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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…

In this personal finance lesson, students will explore websites to learn about income taxes.

In this economics activity, students will investigate frequently asked questions about income tax.

According to Gallup, Americans have considered the state of the economy "among the most important U.S. problems" since 2008. The issues frequently debated leading up to any presidential campaign include many economic issues such as improving the economy, how to reduce unemployment, the fe…

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 …

This interactive can be used to review progressive, regressive and proportional taxes. Refer to the Math in the Real World lesson The Mathematics Behind Progressive, Regressive and Proportional Taxes, for more information about using this interactive in your classroom.

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…

Help your students to understand how the federal budget is established using CEE's animated video Overview of the Federal Budget Process. The video is based upon the Overview of the Federal Budget Process handout supplementing Understanding Fiscal Responsibility lessons and provides an intro…

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…