Grade 9-12
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Policy Perspectives on Social Security

Updated: October 2 2018,
Author: Council for Economic Education
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Credit, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Scarcity
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In Policy Perspectives on Social Security, a digital interactive activity, students think critically about Social Security policy choices from the perspectives of varied personas. This interactive is intended for use as an extension activity for CEE’s Social Security and the National Debt lesson plan, though it can also be used independently. For guidance on using the activity, please review our Policy Perspectives Usage Guidelines document. This activity has been published as a public BETA release. We invite your feedback for the final version by completing this survey.

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