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Econ Ed Link: National Budget Simulation Lesson PlanEcon Ed Link: National Budget Simulation Lesson Plan
Publisher
Council for Economic Education
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Lesson Plans
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Lexile Measures
1160L
Lesson Plan

Econ Ed Link: National Budget Simulation

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How would you deal with the national budget if you were the President of the United States? What if there was a national emergency? This site includes a budget simulation on the computer that allows young scholars to make real budget decisions. What to cut? What to increase? The site has a great exercise in economic decision making.

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Concepts

debt, deficits

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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