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Econ Ed Link: National Budget Simulation Lesson PlanEcon Ed Link: National Budget Simulation Lesson Plan
Publisher
Council for Economic Education
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Grade
9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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Lexile Measures
1160L
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Econ Ed Link: National Budget Simulation

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How would you deal with the national budget if you were the President of the United States? What if there was a national emergency? This site includes a budget simulation on the computer that allows students to make real budget decisions. What to cut? What to increase? The site has a great exercise in economic decision making.

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Concepts

debt, deficits

Additional Tags

budget, econedlink, federal budget deficits and the public debt, federal debt, federal debts, federal deficit, federal deficits, national debt, national deficit, national deficits, proposed budget, tax money, council for economic education, the national budget, deficit, budget deficit and the national debt

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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