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How does the Federal Government spend the trillions of dollars it raises from taxes?  Students will read excerpts from “A Citizen’s Guide to the Federal Budget” and use infographics from the Congressional Budget Office to identify the major spending categories of th…

This video is a classroom demonstration of Lesson 33: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and How to Measure It from CEE's Capstone Exemplary Lessons for High School Economics publication. In this lesson, Students examine GDP. They distinguish between nominal and real GDP. They study how GDP is com…

This video teaches the concept of Fiscal Policy. Fiscal policy refers to how government taxing and spending policy can be used to influence the macroeconomy.

Students will be introduced to the sources of campaign war chests, learning about the recent court decisions that have allowed for the creation of "Super PACS" and 501 (c) (4) organizations. The exploration will turn to how a candidate raises resources and how spending has accel…

With very few exceptions, the U.S. federal government does not have an "income" to spend providing goods and services. The money used for federal spending programs must be collected as federal taxes, or it must be borrowed. This lesson provides information about the costs …

In this economics lesson, students will learn about Rhetoric and how it effects the economy. 

In this personal finance lesson, students will learn about short and long term goals in order to be a successful saver. We save money to get things we can’t afford to buy now. Saving for the future requires patience but it can be worth it when we get what we want the most. Succ…

ESSENTIAL DILEMMA Were the contradictory responses political leaders had to the panic of 1893 driven more by economic/political self-interest or by differing visions of what kind of country they wanted the United States to be?

Students will apply their knowledge of economics to the analysis and interpretation of jokes, quotations, and cartoons in economics. Students will watch a Paul Solman video of an interview of Yoram Bauman, the Stand up Economist. Students will use Daryl Cagel's cartoon website, Jokes …

In this personal finance activity, students will identify the purpose of compound interest and how it works to build savings.