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Learning About the Federal Budget: “Get a Pencil, You’re Tackling the Deficit!”

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Your class members have been selected by the president to help solve the budget crisis as part of a special deficit commission. After learning about fiscal policy, economic theories, and the federal budget through a detailed PowerPoint presentation, class members will simulate a press conference in which they will recommend cutting or reducing programs and/or increasing taxes.

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fiscal policy, the federal budget, the united states economy, budget deficits, economic indicators, economic policies, economic principles, taxes

Additional Tags

keynesian economic theory, supply side economics, fiscal policy, progressive tax, social studies

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Well-designed guided notes accompany the PowerPoint presentation
Includes reading and analysis of a primary source article and cartoon

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