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How is the federal budget established, what is influencing decision makers, and what do we need to know? Help students to get a sense of the federal budget process with this primer video based upon the Understanding Fiscal Responsibility background document Overview of the Budget Process.

This video teaches the concepts of Employment and Unemployment. Employment refers to people who have jobs while unemployment refers to people who wish to work but cannot find jobs.

This video teaches the concepts of Budget Deficits and Public Debt. If taxes collected are less than the money spent in a given year, the government has a budget deficit. When a budget deficit occurs, the government borrows the money that it needs to finance its expenditures. For example, th…

This video teaches the concept of Aggregate Demand. Aggregate demand shows the total (or aggregate) demand for final goods and services at a range of price levels for final output during a stated period of time.

In this personal finance lesson, students will identify the opportunity cost of a spending decision.

In this economics lesson, students will examine defense spending to learn how it can influence the economy as a whole.

In this economics lesson, students will use a budget plan to make spending decisions.

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…

In this economics and personal finance lesson plan, students will make decisions about saving and spending.

Using MS Excel and data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis web site on federal government spending, students will compare the amounts spent on various sectors and programs over a range of years.