reading assignment. Pupils read the brief informational article and respond to three questions about the savings and loan crisis, thrifts, and the tax increases that were made.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the bush administration, george w. bush, budgeting, deficits

Additional Tags

budget, deficit, bush administration, savings and loan crisis, thrift institutions, social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Use this one-pager for homework, assessment, or class work
  • Require students to mark the text in order to gain a fuller understanding of the content

Classroom Considerations

  • While the text does describe some of the different terms, you may need to spend some time explicitly teaching terminology 

Common Core

RH.6-8.2 RH.9-10.2 RH.11-12.2

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