There's a lot to learn about the savings and loan crisis. Start off your learners with a quick reading assignment. Pupils read the brief informational article and respond to three questions about the savings and loan crisis, thrifts, and the tax increases that were made.

Concepts

the bush administration, george w. bush, budgeting, deficits

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Additional Tags

budget, deficit, bush administration, savings and loan crisis, thrift institutions, social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use this one-pager for homework, assessment, or class work
• Require students to mark the text in order to gain a fuller understanding of the content

Classroom Considerations

• While the text does describe some of the different terms, you may need to spend some time explicitly teaching terminology 

Common Core

RH.6-8.2 RH.9-10.2 RH.11-12.2