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Government Spending: Why Do We Spend the Way We Do? Lesson PlanGovernment Spending: Why Do We Spend the Way We Do? Lesson Plan
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Government Spending: Why Do We Spend the Way We Do?

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  • Federal Budget: 2004–2009
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  • Activity 3: Worksheet https://www.econedlink.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/547_Activity3.pdf
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  • Activity 4a: 1960–1975
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Students examine the categories for federal spending using the internet to locate them. They create a list of expenditures noting them as government purchases or transfer payments. They analyze the patterns of spending during the past 40 years.

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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Year
2004
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