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In Policy Perspectives on the Federal Budget, a digital interactive activity, students think critically about Federal Budget policy choices from the perspectives of varied personas. For guidance on using the activity, please review our Policy Perspectives Usage Guidelines document. This acti…

Use this Image Annotation Tool to enable your students to creatively comment on political cartoons, and to share their annotated creations. Encourage your students to create a caption, add thought and/or speech bubbles, and place concept labels and clip art stickers to reinforce or change th…

Use this Image Annotation Tool to enable your students to creatively comment on political cartoons, and to share their annotated creations. Encourage your students to create a caption, add thought and/or speech bubbles, and place concept labels and clip art stickers to reinforce or change th…

Where does federal revenue come from and how is it used to pay for the services we rely on? Help students to understand the role of taxes in our society and how varying approaches can affect long-term fiscal sustainability with this primer video based upon the Understanding Fiscal Responsibi…

This video models a lesson from our Understanding Fiscal Responsibility curriculum in the classroom, discusses lesson objectives and provides pointers for teaching about federal taxes and their relationship to the national debt. Students learn more about their own political philosophies and …

In this math lesson, students will examine and calculate interest on loans and investments.

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.

In this economics video, students will learn about Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and play a Kahoot! game.