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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.

In this economics activity, students will analyze responses to COVID-19 crisis to learn about fiscal policy.

This video teaches the concepts of Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve. Monetary policy involves regulating the money supply, banks and the overall financial system. Monetary policy is conducted by a central bank, which in the United States is called the Federal Reserve.

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.

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.

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

Understanding the concept of opportunity cost is critical for good decision making. The ability to identify the opportunity cost—the highest valued alternative that must be given up when another option is chosen—helps people to assess their alternatives.

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.