American Government is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the single-semester American government course. This title includes innovative features designed to enhance student learning, including Insider Perspective features and a Get Connected Module that shows students how they can get engaged in the political process. The book provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of American government and understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them. American Government includes updated information on the 2016 presidential election.Senior Contributing AuthorsGlen Krutz (Content Lead), University of OklahomaSylvie Waskiewicz, PhD (Lead Editor)

This article explains what the U.S. National Debt is, how it is financed, the purpose of the National Debt Clock, and what causes the debt to grow or remain stable.

This site provides an interactive game that explains business vocabulary in more kid-friendly terms. Students make career decisions to save, earn interest, and move to each level. They are also given advice from other characters in the game. Complexity of the game and vocabulary may be more applicable for older elementary students.

This Cornell Law School site describes the consumer protection acts that protect creditors, Uniform Credit Consumer Code and Consumer Protection Act.

This 3-minute video lesson compares put vs. short and leverage. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 74 of 184]

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Meet an activist who works to help the struggling farmers of rural India, in this video from Wide Angle. [2:30]

This site provides an interesting lesson on credit and how we use it, the dangers of over-using it, bankruptcy and its consequences, and more.

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.

This article shows how, through debt, agrarian, and legislative reform, the patricians and plebeians finally form a united citizenship.

The practices of illegal private money lenders in the rural region of Vidarbha, India are highlighted in this video from Wide Angle. [2:50]

This is a lesson geared towards elementary level students. Using the book Four Dollars and Fifty Cents by Eric Kimmel, the teacher instructs students about the terms creditor, debtor, collateral, credit, and credit report. Lesson includes procedures, closure, assessment, and extension.

Learn about the basic mechanisms that impact interest rates. [2:00]

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